We bought this place at the beginning of 2018 from a gentleman named Gary Larson. He had done a lot of thoughtful work on the property and called it "Day Break Ranch" because the house faces east and the day starts early when there are chores to do. Resisting the urge to call it "The Far Side," we kept the name and just changed ranch to farm.
It was just shy of seven acres with two houses, a kick-ass workshop, a barn, a garden shed, and a few other small buildings. Most of the property was fenced pasture with just enough trees to make grazing rotation easy. There was a fruit orchard, a good garden, chickens, and then sheep.
We ended up raising Gotland sheep, a breed that was relatively new to the United States and, apparently, popular with Vikings back in the day. We had never raised sheep before, so a lot of the early years were spent learning by doing. That same stretch also included 4-H, ducks, walls, terraces, signs, and all the other things that accumulate once a property starts turning into a real place.
Then a 46-foot 1963 Chris Craft entered the picture and, because normal projects were apparently insufficient, eventually got a pond. From there the site became a record of boat restoration, excavation, landscaping, strange detours, and the occasional Warhammer interlude.
The active farm years are mostly over now. What remains here is the record: the fields, the sheep, the boat, the pond, the 4-H notes, and the side quests.
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