Mom and Dad
This is rare. Both my mom, Carolyn, and my dad, Carl, working in the greenhouse at the same time. They got all of our lettuce planted for transplants. As well as cilantro for eating!
My Mom and dad are such a valuable part of our family farm. They both have their roles and work very hard to make it succeed.
My dad has been on the farm his whole life, he loves it. It is his passion in life. When I told him I was coming home to farm our usual 10 minute phone conversation quickly turned into an hour long conversation. He has been a cattle rancher, running a traditional cow calf operation, as well as a hay farmer. Of course he was also involved in the family's produce operation since he was a kid. My grandparents grew up to about 50 acres of produce at a time including but not limited to cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, and broccoli. We had to help when we were kids and yes it was torture. His role at the farm is critical. He takes care of the cattle for the most part as well as does all of the maintenance on the tractors and all of the equipment. He also gets the great job of spreading the manure. We have really high-tec equipment for this. The old truck in the photo below is our spreader. Still runs like a champ, needs a little work now and then, but works great! He also irrigates all of the pasture and hay fields as well as the produce when he is able to. He can run the cultivator like no one else as well, but the trick is catching him do some of these things. He also puts up about 250 acres of hay in Hillside in the summer and is in between places irrigating or moving cows or one of the many other little things he takes on in any given summer.
My mom. My mom is a very special person. She will do anything for anybody. I dont know how she does it. She is the person that if you tell her its someones birthday at 10 in the morning, she will have a cake ready to go for you by noon. Im not sure when she actually makes it since she works full time at the college. I think she has elves that help her do all the things she does. She also does an amazing amount of work down at the farm. When she is not giving Zia rides on the horse Nicky, she is busy watering, weeding, picking, planting, cooking, cleaning, working (at school), or doing any of the hundreds of things that happen on a farm. I just cant say enough about her. Where she finds the time or the energy to accomplish all the things she does is beyond me. She is the most compassionate, loving, giving, caring, helpful person I know. If you ever get a chance to come to the farm to meet her, it is worth every minute of your time. She is an angel in disguise. 
