Some of our housing arrangements fell through at the last minute (while we were driving up to Deary!), but the Holloways have graciously let us stay in the bunk house on the farm until the house we were supposed to live in gets fixed. The bunk house is small, but it is a place to stay. It has a kitchen, bathroom and shower, laundry facilities and a place to sleep... what more do we need? Everything worked out ok, since our household goods shipment was delayed from Australia due to emergency repairs required for the ship that was to carry our goods from Adelaide to San Diego.
Glenn has been busy with the British Whites (grass-fed heritage breed cattle, pictured in the blog background), and has been waiting for our arrival to get the rest of the farm moving. The kids have started learning about chickens, and collecting and cleaning eggs for sale at the Moscow Co-op. Eight chicks were born from the laying hens just before our arrival and it has been fun watching them grow and learn how to be chickens! Our first batch of broilers (meat chickens) will be arriving soon - 200 of them!
The farm is approximately 1,200 acres, and the Holloway's have a lease on the property for the next 20+ years. They are hoping that this year will be a re-building year after having to work through some trying times over the last couple of seasons. Hopefully we will be a help and not a hindrance to help bring them into a strong year! Everything here is raised "beyond organic" (including the hay!), and all of the animals are happy and well cared for!
It has been difficult to get on to blog, as we don't have consistent internet, and we haven't been able to establish a routine yet. God can use all situations for good, so pray for us that we can trust in him to settle our housing situation and show us the next step of our journey!
A special thanks to all of our friends in Australia! We were given an amazing send-off and were so blessed to have such great friends and co-workers with us in The Alice! We hope to see each and every one of you again!
Trent, Hilary and family
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| Beaux in the field while papa is mowing. |
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| Beaux and Jax at one of the many ponds on the farm. |
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| Beaux and Jax cleaning up the stall getting ready for new chicks! |
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| Papa and Beaux on the three-wheeler with one of the many spectacular views from the farm. |
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| Jones and Jax at the valley gate. |
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| Jones and Jax on the ATVs. |
Hi Guys...good to get your new blog. A new journey rarely goes as planned, but you are well cut out to handle whatever comes your way. I am excited to keep up with you as you go through this learning year.
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This family came from Australia to Deary, Idaho to learn to farm and then move on to run their own farm. They are a super couple with wonderful children.
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