Thank you, Home Maker! Its just a rental, you know? But God brought us to this place and put us with the right landlord, so it was a good place to land.
Drake, I've often dreamed of having such a place and there is a beautiful valley just over the state line in VA, called Blue Grass Valley, which would be the perfect place. I've often thought of having a B&B/working farm where the city folk can come to rest, eat right off the farm, feed chickens and gather eggs, milk a cow or just watch it being milked....along the lines of that.
A wood burning hot tub made from natural stone, secluded paths on which to ride horses up on the mountain so they can view the 40 mile valley in all its splendor. AND a resident massage therapist (ME
) to give them special, relaxing massage and home made salt scrub treatments.....you see, it has all been worked out in my mind long ago! A full-on Bee meets Salatin farm experience with an added twist...cater to the peace lovers and the ones who just want a unique experience with their vacation. And they could buy my down quilts, raw honey, soaps, lotions, beef, lamb, eggs, veggies....whatever they wanted to take away as a momento of their time in Blue Grass.
I've been dreaming of that for years....but it isn't likely to happen. If I had a better bathroom here, I would do a mini-version of it when the boys leave. No horses and milk cows of course, but a quiet sojourn in a real old farm house, comfy beds, massage, home-cooked meals, country produce and stuff to take home. Chickens and sheep, apples to pick off the tree~NO cable, NO cell phone service, wood heat.
But then, my place isn't really fancy enough for folks to really want to stay here, although I read about this one place called Grandma's House that stays rented all the time and its circa 70's decor, board games and nothing special really...just quiet. They rent for $400 a week and stay rented all the time!
FF, I would dearly LOVE to do something like that! It wouldn't really fly around here, as most of these folks have worked at the poultry processing plants around here and already know how to gut and cut up chickens and turkeys.....but it is still a great idea! I may steal that one in the future!
There may be folks out there who want to learn, huh?
ETA: Funny thing, but the other day a woman approached me about the garden I had last year and about how "beautiful" it was and wanted to know if I gave classes or if she could just come over some time and watch what I do! Can you imagine that? Who knows? May become a sideline or even a ministry for me...teach the folks to grow food, can food, grow animals on grass....it would certainly be exciting!
They looked so cute all clustered up in that pen, peeping out to see if the rain would slacken. 
