We find little things of theirs all of the time like old mugs and notes they wrote of recipes. I am now revising this page in 2025 and we still find new pieces of their history every once in a while! We really love this place and its endless surprises!

Our neighbor Robert tells us that this land used to be a horse farm but the stable collapsed many years ago. That makes sense because we find horseshoes all over the place! There is what we call a “Volvo graveyard”under a collapsed red stable out back where the most recent license plate reads 1979. One of the cars used to have a full raccoon skeleton and one women’s boot in it. Last we checked only the boot was there. In front of the old stable is a clawfoot tub with a tree growing up through the center, which makes sense the more we get to know about this place.

There is a barn, a coop and a root cellar. The barn was once a large chicken coop then the old owners began using it for other purposes (seemingly something nefarious! These folks partied!). They built a small coop next to it that is still filled with eggshells. The kids love to play in it but so far we have not put any chickens in it.

There is a majestic spruce forest out back. The trees were planted in perfect lines. We believe this may have been a plot of land that was part of the last century’s reforestation attempts. We often see deer, cottontail rabbits, eagles and owls. The dogs in our life love to find old deer and raccoon skeletons. There’s a fox hole or two around here.There is also a clear path that used to be the driveway. Our house is very close to a street – it would make sense if this driveway was the original main entrance.

We have a tiny orchard of two kinds of apples and pears. We were told there are cherry tress but I have yet to see a cherry here. Around the property are peaches, black raspberries, red and black currants, autumn olives, hops, catmint, wild grapes, asparagus, rhubarb, and many different kinds of squash. The buildings are all lined with daffodils and irises.

We also have built a couple of garden beds with strawberries, tomatoes, peppers, sage, lettuce, collard greens, chives, basil, rosemary, potatoes and much else!

There is a vernal pond between a couple of willow trees that have been shedding limbs. It sadly tends to go away in summer when we want it most!

In 2025 we started large edible farm beds and planted a lot of indigenous wild flowers around the property. The soil here is gorgeous black gold. We are so excited to see what pops up!

Love,

Steph and Maeva and Mr. Midnight