Red Zinnia I recently read the quote "Happiness shared is a flower", and it resonated. Flowers make me feel happy and growing them feels like sharing that with others. Years ago I had flowers along the south facing rock wall of our house and in our small family garden. Then when we got busy growing our kids and food for others, I pretty much quit. We even dug out the bed next to the house to build a lean-to greenhouse for vegetable starts. And that didn't change . . . until r

(I put the word kids in quotes because they really aren't kids anymore. Even if I think of them as so. They're grown ups really, but, I'll probably always call them kids.) It's occurred to me that you often see Liam, Aidan, and Marlee in farming photos working hard. And that’s because they are integral to the process of getting food to you. Whether it’s moving cows, gathering eggs, or harvesting and packing vegetables before CSA delivery and market days, all that gets done on