More about our House

I meant to share more about the home buying process, but it ended up being such a busy time that I neglected blogging.

We viewed just a few homes, though I looked at hundreds online. We didn't want to waste our realtor's time, or our own, with homes that didn't look like what we wanted.

There are just a few towns in our area, but there was one that stuck out as being family friendly. I only found a few houses that looked interesting here, but one ended up being just right for our family.

The house we decided to buy is a small ranch, about 1,200 sqft. It is on a quarter of an acre and is tucked back in an older, quiet neighborhood. There were just two trees here, an apple in the back yard, and a young maple in the front. We planted our 8 new fruit trees, and we're planning for blueberries in the spring.

We haven't made up our minds yet about backyard chickens. Our town has no limit on the number of chickens and even allows roosters. I would love to raise our own eggs and have a source of manure for composting. The coops are fun to look at online too. The only drawbacks of chickens I can think of are cleaning up the coop regularly, and the increase in rodents and snakes in our yard. All of the neighbors have chickens though, so it likely wouldn't be too much trouble.

I've been working on my seed order for spring. It's exciting to be planning a large food garden. I know we want asparagus, green beans, tomatoes, corn, cucumbers, lettuce, melons, and some squash. It's going to be hard to figure out exactly how much more will fit, and how many plants of each thing to do. I think it will be a bit easier next year after using the yard for a year.