Whether castrating a calf or buying a bull – or knocking in a hundred fence posts by hand when his dad hides the post-driver – Sam’s farming apprenticeship is an education in grit and poop. But there are victories, too: nurturing a fig orchard to bloom; learning to read the land; joining forces with Indigenous elders to protect a special site. Slowly, 

Sam finds himself thinking differently about the farm, about his father and about his relationship with both.

What passes from father to son on this unruly patch of earth is more than a livelihood; it is a legacy.

Whether castrating a calf or buying a bull – or knocking in a hundred fence posts by hand when his dad hides the post-driver – Sam’s farming apprenticeship is an education in grit and poop. But there are victories, too: nurturing a fig orchard to bloom; learning to read the land; joining forces with Indigenous elders to protect a special site. Slowly,  Sam finds himself thinking differently about the farm, about his father and about his relationship with both.
What passes from father to son on this unruly patch of earth is more than a livelihood; it is a legacy.

Luke and Susie are a husband and wife radio team passionate about not settling for half measures. Why strive for being married for forty years when you can strive for an extraordinary marriage? Why settle for being a good parent when your children deserve you to give them an extraordinary parent? Luke and Susie explore faith, family, culture in a way that gives us the strength to pursue the extraordinary and while we may never achieve such lofty heights we will settle for nothing less.

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