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| Kay in Kentucky |
Posted - Oct 11 2005 : 5:27:53 PM
Hi,
I have been looking for a farm for a couple of years so I can retire there. I just closed on a 24 acre farm in south cenral KY. The farm has been Amish and I bought it from them. So, there is no electricity or central anything. Good woodstoves, good barn, old house, lots and lots of things to fix, everything is odd shaped and country. I love it. Spent my first weekend this past weekend there. Oil lamps, woodstove lit, listening to the neighbor's cattle calling to each other-it was wonderful. I am so looking forward to getting back to where I belong, back on the farm after fifty years or so
Kay in Kentucky |
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| lolli |
Posted - Dec 31 2005 : 7:33:26 PM
That sounds like a dream come true! And I thought my old (new to me) farm house needed alot of work! I've never been to Kentucky, you make me want to go, send some pictures will you?
Paradise Girl |
| twigs |
Posted - Dec 18 2005 : 10:30:27 PM
kay,
oh hon so glad you are retiring and what a blessing to get to know amish as well. some of my dearest freinds are amish and i have learned so much from them, they truly are a wonderful group of folks....
i believe i have even driven our group down near you to the amish midwife there.....
enjoy your peacefulness, its so worth it
twigs
May you be surrounded by the things of olde that make you feel like a treasure! |
| bramble |
Posted - Oct 17 2005 : 8:11:26 PM
Hi Frannie and Kay! You both sound like you will fit right in here as you are doing some really great things and we love to hear about them!
What fun and such an "adventure to say the least!
Frannie- I have to ask if Cabin Creek Quilters are familiar to you? You're screen name sparked my curiosity as I was given a quilt made by Cabin Creek Quilters as a wedding present and had heard that it was a co-op of women who made and sold quilts. Are you familiar with them if they still exist? The quilt is beautiful and very well made, I have treasured it!
Nice to have you both here with us, I'll look forward to hearing more about your rustic new life Kay,( your blog is great!)
with a happy heart |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Oct 16 2005 : 10:17:07 PM
kay .. i enjoyed reading your 'blog' (i haven't figured out how to do those yet) ... and i see that you work for customs (is that in virginia?) now .. how will your keep us informed of all your stories if you don't have electricity? no computer??? frannie |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Oct 16 2005 : 9:59:31 PM
kay .. i know where liberty is! i love that campbellsville is there when needed (docs) and such .. but, i, too, love being 'out in the country'. i had to laugh when first moving here .. because even the people 'in town' .. thought that "I" lived 'in the country' .. ha! it's all 'in the country' compared to washington, d.c.!
Carla's book??? what book is that?
where do you work for the federal government? (what town) .. and which agency? i must say that federal government retirement benefits sure are great!
you will adore all the 'free time' you will have .. and all the fun things to keep you involved in this wonderful thing called life!
frannie
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Wow, such energy, my goodness, your a whirlwind girl, I am a bit slower afoot than you are but I'll get there. I am south of Campbellsville on the way to Liberty. Campbellsville is to busy for me. I have Carla's book and love it. Yes, my house is without electricity and doesn't have indoor plumbing. I do have pressure water from the county. It needs repair now because the previous owner's moving truck broke the line. My first repair. I will have a composting toilet inside so the trip at night won't be so cold. I grew up on a small homestead where there was a wood cooking stove for heat and a hand pump at the sink for water. The out-house was down the path next to the chicken house. That was so long ago....my goodness where did all the time go.
I too am a fed employee and I am retiring as soon as I can and getting away from that life as much as I can. Fifty or sixty hours a week of work takes it toll on you. I have done my part now it is someone else's turn.God help them.
I will be making another trip to get furnishing for the farm and my telephone should be in November 1st. Maybe. I am not worried about it everything will work out fine.
