Doveland Farm lies on rolling green hills overlooking wide pastures. Or it's on a cliff by the Pacific Ocean. Or sprawling across a plain of wheat with a pond-and-tree oasis about half a mile down the creek from out modest farmhouse. Or our yurt.
On Doveland Farm, we toil under a hot Florida sun among the rows of blossoming orange trees that feed the wild bees from whom we harvest honey. Or we hoe our mandala garden beneath a blue Iowa sky. Or we shepherd our flocks of sheep over the rocky paddocks of Colorado. Or goats. Or alpacas.
Or it's this:
Maybe we just have some horses and a trail-riding business. Maybe we have used permaculture techniques to attract fish to our rivers. We sail out in the morning and collect crabs and then return to our mountaintop, Idaho potato farm.
Fact is, we don't know where Doveland Farm is yet because right now it is a swirling mass of imagination and excitement. But somewhere out there is exactly what we're looking for; the ability to carry on America's agricultural heritage and blend it with new methods of organic, sustainable farming.
Lindsay and I want to farm. We're not picky how. We're not picky what (though we do have a few stipulations that I'm sure will come up here later). We just want to learn, make ourselves capable, and build a place worth living in.
Anyone who's interested in our journey, anybody searching for something else themselves, we want you with us. We'll share what we find. Hopefully, this will help other people find what they're looking for as well.
Thanks for joining us. Wish us luck!
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