Dream Come True

It was 19 years ago when Joel, Jeremy and I rented a sweet little cabin on 10 acres up in Valle Crucis, North Carolina.    That little farm intrigued Joel and I, and we often talked about how much we would like to own a property like that some day.   We have searched, researched and traveled around over the years......looking to recreate the lovely "feel" of that original property.    And then 4 weeks ago we found it!   Seriously!   Our very own restful piece of land, a farm we can now call our own.  We closed on the property 3 days ago and couldn't be happier.

We haven't come up with a name for the place yet, but here are some pics we can share with you.

This is the back of the farmhouse on the left which has a screened in porch running the length of the house.   The structure on the right is a huge pavilion with it's own kitchen and bathroom in the enclosed area.    What a great place to sit under the shade while the breezes keep you cool.

Whenever we buy a house, I always ask Joel to take a pic of me with the sale sign.....the realtor was removing it and he snapped this pic for me.....we're just a little excited about acquiring the farm!  It was a little drizzly that day, and windy, too.   Hence the raincoat.

We'd like you to meet some of our new neighbors.

From the road approaching the farm, this is the view of the bluffs, boulders that are 2 stories high are hiding behind the trees in the foreground!

Two of the barn stalls have garage doors and a cement floor.   Joel has big dreams of someday putting his woodworking tools in there.

 Here's another view of the pavilion.   The family that previously owned this property had a large family and they had their family reunions here.   See the RV garage off to the right?   It even has water and electricity right at the garage....all set up for our RV.

This used to be a working farm, and we're not quite sure what we'll be doing with the remaining part of the barn.    For now it'll be a good place to shelter the huge mowing equipment Joel has been daydreaming about.

 All I can say is......pretty..........all 12.7 acres of it!

 The wind vane is always in motion.

And the back porch even has a "slamming" screen door.   I just love that!

This solid cedar picnic table with benches was built by the farmer who had access to a mill where he had all his wood cut from the property.   Talk about solid!   

We even have a pear tree!    And was it ever loaded
with pears.......I backed up Joel's truck so it was under
the tree and jumped up and started to load the
bushel baskets we bought the day before at Tractor
Supply Store.   The flatbed of his truck made a handy
ladder for us.

Every time I pulled a pear off the tree, another 3 fell, making Joel do a lot of ducking.   There are also 2-40' grape arbors which had been loaded with grapes when we first looked at the property 3 weeks ago.    Joel thinks he may have to learn how to make wine now that we know they produce about 30 gallons of picked fruit from each arbor.

On our way back home to Florida we made a 4 hour detour in north Georgia to see a guy about a stove.   We found exactly what we wanted for our old farmhouse kitchen......a 1952 Chambers stove.     Won't it be fun to cook on this pretty baby?

So that's the nickel tour of our new farm.    We are beyond excited and can't wait to go back up there and spend a few days exploring our new land once again.

Farm Chick Wannabe,
Debbie