Harry and Thomas share a moment together at the Benjamin farm.
My surprise of the day was an unexpected visit from my dear farmer friend, Harry Benjamin. Harry is in his eighties and his father homesteaded in our area in 1909, a hundred years ago. Harry and his wife Jeane are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary on June 6 and stopped by to invite us out to the farm to provide music for their open house.
I have never met anyone like Harry and Jeane. Harry is an artist and inventor whose mind never stops. He is gifted in working with anything metal and can fix, strengthen or build anything using his metal works. His farm and shop which is 20 miles out of town, right in the middle of the prairie, would astound anyone.
Jeane is a master gardner who loves gardening in her gigantic green house which Harry built for her. She is always experimenting with new varieties of every plant, vegetable and fruit possible. The first strawberry we tasted from her greenhouse tasted like candy, I have never tasted anything so sweet.
The kids and grandkids now run the farm which grows organic wheat. They have created a niche in the new organic market which continues to make thier farm successfull.
Harry and Jeane remind me that the next generations are built on the efforts, integrity, and morality of the previous generations. They also remind me that there is always 'another planting season' ahead, and that there is no such thing as a wasted season.
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