We looked at two farms yesterday, both in the town of Springale. The first was an Amish farm (part of a community of Amish farms before the Amish moved from this area) - it is surrounded by two other old Amish farms, now converted. Anyway, the landscape was beautiful, pasture land that led up to the base of a tree covered hill. It has a large pond, surrounded by cattails, large fenced pasture areas, awesome workshop, barn, chicken house, green house, garden space, etc... I imagine the grove of aspens in bloom is breathtaking. The house is plain but has some cool features (walk in freezer, plenty of storage, etc...) but the bedrooms (6 of them) are small. It is still in the process of having the electric wires covered up,and various other things like that which is why the price is pretty reasonable.
The second house is one we had driven by before but the price was too high for us. The realtor who showed us the second house also happens to own it with his dad and brothers so he explained how they could work with the price. They have all moved north so they are trying to sell. Anyway, it is gorgeous land, again large fenced pastures leading to many acres of trees. It has a large green house with an incredible garden, rows and rows of many kids of berries, fruit trees, garden plants, etc.. It has a genuine, built into the side of a hill root cellar, an outhouse for power shortages, a large workshop and a sweet house that with some minor modifications would be pretty good for us. The family that owns it are also committed to organic farming and self sufficiency so they understand what we are trying to do.
Unfortunately both houses are still on the far side for Steve's drive to work and also to church so we will keep looking. We should be looking at three more today...
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