Garden Song

Here is Joe, driving into the sunset!
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Hi Folks!

Here is one of my favorite songs, about tending garden and tending your life.


Garden Song
by David Mallett

Inch by inch, row by row, gonna make this garden grow,
All you need is a rake and hoe and a piece of fertile ground,
Inch by inch, row by row, someone bless these seeds I sow,
Someone warm them from below when the rains come tumbling down,
Pulling weeds, gathering stone, a man is made of dreams and bone,
Feel the need to grow my own, ‘cause the time is close at hand,
Pray for grain, sun and rain, find my way in nature’s chain,
Tune my body and my brain to the music from the land,
Plant your rows straight and long, temper them with prayer and song,
Mother Earth will make you strong if you give her loving care.

March 29, 2006

March 29, 2006

Dear Friend of organic farmers,

Today is my birthday! It has been a fun week on the farm. This weekend past, the family frost seeded oats in the north pasture. We don’t have a fancy seeder so we seeded by driving back and forth in the pickup. The three kids sat with my husband Joe and the dog Lucy in the bed of the pickup while I drove. Joe used a hand seeder that was his grandpa’s (c. 1890), with a muslin supply bag and hand crank.

There is the tiniest bit of snow left in the grassy ditches along the gravel roads. The song birds came back two weeks ago and it is so lovely to wake up to their cacophony each morning again. I will try to send photos next week.

I have great news for you! We got better tariff rates from Fedex and we now have the choice for either one day OR two day airfreight, so you can save money that way when you shop at www.wholesomeharvest.com. We also have new products on our website and hope that you will give them a try.

I want to recognize Jimmy Betts and introduce him to you. Jimmy is a student at Iowa State University working as an intern for Wholesome Harvest this semester. Jimmy is especially interested in health and balance, and he is a blackbelt teacher in a martial arts academy. I really admire his ability to program our website and quickly learn the technology behind our ecommerce sales. Many of you have had the chance to speak with him on the phone and know his kind and conscientious manner too. Thanks Jimmy! You can reach him for ecommerce answers on M-W-F from 9 to 3 CST.

Say, we are wondering what you think of our products and what we could do to win your business. Please let me know by writing back to me today. We need your support. As a way to get your referrals and help us grow, we will give you a free case of gourmet chicken sausage with herbs with your next regular order, for every 3 friends who order for the first time on our website. Just email us the 3 friends’ names, and we will give you a redemption code for the free case, which we will include with your next regular order.

Thank you for your kind wishes and encouragement!
Wende
Founding Farmer