The (not so) New House

If I had it my way, I'd be starting transplants right now but we haven't even built our greenhouse yet! We're still working on the house. Chelsea and I got a trailer house for the price of hauling it off and it's a real winner. It's not actually even a house it is an old office trailer with a 7' celing. I'm 6'3" so I won't be wearing my cowboy hat indoors. We had it professionally hauled in, but then decided to move it to a different part of the property, so a kind neighbor pulled it from one side of the farm to the other with his Ford 4000.

We'll move in by Jan 31 whether the house is finished or not because that is when our current lease is up. Hopefully by then the office, bedroom, and bathroom will be finished. That will make us foodies sans kitchen. Whoops!

After two weeks of bitterly cold weather, I noted that most every body of water froze over: Keystone Lake, the Cimarron River, and our pond. Chelsea and I scooted and slid around on the ice before it melted in the sun.



Fortunately we chiseled another field in December just hours before the snow came in. It will be field rotation number two. This is the view from our front door! We'll have veggies and cover crops 50' in front of our house. We are so excited about the new soil and the new farm layout! We are going to have six 2-Acre production fields and a 1-Acre garden. This means we will be allowed to have a 6 year rotation without any double cropping!


Keep Warm,

Don