Kay
My blog;
http://oakspringfarm.blogspot.com
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| Kay in Kentucky |
Posted - Oct 16 2005 : 6:35:07 PM
Wow, such energy, my goodness, your a whirlwind girl, I am a bit slower afoot than you are but I'll get there. I am south of Campbellsville on the way to Liberty. Campbellsville is to busy for me. I have Carla's book and love it. Yes, my house is without electricity and doesn't have indoor plumbing. I do have pressure water from the county. It needs repair now because the previous owner's moving truck broke the line. My first repair. I will have a composting toilet inside so the trip at night won't be so cold. I grew up on a small homestead where there was a wood cooking stove for heat and a hand pump at the sink for water. The out-house was down the path next to the chicken house. That was so long ago....my goodness where did all the time go.
I too am a fed employee and I am retiring as soon as I can and getting away from that life as much as I can. Fifty or sixty hours a week of work takes it toll on you. I have done my part now it is someone else's turn.God help them.
I will be making another trip to get furnishing for the farm and my telephone should be in November 1st. Maybe. I am not worried about it everything will work out fine.
Kay
My blog;
http://oakspringfarm.blogspot.com |
| KJD |
Posted - Oct 16 2005 : 1:48:16 PM
Wow Frannie at Cabin Creek - now I have TWO Kentucky farmgirls to admire! What a story!!! Can't wait to hear more from both of you. |
| KJD |
Posted - Oct 16 2005 : 1:43:54 PM
Kay in KY -
I'm enjoying your blog! You would really benefit from Carla Emery's Encyclopedia of Country Living - it has info on everything! I admire what you're doing... |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Oct 16 2005 : 1:38:55 PM
KAY: I have been looking for a farm for a couple of years so I can retire there. I just closed on a 24 acre farm in south cenral KY.
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Hi Kay .. My name is Frannie and I moved to South Central Kentucky (Green County, Kentucky) almost two years ago! We bought a 30-acre farm nestled in a little valley in a thousand acres of forest (only 6 homes back here).
We bought two civil war era log cabins .. and they are wonderful! (Exactly ten miles from the birth cabin of Abraham Lincoln in Hodgenville, KY). I saw them in County Living Magazine over 12 years ago and remember telling my husband that I wanted to live in these olde cabins someday! Talked off and on with all my 'primitive-loving, pioneer-heart' girlfriends about Cabin Creek Farm .. and one day a couple years ago, a friend e-mailed me that they were FOR SALE! I was here the very next week (amazing .. but i had never been to Kentucky in my life but i had a plane ticket that i purchased three months previously to come to Shakertown to take a primitive rug hooking camp .. and it was scheduled for THE VERY NEXT WEEK .. i saw that as 'a sign'! Fell in love with them .. called my husband and started begging, pleading and promising all kinds of things if he would buy me these cabins (ha! we lived in annapolis, maryland .. he worked at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. (but he was nearing retirement time) .. sooooooo .. when i got to my rug-hooking camp, some of the ladies told me that Cabin Creek Farm had been featured again in Country Living (after a second cabin was moved to the property) ... now this magazine was EIGHT years old .. and the second day of camp, two ladies returned from lunch .. they had visited a tiny little antiques shoppe in Harrodsburg .. and THERE was the second (eight year old!) magazine .. they gifted it to me! NOW .. THAT was yet another 'sign' that i was supposed to live at Cabin Creek Farm in Kentucky! After my rug-hooking camp, i roamed the backroads and visited our precious village of GREENSBURG (our County Seat) .. and i was ecstatic! Flew back home (with twenty new best friends from Kentucky in my life) .. the following week, we drove together to Kentucky, spent ten days ... and ... well, the rest is history! i've been here ever since! (our home in maryland did not sell for ANOTHER WHOLE YEAR ... so .. my handsome honey hunk husband hank .. was there (still working) and i was 'down on the farm' .. just me and the two olde english sheepdog puppies i bought to surprize him with! (he came to visit each month).
