Well, there have been hurdles every step of the way... BUT real farming has finally begun. We started spading our land yesterday. And the soil looks nice! Not even so many rocks (thanks to hundreds of years of farmers pulling them out of the fields and adding them to stone walls). We look forward to getting some seeds and plants in the ground, and it looks like that can start next week. I'm sure the hurdles will continue every step of the way. We'll keep leaping over them as best we can.