There's been an accident....

All I wanted to do was harvest pears.

Ever since we first saw our now farm that we OWN (long blog post coming up on that!) back in April, I was so excited to discover that we had pear trees! I patiently waited, and finally they were ready to be picked.

Long story short, the ladder I was on collapsed and I fell backwards from about 5 ft up and landed wrong on my knee. I fractured my tibia, and tore my ACL, LCL and Meniscus. (cue sad dramatic music here).

Falling off a ladder with such a traumatic injury, less than a week after you close on your dream farm was (and is) pretty devastating. I am scheduled to have surgery September 22nd and recover is going to be long, but I plan to try and make the best of that time by writing to you all here. Because of my long term recovery, we have launched a storefront with Aurora Blue Farm merchandise to help cover farm expenses during that 6-8 weeks where I will not be able to tan sheepskins as I normally would, nor keep every butcher date we planned, due to the logistics. (our truck is a stick shift, and I broke my clutch leg)., etc. We have hoodies, sweatshirts, T-shirts and even coffee tumblers with our updated logo! Thank you for all of your support during this time! The flock appreciates you!

I will keep you all posted on any new farm news and updates. Breeding season has started here on the farm and the next post will be ALL about what we do here on the farm to prepare for breeding and the pros/cons to lambing in spring or winter!

I hope you are all well!
Stay safe!

Bethany