This year we continued with our improvements to the farm.  As seems to always be the case, there were plenty to choose from.  Another year, another project (or three), we always say.

In January and February we were making great progress on renovating one of our greenhouses when the project was interrupted by Brian and Mason getting sick.  After that came Papa’s fall, and somehow we just never got back to it.  Maybe next year.

But the ugly overhead electrical wires and utility pole in the back yard are gone, and all the outbuildings now have up-to-date electric service.  Gone also are the rows of old unhealthy nursery stock.  Next year, we hope to add raspberries and blueberries where the nursery trees used to be and then harvest them for our pantry shelves!

Last month we had to replace the heat pump, and it looks like a major well repair is in our future.  This month we’re also finishing a few more interior things the previous owners never got around to. 

As we’ve begun to say, “We really bought the farm.”

(Note to self: DO NOT schedule home improvement projects in December!!!!)