we do, indeed, have all the 'modern day amenities' like electricity and 'indoor plumbing'! Grew my first flower and vegetable garden in my life .. I immediately joined THREE homemaker's groups, our historical society, our local arts council, (helped plan a wonderful tribute to Pansy Phillips, an artist in the 1950's from our county .. had tea parties and a huge display of her wonderful art .. she was very instrumental in bringing art to our county, also helped plan our first annual Art in the Alley Festival. I joined our local garden club, (ha! missed ONE meeting and they voted me President!) rotary club, Chamber of Commerce, was recruited for a year-long "Leadership Green County" couse where we learned all aspects of our county. (My husband is taking the course this year). This weekend will be the second year in a row that i have been in charge of Pioneer Children's games and activities at our annual Rendezvous. I helped create a Merchant's Association (i have several booths at our local Glover's Station Antique Mall) .. have fallen madly in love with Janice Holt Giles books .. a Kentucky author from the next county over! You MUST get to know her books .. she writes of life in early Kentucky! well, goodness, that is just the tip of the iceberg. Life is full and grande .. and i am loving this thing called 'retirement'! (What a silly word .. no such thing!)
Not sure where Dunnville is .. i thought i had roamed all over Kentucky and knew most of the small towns .. and we are in South Central Kentucky (next to Campbellsville). Do come visit our charming town .. we'll have lunch at Lucy Tucker's Tea Room in the village square!
Tell more of your Kentucky Adventures!
P.S. I started right away journaling and e-mailing my Kentucky Ramblings (a Nawthern girl moved South) to about 300 on-line friends .. and last month, Mercantile Gatherings ... a new magazine for 'primitive crafters and artists' just featured Cabin Creek Farm and some of my 'tales'. (More will be in the next issue too).
I'm excited to have found other Farm Girls with 'the good earth' in their hearts!
p.s. this is my very FIRST posting with Farmgirl Connection .. sooo .. i hope i'm doing it right!
Frannie
Cabin Creek Farm
Kentucky
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| therusticcottage |
Posted - Oct 16 2005 : 10:32:35 AM
Kay - those people just don't get "it". A part of me wonders if I could do without the conveniences of electricity, hot water from the tap, etc. But I would love to have a wringer washer -- nothing better for washing clothes. I admire you for living your dream. Can't wait for the next update to your blog.
Kay in WA
I'm still hot...it just comes in flashes. |
| Kay in Kentucky |
Posted - Oct 15 2005 : 4:33:04 PM
The replies to my post are so refreshing. Many of my coworkers and friends think I am losing my mind moving to such a place. You should hear the questions;
How will you keep food cold?
How will you bathe?
You don't have electricity or indoor plumbing? How can you live like that?
What do you use for light?
How will you stay warm?
Can you cook on a wood stove?
Why would you want to give up electricity, and everything else to live there?
Are you going to become Amish?
Your going to use a wringer washer? What's that?
The comments have been interesting, sometimes I wish I didn't say anything.
Kay
My blog;
http://oakspringfarm.blogspot.com |
| LisaBee |
Posted - Oct 14 2005 : 4:51:23 PM
Kay, I just got done reading your website, and I am so happy for you. What a beautiful farm you have. I think we might not be too far apart (compared to a lot of Farmgirls on here). I will be reading your website regularly to keep up on what you are doing. I think the bed-n-breakfast idea posted is a very good one! All farmgirls who are making the trip are welcome to come stay at my b'nb, too, once I have it up and running. Please keep us posted with more pictures...they are wonderful. Lisa
"There is no teacup too large, nor book too long." |
| Kay in Kentucky |
Posted - Oct 14 2005 : 3:40:06 PM
I have just about worn out the Lehman's cataloge. So far everything I have bought has arrived in great shape and works fine. I wish everything one ordered was as good as their stuff. Sometimes their goods are a lttle pricy, but their service is good and the goods themselves are very good. How long I will live without electricity I don't know. I can run a generator for a short period to run my clothes washer and my laptop computer using a phone line to connect to the web. Sounds easy, but I'll let you know how it works out.
