Sitting here in R44 with pour-over and scone, catching up from a long weekend. Quiet start to the day. Now that the winter weather has broken – we hope! – our thoughts and actions are turning toward what the new season is bringing. This week we’ll be winding down sugaring operations; washing and packing up …
Remember I used to say we have water everywhere on this farm? Cuyahoga river, year-round stream, pond, shallow well, deep well, swamp,… and Wednesday, water everywhere but in the house. Our jet pump died, and we were completely without water. Big thanks to Denny Herr and Sons, who came out the next day to trench …
This past year has been a flurry of activity, between moving to the property, working on fixing up our houses and outbuildings, preparing fields, planting, harvesting, and making plans for the future. It seems like the warm days have just flown by, and here we are on the edge of winter, when most outdoor work …
The chicks we purchased about 5 weeks ago are growing like… chicks do. Nancy built a mobile nursery for the little ones, and has been moving it every couple days. They seemed to appreciate the heat lamp the last couple nights it went down near freezing, but don’t seem to mind the 40s temperatures early …
In Mark 16, the apostle relates his account of the disciples’ reactions to Jesus’ resurrection. It’s an unusual account according to modern standards, not glamorizing the event or retelling so as to place them in good light. Instead, Mark – similar to the other accounts – doesn’t hesitate to “keep it real” by exposing the …
It’s been a month since I last posted, and while our discipline has paid off in a number of ways, we’ve still got a week to go before we’re moved in. Here are some highlights from the last few weeks. Since very little is growing yet, we’ve been able to put off many of the …
We never anticipated waiting until January 22 to close on the property after our offer was accepted back in October. And we’re still not living in our house, but instead, a temporary apartment 45 minutes away, through March. And there’s so much more to do before we are officially residents of Maple Dell Farm.
In a few days we’ll mark our first month anniversary as owners of the Maple Dell property. We’d planned to spend just a couple some weeks cleaning and painting before moving in to our house. However, the house needed a lot of cleaning, more than just touchup painting, some carpets and builtins needed replacing, and …
