Kelvin Fletcher and his wife Liz reflected on what their future could look like
Kelvin and Liz Fletcher shared their hopes that their children would one day take over the farm from them as they discussed the future.
During the latest episode of Fletcher’s Family Farm, which airs on Sunday, Kelvin and Liz were speaking about the Fletcher’s products they sell, which help to “keep the farm thriving”.
The duo, who were recently left homeless due to a fire, came up with a plan to make money from the wool their sheep produce. Liz explained that it cost the couple to have the sheep sheared, and that by transforming them into blankets, they could make some money back.
She shared the sad reality that farmers face, having to diversify their businesses to make more money because “farmers are struggling”.
Sharing her dream for the future and how important it is to her to have their children involved in the farm, Liz shared, “Having the kids involved and helping just makes it special, because they’ll one day, hopefully, take over, and me and Kelvin can be in the Bahamas. ”
“So I’m hoping that the kids are doing all this, and we’re just sitting back, and they’re sending us money,” she laughed.
Kelvin chimed in, “You know what I would actually love, let’s say in, I don’t know, 20 years from now, that I’m just kind of the farm handyman, the farm labourer, and that the kids are running a big farming enterprise. ”
“Yeah, do you think you’ll let go, though?” Liz asked. “Do you think you’ll let go of that control? Because, knowing you, I can’t imagine it.”
Thinking about it, Kelvin reflected, “I think that’s probably the hardest thing for most farming families to let go.”
Liz lightheartedly joked, “I won’t. I’ll be on a cruise. I’m doing my shift, and then I’m enjoying the rest of it.”
She added, “Maybe we should do a series. We’ll come back when we’re 80, we’ll still be here in the same room, boxing blankets. Kids will be doing something completely different. ”
Elsewhere in the episode, the Fletchers prepare for their biggest event of the year in the form of a six-day-long Christmas celebration gala that welcomes families to the farm for festive fun.
The family’s much-loved pet Ginger also gives birth to her puppies, and the flock gets lost in the fog.
