April 8, 2016. I’m not going into details today about the circumstances surrounding it, but this was a burdensome, heavy-hearted day in my life. An informal, undocumented loan was called due by text message at 3:30 AM, followed up by an email at around 4:30 AM, net seven days, mind you, so I applied online that evening to four different reputable lenders. The next morning, my local credit union dumped fifteen grand into my checking account and it was official. I was the deepest in debt I had ever been in…
Year: 2016
Inaugural Post – Owning Burton Farm is Born
We Homestead. We Money. And now, we Blog. Welcome to the inaugural post by Owning Burton Farm at owningburtonfarm.com. These are the first of several posts that are going in the ground to support the fence for the garden. I said I didn’t want to put in a lot of effort on a garden if the goats and the dogs are running loose. I only play to win and that right there’s a losing game, I already know. Jenny, our one year-old dog has ripped out the last four small seedlings I’ve planted in my front door containers,…
A New Baby! A New Page!
A New Baby! A New Page! Ok, a few new babies. In fact, nearly an entirely new farmbly has been born in the two years since we posted. The most recent was a little billy goat born to Joy and Noel. Three months ago, Noel and Chrissy had a baby girl goat, who has not yet been named, either. Oh, dear. You haven’t met Chrissy and Joy yet. The new crew of Dominecker chickens have started laying eggs and Amigo, the baddest Red Rooster in town, guards them closely. We…