As I walked around our farm today I was thinking of how blessed we are to have our land, all of these animals, our home, and all provided by the Lord. He is our Rock, our Savior and without Him we are lost. We believe that God has faithfully lead us to where we are at this point in our lives and He should receive the Glory!
We thank everyone who shops at our stand and at our farm. We get calls all throughout the week with different requests for items. It has been a learning experience since February 2013 till now of how to garden, raise rabbits, raise chickens, run a farmers market stand and still put Christ first. I realize we are small beans to most people but as parents of 11 children ( 9 of whom are still at home) we were in dire need of responsibilities and accountability for our children. I would love to tell you a little about each of them:
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Katie is our oldest child. She is 23 and a teacher at the Charter School in town. She is our family photographer and organizer. Katie ranks as my most type A child and I greatly miss her! She LOVES teaching and is a blessing to her students. We enjoy her visits home and of course life gets busy and they are never enough! She is does photography on the side and loves it!
Kelsye is our 2nd oldest. She is 20. She is married to Jon Cassell and mother to Emmaline (my first grandchild). She is our family computer whiz and future midwife. We love to have their family over to visit and of course eat! I also miss having Kelsye home but I am so blessed for the Lord to have placed her in the capable arms of her husband.
Evan is the 3rd oldest. She is 15. She is the get-it-done girl. If I need a raised bed made, she makes it. If there is a garden project, she is first on the scene. Evan is our future horticulturist, Lord willing. She is also the dress and bow maker of the family. You will usually find her heading up some project with brothers and sisters in tow. She also works for Jimmy Cooley, a local Satsuma farmer, picking your fresh satsumas.
Mary Beth is the 4th oldest. She is 14. She is the organizer and right hand lady to Evan. You don't usually see them apart. Mary Beth milks the cows morning and night. She is also the owner of 50 something chickens. Her chickens and cows love to see her coming. It is a symphony of clucks and moos when she enters the barn! Oh, did I forget to mention that this girl can bake n I mean BAKE!
Lyndee is our 5th child. She is 11. She is my free spirit girl. She could spend hours on end riding the horses bare back through the woods. Lyndee is the owner of 20 something meat rabbits that she dearly loves. She can tell you something about each one and exactly how to butcher them. Lyndee has no problem understanding that animals are cute and cuddly and made for our consumption ;) She loves to spend time helping others.
Jesse is the 6th child. He is 9. Jesse is all about his daddy. He is the care giver to our blind calf, fanny. He also cares for the horses. He loves to read, hunt, fish and swing on the huge oak trees we have. He isn't usually far from daddy or Luke his brother. Jesse is usually called in to help from everything from shoveling chicken manure to raking leaves for garden mulch. He is a huge help to all of us.
Luke is the 7th oldest child. He is 8. Luke is the care giver for mama hog, her 13 piglets and a wild hog. He loves to be outside with daddy. His favorite day is Thursday when his pawpaw comes to fish. He learned how to help Jesse with the weed eating this year so he has been a big helper.
Abigail is the 8th oldest child. She is 6. Abi is the ham of the family. Everybody at the nursing home that we sing at loves her. She walks into a room and is comfortable instantly. She is never shy or sad. We appreciate her huge smile and willingness to help do whatever, whenever.
Charity is the 9th oldest child. She is almost 5 in a few more days. She is my shy and reserved child. You will usually hear her humming or singing a song outside while she picks flowers. Charity is quite content to make mud pies and pond water shakes in her tree house. She likes to wash dishes and play tea party with Abi.
Teddy is our 10th child. He is 2. We all know where Teddy is because you can hear him. He is our resident bull in a china shop as some would say. He likes to hang out with his sisters (Nebin and BooBoo) because they always know where all the good snacks are. Sometimes you will find him with the younger girls where he is showing off his big boy skills like running and jumping off of things. Oh, and did I tell you he thinks the world of his daddy? He does!
Tice rounds us off at number 11. He is 10 months old. He is Uncle to Emmaline and is 2 months younger. He can usually be found in the yard eating grass or something while watching us work in the garden or yard. He is so content! He has his daddy's passive personality.
My husband, Brad, is the leader of all of these soldiers for Christ. He keeps us looking in the right direction. Without daddy we would be floundering! He is our rational thinking, tree planting, work horse and go to guy for all problems. I thank the Lord for a husband and father like him!
All of us together make Scoggins Family Farm work. It wouldn't survive if everyone didn't pitch in and work. We all cultivate, plant, pick, process and bring to you the goods that you enjoy. We have learned so much and thank God for the opportunity to serve our community!
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