WE BOUGHT A FARM!!!!
Our relationship with our landlord has been deteriorating quickly, and the news that we had to move out in the next year was the final straw. We had been thinking for some time that we put so much time and energy into the farm here...and all of that effort was going straight to improving someone else's farm. We were finding it especially hard to be motivated when we were hitting road blocks left and right; we couldn't prepare soil, plant, grow or sell in the ways we wanted to. We were never building a name for ourselves.
The only major downside to moving is that we had started the relationship with the cafe down the road. We'll still try to bring them a weekly delivery of produce, but our new farm (OUR NEW FARM!!) doesn't have garden beds or anything set up, so we'll see what we manage to grow this year. We'll definitely still have our broiler chickens, eggs, pork and lamb. Moving in the fall instead of spring would have been ideal, but we really fell in love with this property and a large part of the enjoyment of this farm had been taken away when the relationship with the landlord went downhill.
The property is all set up for us and the animals to move straight in. It's perimeter fenced and there are 5-6 separate fenced animal areas, each one with a 3-sided animal stall or shade shelter. The fencing and outbuildings were all built in the last 3 years and they're all in great shape. The entire property needs a *huge* cleanup. It's kind of the farm version of "hoarders"....we are itching to get in there and start cleaning up. It's over 2 acres and the perfect size for what we need.
Our Farm :)
Move in date in 2 weeks... we don't waste time around here!
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