Still working on getting there

Well I had hoped that by now I would be out on the farm full-time- working on buildings, installing solar and wind systems, putting up a little house. But our condo in the city has not yet sold. It is the albatross that is keeping us down. If we could sell it we’d be able to get out there and into the dirt right away!

There is lots to do yet on the property. Did I tell you yet that Wolverine Pipeline came through and cleared their easement? It was as though a tornado had ripped down one side of the land in a 60 foot swath. Everything in its path was taken out. Very disturbing. Apparently they do this every ten or eleven years if a property has not been maintained. We just didn’t get there in time to prevent it.

There are some good things going on, there are daffodils everywhere in the front of the property. I am going to re-plant those so we don’t lose any of them. Some are in standing water from all the rain and snow. The land got mushed around by the huge machines that were used to clear it. There are huge ruts in the road and so much mud! We spent some time digging trenches to help drain the water from the spots where it is pooling. We got some of it drained. We will certainly need to figure out the best way to control the water on the property, either by directing it or by making a pond for it to settle into.

We also found a few more junk piles which we need to have cleaned up. I started gathering garbage but it is really water logged and I don’t yet have a dumpster to put it into. So, it’s in piles right now. I hope to be able to find a use for a lot of the materials and recycle as much as we can. It will be hard I am sure because the only recycling that I found nearby was for paper, magazines and cereal boxes.

I’ll need to figure that part out as well- where does all the refuse go. Hopefully we will not produce much once we get going- it’s just cleaning up what others have dumped on the land that is going to be a challenge.