What a week this is turning out to be. Yesterday our second flock arrived and today, we are beginning the see progress toward the next phase of our farm dream………..clearing the upper 26!

After exhausting the possibilities of having someone to harvest the pine timber for anything (including mulch or toothpicks), the reality statement we were told over and over and over, “…..if you wait another 15 to 20 years, they’ll be worth something….but it's hard to know since the timber industry continues to drop.....” In fact, we called so many different tree people, I lost count. I was to the point that I really didn’t care about making any money if someone would clear them for their own profit and our land would be pasture ready.

The thought of waiting ten to fifteen years was as if someone was telling me to tread water for that long……….but you know what? The Lord knows the plans He has made for us; why we are here and the desires of our hearts. Through His perfect timing, He has paved the way for the clearing to begin.

Heavy equipment arrived around 10:00 a.m. and we will hear the hum of machinery over the course of this week and perhaps into next as the pines will be cleared and we will begin the process of gathering ourselves and moving forward with the continued vision of our homestead endeavors.

Check out the photos from Day One – Clearing of the Upper 26:

AFTER Equipment Arrival and Clearing was underway...

.....and then, Alan pointed out this morning that cattails are growing in our pond (I thought that the foliage was a type of water iris that I had planted and lost)...........we never had cattails around here anywhere; I've been trying to find cattails to plant in the pond for two years.........they have just appeared and are growing in our pond.

Amazing!