Saturday, April 25, 2015

35 acre addition!


Last Friday, we bought the 35 acres adjacent to our 15 acres and got a construction loan to finally put a house on the farm!  It's a really exciting time!  50 acres total - never in a million years dreamed we could pull that off, but we sure enough did :)

The same day, we signed a contract with a lumber company to harvest the timber on the new plot since it was completely wooded and we needed a place for the house, some pasture, and some $.  They came in on Tuesday and begin their work.

Here's the link to our house plans: New house!!

And here's some pics of the lumber clearing:


Our red building on the right, in front is the newly-acquired 35 acres to the north.  It was completely wooded when we bought it a week ago.

Lumber truck pulling away down our driveway

They left a few trees

Big ole John Deere

Ezra was most interested in the dirt

We got him to stand by the huge machinery with a little coaxing

The llamas and goats went exploring and quickly went too far

Stevie B was the first to get reeled back in, Lacey Lou followed him

Then got some more food and reeled the llamas back in

Here they come!

And here are some general farm pics since we haven't posted any in a while:
Back inside the fence, Ezra helps feed Dolly Llama
And the chickens
Our newest addition, Lacey Lou - she is a full nubian.  We got her a month or 2 ago, and we just love her!
Lacey Lou is a bit of a mess :)

We let the animals come to the front of the property to graze on the luscious grass there.
We had a Nigerian dwarf (I think that's what he is) visiting for a few days - we named him Ray Ray.  But he eventually went back to his rightful owners.
Ezra the chicken whisperer!

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