It’s Spring!

The crocuses and the forsythia have given notice, and the trees are starting to get that red hazy look as the buds start to bud. Our brown and gray winter is coloring up with pinks and yellows and little nubs of new green.

When you walk outside, do you notice that feeling in the air? To me it seems that there is something building, something about to burst out into the world. Its kind of what I feel when I look at a pregnant belly – by God that thing is coming out soon! Every bud is like the baby that waits to burst forth; fresh and sweet and chubby and full of life.

Birth, birth and re-birth! Life! Life! Life!

Let’s get in on the action! Let’s re-birth this baby and get starting growing the world the way we want it to be – the way we want it to be for our baby’s babies.

Since it’s Spring and we live in an agricultural paradise, let’s start with food. Let’s be part of all that bursting forth; let’s help our local farmer’s to plant those seeds, grow those plants, harvest those babies and eat them right up!

I have a proposition for us – when the Frederick County farmer’s markets open up this year, let’s spend just a little of our money every week on food grown in Frederick County. Let’s spend $20 every week to invest in the future of our county and our world – it’s a better investment than anything you’ll see on Wall Street!