Busy at the farm...

It's been awhile since my last post. We have moved, but not into our farm house...yet! Our drywall finishers just finished up this weekend, so we will be painting and installing cabinetry this week. Our floor will be installed on or around Nov. 30 (we had a special order), so it looks like move in time will be around Dec. 1. It as taken longer than we like, but we finally see the light at the end of the tunnel!

In garden news, we have mowed and started plowing up the garden. Plowing in the Fall makes the soil much more workable in the Spring. We would still like to spread some organic fertilizer, but we shall see how that goes. Once we get the house done and get settled in, we'll start planning for our 2010 garden. It's always exciting to come up with a plan and start looking through seed catalogs to decide what to plant. If any of our customers have a certain variety or vegetable they would like us to try, let us know. We're open to ideas.

Hopefully I can get some new pics up soon. Lots is happening at the farm!

We have electricity!

Just a quick update:

We have electricity, yeah! We have had to wait awhile because of all this rain we have been getting, but Mid-American was finally able to get out to the farm. They had a bit of trouble trenching in mud, but it's done so we can proceed with finishing the drywall. After that, it's paint, flooring, cabinets, lighting, finishing up some plumbing, and then we can move in!

More house pics and some funny pumpkins...

Well, these pics aren't terribly exciting, but they are the most recent. As you can see below, they have dry wall up.

This view is of our hallway and kitchen.

This is a bedroom closet and door into the bathroom.

This is our drain field for the septic system. It is now done and ready to be used.

And these are the pumpkins my kids recently decorated...just because I thought they were cute!

House News...

Here is the exterior finished. We'll probably add some shutters later.

They've started installing our septic tank. They still need to do our laterals. Since our soil is clay at the house site, we have to go with a sand filter system. Luckily for the CSA, our garden soil is rich loam (they say some of the best in Marion County)!

This is what the interior looks like as of this morning. Our contractor was starting to add insulation and hang drywall today. Once he is done with that, he has to wait for our electric to be hooked up (by Mid-American) to finish the drywall. We are 8-10 workable days out on the list, so we need to pray for DRY weather!!! We are supposed to be moved out of our house in town by Oct. 29 (which is fast approaching)! Luckily we have family to take us in so we are not homeless if the house isn't quite done yet:)

House Update

I have been trying to get new pictures of the house up on the blog, but for some reason it's not working. I will try to get it figured out soon! We really like how the house is turning out, I wish I could share it with you. The outside is finished and we are meeting with the inside finisher tomorrow. He will hopefully be able to frame up the interior walls tomorrow and set our bath tub, then we'll get the plumber and electrician there later in the week to do their jobs. We are hiring out more work than we originally thought we would. The things we will have to do include: paint, flooring, trim work, installation of cabinets, countertops, sinks, toilet, etc. We thought we would have to do light switches, outlets, and all light fixtures/ceiling fans, but our electrician is saying he'll do it all for the price he had quoted us. So, that's a bonus. We are hoping to be moved in by the end of October...we shall see.

Our New House is Underway!

These pictures seem to be out of order, but no matter. We are excited that our new "farm house" is finally under way!

This is the slab foundation poured (with the rough in plumbing). It doesn't look like much yet, but after this sets for a few days the builders can get to work on our house.

This picture is of site work being done...this was the day our plumber was roughing in the pipes and drains in the slab.

This picture is of the footings after they were poured. I know, not very exciting...I am going to try and take pictures of all the different stages in the building process and then make a scrapbook for remembery (as my daughter likes to call it ;)