There are moments in your life when you run smack dab into a large pile of manure and the only thing you can do is start shovelling. Well this pretty much sums up our experience building a two car garage and one bedroom guest apartment after our move. ...Cutting to the chase, we hired a ‘friend’ who ended up taking all our money leaving us with a shell of a building.
GULP. SHOCK. DISBELIEF.
Besides the obvious WTF moment…we
were completely crushed. Um…ya. Nice, right?! You can only imagine my self
control, composure and rationality at that moment. Ahem…ya. Let me illustrate…when
he came to get his equipment I forced him to wait on the road as I called for a
police escort…between you and me…it was for HIS safety not mine. Deeeeep
breath (still gets me going)… In the end we managed to shovel our way out with some pretty costly lessons learned ~ talk about a pile of crap! SO
ya…it’s not all rainbows and roses ~ loads of lessons have been learned along
the way. On a serendipitous note….we now have a space for WWOOFers to
stay while they volunteer on the farm ~ SHAZAM! This space has been invaluable
to the farm and our ability to host volunteering couples from all over the
world participating in the World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms program ~
totally amazing! It took a whole lot of strength to get through that mess…but
that we did!... and in the end, without knowing, the result has benefited the
farm immeasurably…again confirming, Earth’s Harvest Farm was just meant to be.
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here it is...finally finished, inside and out, some 3 years later.... |
Of course…you can’t have a farm without a farmer…so why did
Commercial Waterproofer Luke decide to go back into farming you ask? Better
money? Better hours? Less labour intensive? ….clearly not….but it wasn’t
planned either…..opportunity presented herself in the form of a wake-up call.
An extremely 'gifted' friend of ours strongly indicated that perhaps Commercial
Waterproofer Luke should hang up his hardhat and consider other options. Huh. We
thanked her for the advice and went on our merry little way…with this little
tickle in the back of our minds. A couple of months later Commercial
Waterproofer Luke came home quite shaken after having an accident at work where
a propane tank fell off the vehicle he was driving and almost hit another car.
WOW! um....HEEELLLLOOO. That’s some scary stuff in a ‘compressed gas explosion’ kinda way. Everyone
was OK and the event went relatively unnoticed in the grand scheme of things,
but for us it was a wake-up call. Enough was enough. At that point my work was
picking up tremendously and I was traveling a lot. Timing was right for
Commercial Waterproofer Luke to put away his steel toes and hang at home, look
after Mr. Finn and regroup. Cool. Done…...OH? what’s this?? A Self Employment Benefit Program
is being offered by the province?…hmmmmm…. um. Ok….WHAT? aaaaaand it will give us a business plan in the
end?.....sweeeeeeeet!…..alas A FARM
IS BORN!!!
The birth of Farmer Luke was liberating, exciting,
exhilarating, and undeniably perfect for us. The course gave the farm direction
and reflection; it allowed us to really think about what we were going to do
and how we were going to do it. Deciding on a name was AWFUL…nearly as terrible
as agreeing to a logo (which I’m still not entirely in love with…sigh.). Despite
all that, we quickly realized our strengths and although this bull and ram may butt
heads on more than one occasion, our teamwork is outstanding! In fact…just to
confirm that…we decided to go for Gold and put ‘rearing a new baby’ on top of
it all ~ cue: Ms. Forrest Rea…
Funnily enough we had no intention of expanding our brood until I injured
myself playing roller derby. What! WHAT? That’s right…..meet my alter ego on eight wheels...Homicidal Hippie
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good times...I miss derby ~ until another day... |
Rideau Valley Roller Girls rocked my world for a good three
years ~ well they still do…I just don’t have the time I used to have to truly dive into
my derby love…Anyhoo, a dislocated fibula put me out of the game for a couple
of months and in my boredom I thought it might be a good time to expand the
fam….ya…that romantic eh…enter our little Forrest fairy
… born at home 5 days
after x-mas 2010 by the same midwife who assisted in the birth of Fabulous Mr. Finn…K…now we’ve
got a full set ~ it’s time to get this party started!
To be continued….
This post has been brought to you by interest free & repayment free loans,
destiny knocking, and re-Forrest-ation…
….and a dozen of Earth's Harvest Farm eggs soaking in the vista at Moraine Lake in the beautiful Rocky Mountains....
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love it ! keep up the great blogs !
ReplyDeleteThanks ~ glad you are enjoying!!! :)
DeleteUmm, yes I believe those eggs did enjoy themselves!
ReplyDeleteAnd Man they tasted good! Happy eggs!
Happy Eggs ~ Happy Friends ~ Happy week before the landscape changed forever due to the incredible flooding ~ cRazY mAmA EaRth!!
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