{"id":6673,"date":"2021-06-06T00:46:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T23:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=6673"},"modified":"2021-06-06T00:46:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T23:46:17","slug":"life-on-the-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2021\/06\/06\/life-on-the-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Life on the farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/blog-honey-spinning.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6656\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/blog-honey-spinning.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/blog-honey-spinning.jpg 337w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/blog-honey-spinning-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/blog-busy-helping.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6666\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/blog-busy-helping.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/blog-busy-helping.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/blog-busy-helping-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/blog-Rs-veggie-garden.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6659\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/blog-Rs-veggie-garden.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/blog-Rs-veggie-garden.jpg 337w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/blog-Rs-veggie-garden-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Life\u2019s never dull around here, that\u2019s for sure.\u00a0 Beekeeping, gardening, weeding, building, living out a dream.\u00a0 Roy loves to work, as many of you know; 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