The New Comfortable Coop

Mr. C and I are settling in at the New Comfortable Coop. We made the move in late August and are still working on sorting through boxes and finding places to put everything. The issue with the new comfortable coop is that it’s shared with our youngest son’s family so there are some (a lot) of duplicate items, especially in the kitchen!

 

This is a view of part of the new homestead. The windows at the bottom of the house are to the basement which is where Mr. C and I now reside. The large structure on the far right is the woodshed. We really can take the girls to the woodshed! The porch has two levels and a stairway down to the ground level on the side of the house.

Some of my friends were concerned about the living situation but seeing the pictures I’ve taken they are less worried. I thought I’d share them with you.

Everything was so dry this summer! The weather was hot and it barely rained all summer. The back of the house has a big deck and there’s even a small deck at (almost) ground level. We’re painting the house next spring and a new roof is in the plan.

But these are the things that make me so grateful to be able to live here (besides my family, of course!).

This is the view from the front porch. Every once in a while a car drives by and the occupants and I wave at each other. It doesn’t matter if we know each other. It’s a country thing I missed since I had my own farm. You can always tell the city folks. They don’t know to wave.

The view from the back deck is equally gorgeous and soothing!

Of course there’s a lot of work to be done. The kids are buying the farm from our daughter-in-law’s father. He works for a recycling yard and always had lots of metal, cars, and various other items around. He’ll be hauling it all off to be recycled then we can work on restoring the pastures.

I was able to move a lot of my most precious plants from the old house. In spite of being transplanted on a very hot day and not getting quite enough water they’re all doing great!

And the view looking east toward the silos or west across the soy field at the sunsets is spectacular!

There are definitely challenges to this New Comfortable Coop. The basement is very small and the entire house is heated with a wood burner that takes up a part of the space. It’s dark and pretty much unfinished right now. But we have plans and I believe, in time, it’s going to be a very comfortable coop!