In Balance With Nature....

Friday, July 16, 2010

We got our Land!

Yesterday we closed on our new land and future home!
36 beautiful rolling acres in Blairstown Missouri, about 1 hour south of KC near Garden City. It has 1 pond and two small creaks with lots of trees and plenty of open area for the farm and house. Its along a black top road and there is a private gravel road that goes along the west side of the property. Very pretty area and quiet surroundings. Our neighbors across the street are the Russell Stover Family. Of course we cant see them... they have 1000+ acres over the hill.
Now we are on the search for a tractor, we think we found one we want but we are going to look a few more places before we decide for sure.
Adam is ready to get the tractor out there to start tilling up the farm area and plant some cover crops like alfalfa, beets, radishes, and other nutrient rich items so we can till them all under in a few months so they can compost over the winter and then it will be ready to plant in the spring!
We have been making cuttings of Moms apple tree in the back yard so we can kick start our orchard, and we have started saving seeds from our veggies this year to plant on the new farm so we don't have to buy so much next year. We plan to by a small trailer this fall so we can move out there soon and later next year we hope to start building the house.
We will be updating as we start working on it but for now here are some Pictures!

1 comment:

Kyle said...

Congratulations!! I can't wait to come and chill out there!!