12/10/2023
One thing I love about small businesses is hearing what inspired a certain item, what inspired their business or how a product relates to them. If you love hearing those things too, keep reading! 😊
It’s always amazed me how deep farming roots can go and how they sometimes come back around.
All my grandparents grew up with the farming lifestyle. Fun fact, they all grew up in roughly a 50km radius of each other right on the SK & AB border.
My mom grew up on a dairy & grain farm.
My dad grew up on a grain farm. Both my parents always said how hard farm life was, physicially and financially. They saw their parents go through so many struggles. At times they both expressed wanting a different life for me. Although I wasn’t raised on a farm, I was brought up with farming “work ethic”. I remember dad had me up at 3am many weekends to build decks, haul dirt, etc. All so we’d be done before the sun got to hot. I envied my friends with real jobs, they got to “sleep in” compared to me! 🤣
My father-in-law grew up on a farm as well. Second generation on the land he still farms. Which means… I’m sure you can guess it, I came back around full circle and married a farmer!
Once those roots are planted, they’ll eventually lead you back. Even if it’s a few generations down the line. The farm is where my heart is happy & my soul is content. We grain farmed for a while till land rent became to high to turn a profit, ran a custom harvesting business until years in a row of drought hit and eventually settled on sticking to cattle.
Just recently we purchased our own farm! We went out on a limb and purchased before selling our current home. A little risky, but we crunched so many numbers. I was bound and determined for us to figure a way to make it work. I remember my husband saying, “I hope you always fight for our farm like you are right now. As there will likely be tough years where you may just want to give up.”
That’s the farm life though isn’t it? It’s what we signed up and so did many generations before us❤️
