It was the summer before my junior year. Being 15 years old is a formative and tenuous experience in and of itself, but to add insult to injury, my mom had just been diagnosed with small cell lung cancer. I…
Buying a Farm: Process Update 2
Last weekend, I was riding horses with a friend at my family’s farm. From the saddle, I looked out over the farm with my future home and farm in the background. I couldn’t help but think about how surreal it…
Preparing for Homestead Life: Prioritizing Tasks & Budgeting for Success
With less than 6 months before I close on my new 10 acre farm, my mind has been swimming with a million ideas and questions and potential problems that need to be addressed. As I shared in a recent post,…
Buying a Farm: Process Update 1
On November 18, I received a text that changed my life: I was going to have the opportunity to buy a 10 acre farm. I had reached out to the owners by handwritten letter over two years prior. I had…
6 Months from the Homestead Dream: 6 Tasks to Complete
In just under 6 months, I will receive the keys to a 10 acre farm – a blank slate on which I can build my dream semi self sufficient homestead 🙂 Because this is an off market sale, I was…
Buying the Farm: What exactly is included in my farm purchase?
I am less than 6 months away from closing on my new 10 acre farm, with the goal of turning it into a semi self sufficient homestead! Here is what’s included in the farm I’m purchasing: Additional benefits include: a…
Achieving Semi Self Sufficiency on the Homestead: My Goals
Hi! I’m KC. I’m in the process of buying my dream farm in Connecticut. It’s a ten acre property complete with a large antique cow barn, a small horse barn, and approximately 8 acres of fenced horse pasture. I will…
Buying the Farm (an introduction)
Hi! I’m KC. For the past few years, I’ve been stealing moments of contentment any chance I get. After many years of constant change – including serving as a caregiver for each of my parents in their battles with cancer,…