"To begin, begin". As William Wordsworth so simply stated, one simple needs to take that first step to begin anything. It is the simplest of ideas but to implement and take action is a whole another ball of wax. For many fear, impedes the next step. It is simple and easy to talk and have conversations about any idea. But to take the first step into action is what is the real test.

The idea of Firefly Moon Farms (FMF) was born over the course of many conversations and moments that spanned over the course of several months. Conversations about a shared desire to create something bigger than ourselves and to do something for our families. To build something out of nothing. Conversations sitting at a computer looking at grapes and discussing grapes, wine, and what was the vision for what we wanted FMF to produce. Conversations staring at and drawing on white boards discussing t-posts versus wooden posts. Conversations standing in a snowy vineyard deciding if we should use staples or not to attach wire to a post. Conversations and more conversations.

That brings us to the action portion of this story. There is not a moment that we took "action" and then realized that we had moved into the realm of "this is actually happening". There was texting of snowy pictures of possible locations. Phone calls to grape growers to find out prices. Checking of calendars to find out what dates we could start working. And then we simply realized that we had begun. The grapes were ordered and were coming from Double A Vineyards in Fredonia, NY. The debate to use or not use grow tubes was over and 500 grow tubes were on a truck from Minnesota. The wire was arrived and had to be rolled, not carried across due to its surprising weight. The first hole was dug to put a Frontenac grape into....

To state it as simply as Wordsworth...we had begun.

To Begin

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