But it does come to an end. Winter is coming, and the way the weathermen and Farmers Almanac are predicting it will be quite the winter this year, yet many have given little thought to it. We tend to treat farms and farmers markets like the grocery store. We act like there is one continuous growing season. Yet, In just a few weeks the last of the summer vegetables will be harvested. By the middle of October we will process the last of our free-range chickens. Have you stored up?
A few weeks ago I sent out our monthly newsletter. In it I mentioned the story of the ant and the grasshopper. Most all of us are familiar with one version or another of this Aesop fable. I think it would do our culture some good if we stopped and meditated on some of these old fables. They hold a lot of truths that we could stand to be reminded of. We have a culture of go, go, go, and consume, consume, consume. Rarely do we stop to think about the future. We act like the grasshopper. We go about life as if the time of plenty will never end.
But it does come to an end. Winter is coming, and the way the weathermen and Farmers Almanac are predicting it will be quite the winter this year, yet many have given little thought to it. We tend to treat farms and farmers markets like the grocery store. We act like there is one continuous growing season. Yet, In just a few weeks the last of the summer vegetables will be harvested. By the middle of October we will process the last of our free-range chickens. Have you stored up? |
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