When dating, Mitch and I often talked about having some acreage of our own to grow our own food, have some chickens, maybe a cow or two. A place for our kids to explore and grow. After moving to the Hill Country, and especially since the kids have started school, that dream all but vanished due to the high prices of land and our desire for the kids to attend a particular elementary school. I guess we were resigned to be neighborhood dwellers (though there is nothing wrong with that! I love our neighborhood.).
Anyway, last September, Mitch discovered a 10 acre tract owned by a friend of his who was going to sell... I won't go into details, but since it's been almost a year from then to now as I write this, you can imagine the ups and downs we've been through to procure this land, which we are 98% certain we have (nothing is in writing yet).
Mitch has such an eye for land with potential... he could see the black cherry, large live oak, shin oak, Spanish oak, and of course, persimmon trees that were hidden among the nasty cedar shrubs. He could see fields thick with swaying native grasses that would be possible once the cedars were removed.
Persimmon Hill is (hopefully) going to be our family homestead, named for the very large persimmon trees that grow on the hill that will (hopefully) become our homesite.
As the land is not officially ours, I will not post pictures of it yet. I can say that Mitch has been clearing cedar whenever he gets free time (!) and the transformation is definitely beginning. Below is a rendering of the home we have chosen. I'll write more about that later.
This is an exciting time, though I must stop myself when I start to pray for progress... all of this is in God's hands and we must submit to what he wants, not what we want. Check back for more news on how we are getting along!
1 comment:
Good luck Kerri!! I hope everything works out really well. The cottage plan is really cute!
allie
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