Welcome to our farm. We bought our property in 1998, located in Southeastern Michigan. My husband had just retired from the U.S. Army after almost 20 years. We moved here, never realizing what we would be doing 25 years later. In fact, we had never lived in one place for more than 6 years during our entire married life. We had two teenage kids and a couple of dogs. We moved in two days before Christmas.
Our house was one of the first houses in this area and was originally built in the 1830's. Just before we bought it, it had been remodeled on the existing foundation. The house had not had running water, a bathroom or heat until it was "remodeled" in 1998. The base of an old windmill and the pumphouse still exists on the property. The well pump was removed before we bought the property. There are 2 smaller barns and the remnants of an old silo still on the property that hadn't been touched in many years.
We moved in with two horses, so we had to make quick work of cleaning up the barn and putting up a small paddock for them. There was no electricity or water at the barn at that time, so we used flashlights sometimes to do chores, and carried water from the house to keep them watered. We did this for a few years until we could finally get electricity and water run to the barn.
And that was the beginning of it all......
...a dream and a prayer.
Follow the links below to my Blog posts...
Create Your Own Website With Webador