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We really did take a leap<\/a> when we decided to move to the farm. And it was a big one.<\/span><\/p>\n We weren\u2019t farmers! We had never farmed! This was unchartered territory. We didn\u2019t have the skills, the experience, the relationships, or the knowledge you need to run a functioning farm. <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/fermesleystone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/A-Single-Value-Sideline-Nurture.png” alt=”Nurture, Fermes Leystone, Leystone Farms ,Pontiac, Nurture, Karri Munn-Venn, Trefor Munn-Venn, craft vinegar, city to country, sheep, Wool pellets, honey, #luskville #pontiacqc #pontiacquebec #shawville #shawvillequebec #homesteading #homesteadingcanada #ottawatourism #ottawatourisme #ottawavineyard #woolpellets #ottawavineyards” title_text=”A Single Value – Sideline – Nurture” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Testimonials” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_direction=”90deg” background_color_gradient_stops=”rgba(0,0,0,0) 70%|rgba(0,0,0,0) 70%” background_color_gradient_start=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” background_color_gradient_start_position=”70%” background_color_gradient_end=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” background_color_gradient_end_position=”0%” custom_padding=”0px||3px|||” background_last_edited=”on|phone” background_color_gradient_stops_phone=”rgba(0,0,0,0) 95%|rgba(0,0,0,0) 95%” background_color_gradient_start_position_phone=”95%” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ max_width=”900px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/fermesleystone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/magazine-18.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_margin=”||18px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ text_font=”Cardo||||||||” text_text_color=”#2a2a2a” text_font_size=”42px” text_line_height=”1.4em” text_font_size_tablet=”36px” text_font_size_phone=”24px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n We believe that each of us can take small actions to nurture ourselves and our families. They don\u2019t need to be complicated actions to start making a big difference.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/fermesleystone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/A-Single-Value-Banner-Nurture.png” alt=”Nurture, Fermes Leystone, Leystone Farms ,Pontiac, Nurture, Karri Munn-Venn, Trefor Munn-Venn, craft vinegar, city to country, sheep, Wool pellets, honey, #luskville #pontiacqc #pontiacquebec #shawville #shawvillequebec #homesteading #homesteadingcanada #ottawatourism #ottawatourisme #ottawavineyard #woolpellets #ottawavineyards ” title_text=”A Single Value – Banner – Nurture” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Images” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_margin=”|auto|10px|auto|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ text_font=”Montserrat||||||||” text_line_height=”1.8em” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n To make it more complicated, we moved to the farm in June. The crops had already taken off and we were behind. This was our starting line.<\/p>\n We had a list of projects as long as you can imagine and it included everything from the playful to the critical to the ludicrous!<\/p>\n That was all in the first 3 months. And we haven\u2019t slowed down. New buildings, new livestock, new products, new branding \u2014 the list keeps going. And there\u2019s more to come.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ text_font=”Montserrat||||||||” text_line_height=”1.8em” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Add to this other employment, raising kids, finding our feet in a new community, improving our French, keeping animals alive, joining community markets, launching new products like our wool pellets<\/a>, and you start to get the idea of what our life was like.<\/p>\n Just a little while ago we were interviewed for a feature article in Country Guide<\/a> magazine by April Stewart<\/a> and she asked us how we make our decisions on the farm when there are so many moving parts.<\/p>\n We spoke a little bit about the mechanics of how we decide things but when we got to the heart of things, our decision-making comes down to a single value: Nurture. That may sound simple, but living in alignment with that value has been the single most potent thing we\u2019ve done on the farm.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/fermesleystone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_8236-scaled-e1694606739477.jpeg” alt=”fermes leystone, leystone farms, pontiac quebec, luskville, vineyard, wool pellets” title_text=”IMG_8236″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ width=”100%” max_width=”2560px” custom_margin=”50px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ text_line_height=”1.8em” max_width=”800px” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”||56px|||” custom_padding=”|||0px||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n With every choice we make, we ask ourselves how this value will play out. How will this decision nurture the land, the plants, or the animals? How will it nurture our community? How will it nurture the people who visit the farm? How will it nurture our family, our marriage, ourselves?<\/p>\n It\u2019s at the heart of everything we do and it keeps us aligned and focused in the midst of what is, truly some days, chaos.<\/p>\n We hope you can feel it when you visit (not the chaos, but the nurture!). We hope you can sense that there\u2019s something else going on in the midst of all this farming and gardening and transformation. We hope that when you buy eggs or taste our honey, take a knitting class or walk the vineyard that you experience the feeling of being nurtured. It\u2019s important to us.<\/p>\n We believe that each of us can take small actions to nurture ourselves and our families. They don\u2019t need to be complicated actions to start making a big difference. In fact, it\u2019s usually better to keep them simple.<\/p>\n We don\u2019t claim any expertise in this, but we\u2019re living it as best we can. And if it\u2019s any help at all, we\u2019ve pulled together a few ideas that we thought we\u2019d share with you as you nurture your life. You might want to try one or two, or better yet use them as inspiration for what matters most to you.<\/p>\n You don\u2019t have to turn your life upside down. But you can make sure you\u2019re pointing it where you want it to go and we hope this helps.<\/p>\n One last thought. 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