THE FARM, WHEN THEY got there, was still a working farm. Which meant everyone was busy, difficult to find, and not interested in being in the same place at the same time. Katie dragged Brendan from house to barn and across the grazing area twice before she was able to extract promises from everyone to meet them in the kitchen. In the process, her mom handed them a crate of vegetables from the garden to bring back to the house and Jesse gave them instructions to work on packing the online orders for jams. After that, the only thing left to do was wait. At least they had work to do.
“You should let me get you a ring,” Brendan said as they sat at the kitchen table assembling the jam orders.
Katie was scooping eco-friendly packing peanuts into cardboard boxes and pushing them across to Brend
