Farm House
Well, it’s a done deal! In 2 months we will own this farm house, along with the 40 acres around it. The house is very small so we’ll be looking at putting an addition on it in the very near future. But the property has a lot of exciting benefits too. There is a year-round creek flowing in a gully behind the house. The land is in all hay right now (about 30 acres) and hasn’t been treated chemically in over 10 years. The soil is a well drained silt loam. There’s a very nice, small barn with stalls on the property as well as an older drive-shed. There are many mature fruit and nut trees on the property, which is very exciting. There’s a large English walnut and a heartnut tree in the side yard.
My head is swimming with ideas for this place! 2010 will be a transitional year as we move this summer and I try to put together a cohesive plan for the farm. Finances dictate that I will be working off-farm for some time to come, but there’s a good chance I can work part-time so hopefully by 2011 I’ll be able to get something off the ground. Exciting times!
Gresz Says:
January 6th, 2010 at 5:25 pmVisit Gresz
Awesome - little house on the prairie.
Adam Says:
February 2nd, 2010 at 4:48 pmVisit Adam
Nice! When is the housewarming?
Adam Says:
February 5th, 2010 at 6:25 pmVisit Adam
How far is the drive from Toronto?
Chris DeVries Says:
February 5th, 2010 at 7:51 pmVisit Chris DeVries
It’s probably 2 hours from downtown. It’s a bit less than 2 from Brampton. But it will be worth the drive!!
Don Says:
March 31st, 2010 at 7:03 pmVisit Don
You need to make the house warming party during haying season Chris!
BTW - did you know this Common Ground blog is on the first page of Google when searching ‘mobile chicken processing Ottawa’?
We are thinking of raising a bunch at Guys and thinking whether to build our own equipment or if a mobile processing unit exists in Ottawa.
Edward Says:
June 16th, 2010 at 12:23 pmVisit Edward
Nice house! Looks great. And i like the colors…
Nico Says:
July 26th, 2010 at 12:02 pmVisit Nico
That’s a very nice small farm house! Do you already life in it?
John Says:
September 2nd, 2010 at 4:44 pmVisit John
It’s a really nice house. Looks great. Don’t you start yet putting an addition on it?
Chris DeVries Says:
September 4th, 2010 at 7:00 amVisit Chris DeVries
We moved in in July and the addition is well under way as of Sept 4th!