A new direction

After being here for 6 months or so, and completing a few of the projects on our list, Don really began to miss the hands-on farming.  He actually became friends with a neighboring farmer, I think, mainly because he wanted help with the actual planting and management of the crops for his own pleasure!

So, as a family, we started praying for God's direction - He blessed us with this property, now, what in the world are we supposed to do with it?  We believe in putting your resources to work... for God and for you...and that includes the land you own!

 

So, while walking through our acres of beautiful woods one afternoon...

 

Don suggests, "We could buy a sawmill and harvest some of these hardwoods...."

 

True.  But, then my 16 yr. old son, Will, pipes up, "Aren't a lot of these maples?  We could make maple syrup...."  The idea took hold, in the weeks that followed.  It's farming of a very different kind, but still farming none-the-less!

 

With much prayer, we began asking questions, doing research, and talking to other maple syrup producers.  By God's grace, we have managed to buy, gather, and build the equipment needed to begin this new adventure!   Keep checking into my blog to follow our progress and share our lives as we build our new business!