I have been trying to come up with something positive to write today. I was outside all day and I just finished throwing a little manure tea on my apple trees and a pear tree, tomatoes, and some fig trees and pecan trees that are not set up for the climate in central KY (need a higher level of heat for a longer period of time like Alabama and GA to get them to grow well.)

The farmer goes through many steps before he brings in a good crop and faces many dangers all the way through the growing process. Plowing and harrowing the soil, planting the seed and fertilizing, hoping for adequate rain or trying to find a way to irrigate, maybe using an insecticide to kill the many insects and pests that is eating it and harvesting the crop. In addition to his skills and expertise he is depending on a whole lot of things going right including equipment, serious drought, hail, tornadoes,etc,etc.

All of these steps are going on with PTSC. You know that the farmer may complain, worry, believe he has lost the crop unless divine intervention assists, prays and if a cash crop (not for his own use/farm animals) hopes that the buyers are out there to purchase it at thus and such a bushel. His family (the shareholders) worry day and night that the crop may not come in and they even start to worry that the farmer is not going to get the job done.

This is our situation right now. PTSC is in the process of growing a crop. PTSC season is a little different than the farmer but it's going through the same stages. We will know much more by Thanksgiving and hopefully earlier if some of the crop comes in early with mediation. At any rate, like the farmer, we must wait. I was hoping for a little rain today (2 or 3 cents) but  it didn't happen. Disappointment, but nevertheless, a typical day in the share holders life. With hope that the crop might get a little rain tomorrow, we continue to look for signs from the heavens. As we've been following this crop along, it has faired pretty well up to this point in its growth.Will it be a bumper crop?

Previously, we were broke and the bank was not to friendly. They demanded much more than we thought it should require. The choice was pay or go to the auction block. PTSC chose the former and went to the banker and much of the crop raised so far in the last few years has had to go to the bankers. This time around, the crop is ours. We will be making hay in the sunshine. This farm won't be put on the auction block because the farmer is doing everything he can to ensure success. He won't let the family down. He is planning now to expand the farm and is hiring more hands believing he will be successful. 200 acres is available in the valley, 500 acres is available next door. We just need to get through this harvest successfully and we will be on our way. God bless you farmer, your family is praying on your behalf.