<p>Samantha “Sam” Welch shares a February life update from her family’s 40-acre farm in north central Arkansas, describing the month as difficult and busy. The biggest event was their church building burning down, which also destroyed her friends’ wedding-venue business, prompting the church to meet in a member’s home and leaving Sam navigating support, PTSD from a past house fire, and a work transition away from photographing weddings at the venue toward farm sessions and growing her podcasts. On the farm, they began using a high tunnel, prepped beds, and planted cold-hardy crops (carrots, peas, radishes, kale, turnips, collards), did orchard pruning, sprayed with lime sulfur, lime-washed trunks, and planted new apple and plum trees. She reflects on using AI and daily notes to identify “good tired” day elements: early meaningful work, outdoor movement, unstructured family time, and adult community. She also notes listening to more music—Appalachian and Ozark folk—alongside homeschool orchestra studies.</p><p>Follow me here</p><p><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@woc_samanthawelch" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.tiktok.com/@woc_samanthawelch</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@woc_samanthawelch" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.youtube.com/@woc_samanthawelch</a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/woc_samanthawelch/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.instagram.com/woc_samanthawelch/</a></p><p><br/></p><p>00:00 February Life Update</p><p>01:34 Church Fire Fallout</p><p>03:30 Work Transition Plans</p><p>04:27 High Tunnel Spring Prep</p><p>05:52 Orchard Pruning and Care</p><p>07:46 Building Better Work Rhythms</p><p>11:44 Music and Homeschool Co Op</p><p>13:11 Wrap Up and Support</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://thewomanofcourage.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_1">thewomanofcourage.substack.com</a>