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"Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfector of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."

~Hebrews 12: 1-2

The Farm

"He who gives attention to the Word will find good, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD." ~Proverbs 16:20

The farm we moved onto was sitting empty for three years before it was sold to the current owners.  It was previously known as Cove Mountain Farm with American Farmland Trust and the current owners renamed it.  My husband and I rent the farm, operate the dairy, and own the cows, so we decided to give the dairy operation a different name from the farm.  Thus began our journey as Amazing Grace Dairy.  We named our dairy that because we put our faith in Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, and it is by HIS grace that we are no longer bound to sin.  We believe He has lead us to farm where we are now, and though we stumble, we seek to reflect Christ's image to those we come in contact with.  We do not know what the future will hold, but we will journey on in the path that He has laid out before us.  "The mind of man plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps." ~Proverbs 16: 9

More on the farm:

The farm was left in fairly dire straights by the time it was sold.  The current land owners had the desire to bring the farm back from its disheveled state and turn it into a dairy farm once again.  So, with their help, Danny, myself, Danny's parents, and many many other kind and generous people began our work and boy did we have it cut out for us.  It took several months to replant 120 acres of grasses, fix up the parlor, repair (and find) the fences so that they would at least hold cows in, fix up the house (which we are still working on), fix up the barns, and put in an underground watering system.   The farm still has some major projects that need to be completed, but it is operational (grin).

Some of our first looks at the farm (February 26, 2009) before the work started

The farm had been planted with corn, on corn, on corn for
the three years it sat empty before it was sold.

The feed troughs in the parlor were...uhmm...well... :)


This was the auger that used to carry feed from the bin into the
parlor at one point in time.


One of the many piles of trash we found.


The fences :)
 As any farmer can tell you, there is always something to do on the farm, but somehow our list still seems a bit longer than the average one, but I feel like we are finally starting to catch up.

The farm in May of 2009
New growth in the fields signifying a new beginning for us and for the farm.

Notice the fences??   That would be my husbands hard work you are seeing.  (grin)
I will have "before and after" pictures coming in the blog, I will put a link to it here.

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