We Bought A Farm

Okay, the first thing that I learned in setting up a blog is to save what I am writing because I just lost an almost completed first blog.  So, I will keep this shorter and add something new gradually (that was in the unsaved version).  Yikes!  Such a novice, I am.  But I just saved it and checked out a preview.....Whew!

So, the short version for tonight.....We bought 20 lovely acres complete with an old farmhouse, a pond, garden, small pen, and a very tiny workshop.  It is a blank palate for us.  We cannot wait to get started developing it into a small-scale, producing working farm.  We plan to hay some of the property, raise some marketable, grass-fed livestock, and sell several organic garden products.  We have so much to learn!  But we love the country life and the challenge and have a great resource in our agriculture expert son, Derek. 

The house and immediate surrounding property are requiring the bulk of our attention right now.  It needed lots of clean up as you can and will see in before and after pictures that I will be posting.  Here are a few of my favorites:

Before

After

Before

After

I love, love, love the original pinewood floors that we refinished.  I always thought I was a carpet girl but these floors are awesome!  Needless to say, we have lots of work still to do like new flooring in kitchen, bathroom, and dining room, windows replaced, paint the outside and electrical work (thank goodness for our son, Mark, the electrical expert) but it is really feeling like home!  We love it out here.  One of our favorite acquisitions with the property was the previous owner's dog, Shasta.  Yes, that's right....She is now Shasta Scasta :)  Here are her before and afters.  She is so cute now and has such a sweet personality.  She really helped Tucker settle right into country life.

Shasta is the long hair and Tucker is in the front.

All trimmed up and looking good!

So needless to say, one of the best things about having a farm is bringing the grandbabies out here.  I look forward to summer cousin camps at BiBi and PaPa's farm, fun weekends, and holiday gatherings.  Here are Bella and Cockadoodleloo in a standoff.

So, I will sign off for tonight.  Stay tuned and learn right along with us as we learn how to make a farm!  Sweet dreams!