I never set out to be a farmer.
I grew up with a field behind my house, and the open space was nice. My parents had a decent sized garden. It just wasn’t on my radar to have a bunch of space of my own.
Through a series of circumstances, Evan and I were drawn to property near his parents’. We didn’t think it was possible; we thought it had sold shortly after we bought our first house. But we met the owner, the woman who built the house with her husband back in the 1960s. She agreed to sell her house to us, with the farm property to go with it. The house came with a few apple and pear trees, lots of yard, and a farmed-out field behind it.
So here we are, at the Sunrise Farm Project. Evan’s morning person tendencies rubbed off on me, and together we enjoy the sunrises out our dining room window. We are learning about the land, and learning about our abilities to cultivate the land. The apples were our first project, and are our biggest continuing project. We started our garden this spring, and are in the process of adding chickens.
The Sunrise Farm Project is a learning experience, and we are sharing that experience. We are not perfect; we don’t have it all figured out. This is our ongoing story, how we figure out what the heck we are doing.