The Beginning

So we have a farm.  A lot of people, well everyone we talk to, asks why we went and bought a farm.  We had a lot of reasons.  First of all, Dan has ALWAYS wanted to be a farmer/rancher.  He has always driven by fields of alfalfa with a little tear in his eye.  A herd of cows is incredibly interesting to him.  A little white-faced calf gets him all choked up.  So, I wasn't surprised when last year he started taking me on drives all around the state of Utah to look at one piece of property after another.  He wanted to find a place where we could fulfill the desire to live a more self-sufficient lifestyle.  One where we could provide for our family if we had to or wanted to.  A place where our family can all be together and play and fish and work as a big group.

We looked all over, but a few times we drove through a little town just off of I-15 called Kanosh.  It's exactly two hours north of us, right in the middle of the state.  We were drawn there time and time again.  It is the smallest town in the world, just at the bottom of a little canyon with a creek that has fish in it and is full of the nicest people.  All 500 of them.  Now there are 502 of us.
Also, we have recently become empty-nesters and no longer have anyone here to talk to or about.  There are no more discussions of how the basketball team is going to do this year, how plans for the big date are going or who is supposed to empty the dishwasher this time.  So now, our conversations are all farm, all the time.  We endlessly discuss the types of trees to line the drive with, the kinds of goats we will raise; Boers or Oberhasli's, or maybe the Dorper sheep we will attempt, or the Lowline Angus we will breed.  We love it. 

We also talk about what should we build first: the cabarn (combination cabin/barn) or the guest house so Jim and Joan can spend time in the country in their golden years?  Maybe we should spend all the money we don't have on fences to keep the dorpboerhasligus'?  Lots of options, no rush.  Those are the only two things we know for sure. 

We don't have any money, don't really know what we are doing and the only people who think we are funny are the two of us.  Woo hoo!  We are perfect farmer material.  We are excited to start a little project but we don't have to hurry for any reason.  The alfalfa is irrigated and grows well and maybe that is all we will do for now. 

We will post pictures and discuss the progress as we go along.  We will get the site up to the present time as soon as possible.  Here are some of the pictures form the beginning.