Last week Emma and I moved in to our new farm! It's in Forrest, Illinois, about 2 hours south of Chicago. We didn't actually buy it, we're leasing it long-term from a wonderful family who want to see their conventional corn and soybean fields turned back into organic pasture and diversified cropland; just as it was 60 years ago. We both are sort of in disbelief that our dream is actually becoming a reality. Earlier this week we found and purchased our future farm truck and a couple days ago our neighbor and fellow organic farmer Marty Travis and his son to deliver our beautiful 1944 Allis Chalmers Model C tractor. I would be lying if I said we weren't a bit intimidated by everything that lies ahead of us, but already we have so many incredibly generous neighbors around us who want to help us succeed that I feel like we can't possibly fail. Check out our new home below
We may not have the most beautiful scenery around our farm (we're in the middle of a never-ending sea of corn and soybeans) but we do have a wide open view of some beautiful skies.
This week I also managed to complete another needle-felting project: a donkey commissioned by my mom's cousin, Katherine. As you can see he's kind of like my donkey v2.0
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