Scott says a farmer is someone who just likes to see things grow. I think it has more to do with dirt, meaning, how dirty you get in the process; the dirtier you get, the more “farmer” you are. Sure, there’s more than that, but that’s what’s on my mind at the moment—dirt—so with my life and brain as it is these days, best take what comes in and work with it.
Take a “grower,” for example. That’s what the wheat families whose fields surround our little frontier vineyard call themselves. Although they did start out as “farmers” we were told, and I know that they also like to watch their fields grow and ripen, “farmers” they are not. Read the rest of this entry »