Kay
My blog;
http://oakspringfarm.blogspot.com |
| Kathy A. |
Posted - Oct 14 2005 : 2:32:25 PM
Welcome Kay, I just finished reading your Blog, WOW! You go Girl!! What a great adventure you are beginning. I hope you keep us updated on your progress I'm sure there is alot I could learn from you and your experiences and maybe we can give you some cyber help or support with positive affirmations. I bet you have a long wish list for the Lehmans catalog?? all the best to you. ~Kathy |
| Debs |
Posted - Oct 14 2005 : 11:09:37 AM
Sounds like you have an exciting time ahead of you - your farm looks idyllic - exactly the sort of farm I'm hoping to get - off the grid and surrounded by nature and other farms! AND a field of sweet corn like yours! Wish I could visit too!!!
Debs |
| RachelLeigh |
Posted - Oct 14 2005 : 06:23:40 AM
I think you're an inspiration with what you're doing. To buy an Amish farm with no electricity or anything and plan to make your life there is just amazing. I can't live without electricity! Well, in all honesty, I probably could - but there wouldn't be a way to charge my cell phone and THAT I can't live without! I wish you the very best of luck and I hope your farm flourishes! Keep up the good work and post when you can! Can't wait to see more pictures of the place.
http://countrydreamer.blogspot.com/
Colliehaven's Farmgirls - southern IN chapter |
| Kay in Kentucky |
Posted - Oct 13 2005 : 3:37:49 PM
Thank you all for the warm welcome I wish we could all meet and have a pot of tea together, but this will have to do. I am happy and apprehensive at the same time about the farm. So much to do. I know it will all work out just have to have faith and be greatful for what you get.
Kay
My blog;
http://oakspringfarm.blogspot.com |
| RachelLeigh |
Posted - Oct 13 2005 : 05:30:15 AM
Your farm sounds wonderful! And it's here in Kentucky! Fabulous!! Central and South Central KY is GORGEOUS!!!
I just read your blog. Your farm is enchanting! Congratulations and welcome to Kentucky!
Everything - from a smile from your beloved to fresh corn on the cob - is a gift from God.
Colliehaven's Farmgirls - southern IN chapter |
| Kay in Kentucky |
Posted - Oct 13 2005 : 03:37:21 AM
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Originally posted by Clare
Welcome Kay! Wow!!! What a find!!!! I'm green with envy!! Please keep us posted about how your adventure progresses!! Are you thinking solar or wind power?
May the sun bring you new energy by day, may the moon softly restore you by night, may the rain wash away your worries, may the breeze blow new strength into your being, may you walk gently through the world and know its beauty all the days of your life. ~~Apache Blessing
Right now I am thinking kerosene lamps and wood fired stoves, later as funds permit solar panels with a battery back up. I hope to keep it simple, I don't want a lot of stuff, taking up space and not doing anything.
My blog;
http://oakspringfarm.blogspot.com |
| Julia |
Posted - Oct 12 2005 : 07:40:47 AM
Welcome Kay! Granola bars, fruit, I'll bring the goat cheese! Simply, Julia
"...the setting sun is like going into the very presence of God." Elizabeth Von Arnim |
| soshine |
Posted - Oct 12 2005 : 06:14:27 AM
Hey Kay,
We are almost neighbors!I live in Tennessee just south of Franklin. Welcome back "HOME"
This little light of mine... |
| therusticcottage |
Posted - Oct 11 2005 : 8:54:28 PM
Kay -- Welcome to you! How wonderful your farm sounds! Keep us posted on the progress. And, by the way, glad to welcome another Kay to the Farmgirls!
Kay in WA
I'm still hot...it just comes in flashes. |
| DaisyFarm |
Posted - Oct 11 2005 : 8:44:41 PM
I'll bring the fresh fruit!
Welcome and best wishes on your new place Kay! |
| Fabulous Farm Femmes |
Posted - Oct 11 2005 : 8:23:57 PM
Could you open a Farm Girl bed and Breakfast so we could all come and visit? Hey, forget the breakfast, I'll bring granola bars....!
Congrats on the Farm and Welcome!
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| BlueApple |
Posted - Oct 11 2005 : 7:32:32 PM
Hello and welcome! Your farm sounds absolutely wonderful! Can't wait to hear more about it.
Julia
BlueApple Farm |
