Nitty Gritty

It's that time of year again. Nitty Gritty Dirty Time.  It's the month where L comes home looking like a dust bunny.

Just as it's hard not to get dirt under your nails if you spend time in the garden, it's very hard for my hardworking farmer husband not to come home after a very long day and oftentimes a later night covered it dust and dirt.  I dig in my garden. He digs the fields. I plant with a shovel and hoe. He plants with a grain drill and a corn planter.  And we both accumulate the dust and dirt. The nitty gritty proof that we were outside working the soil and seeding the crops that will nourish the body.

Nitty Gritty Dirty Time. Planting Time. Long hours, later nights, and dirty hands. But it's a price well worth being paid when a bountiful harvest is your goal.