When we bought our house in a little town way out in what we thought was the middle of the nowhere Maine, I would never have guessed that there would be such a thriving community. Heck, if you google the name of our town, our house pops up as the center of “town.” It seemed […]
As a millennial, my generation is not known for having much patience. In fact, we tend to want what we want right now. Retailers have figured this out with perks like one day shipping, instant access, and movies/TV on demand, but no one gets it quite like the television producers on channels like HGTV and […]
We made it to Maine! Woo hoo! All of our belongings (or what made it onto the moving truck) now reside in our 1900’s farmhouse, and we are finally staying in the house for the first time! (If you’re wondering – yes, it still smells like cat urine.) I love our new house and how […]
Our March visit to our Maine house for getting it move in ready was not exactly what we expected. Though we had enjoyed (and laughed at) BDN visual journalist Troy R. Bennett’s song about snow in March, Jason and I didn’t actually think we’d be dealing with snow and frozen ground in the last week […]
Hello there! Looking for a blog full of homesteading adventures (and probably a lot of misadventures)? You’ve found the right place! I’m Jennifer and I’ll be recounting the process that my husband, Jason, and I go through as we build an organic, permaculture-based farm and renovate our “new” 1900s farmhouse out in Amherst, Maine. Don’t […]
