The Grass/Land - Aerial Photograph of the Farm

Aerial Photograph of the Farm

Last fall, in October, a plane went over when we were not paying attention and took a photograph of the farm.  We had the opportunity to buy a print and a CD version of this photo and I am sharing it here.

I want to share it because it is telling in many ways, both predictable and unsuspected.  The work we have done on this land has been physically hard and demanding.  It has often seemed chaotic: one step forward two steps backward.  It has not seemed orderly or productive much of the time. We have had setbacks, and disappointments, and sometimes it is easier to remember those than it is to see how far we have come.  This photo shows what we have accomplished as well as points the way to what we still have to do. 

The photo was taken about three weeks before we closed the pastures for the winter and it had been so dry, the place looks perilously over-grazed.  I hope it is not.  And I hope we will still get the moisture we will need to bring the grasses back to life.  Time will tell.