A farm is an ecosystem which must be balanced by complementary productions. Flowers need pollinators, so there are beehives, chickens generate excellent manure in addition to feeding on the extras from the vegetable patch and giving us fresh eggs, the forest provides us with firewood, construction wood and maple. The vegetable garden nourishes us… and produces seeds for years to come… In short, all this keeps us busy and nourishes our mind as well as our body!