Forest Gully Farms!

Well, for those who haven't heard, we bought some property. It is almost 30 acres, 50 miles south of Nashville and very similar to our property but, on a larger scale, it has to hills with a nice creek in the middle. We have named it Forest Gully Farms and the plan is to start a permaculture farm:

 Permaculture is a branch of ecological design, ecological engineering, and environmental design that develops sustainable architecture and self-maintained agricultural systems modeled from natural ecosystems.
Permaculture design emphasizes patterns of landscape, function, and species assemblies. It asks the question, "Where does this element go? How can it be placed for the maximum benefit of the system?" To answer this question, the central concept of permaculture is maximizing useful connections between components and synergy of the final design. The focus of permaculture, therefore, is not on each separate element, but rather on the relationships created among elements by the way they are placed together; the whole becoming greater than the sum of its parts. Permaculture design therefore seeks to minimize waste, human labor, and energy input by building systems with maximal benefits between design elements to achieve a high level of synergy. Permaculture designs evolve over time by taking into account these relationships and elements and can become extremely complex systems that produce a high density of food and materials with minimal input.

We are very excited, nervous, hopeful and all those good emotions that go along with adventures!! We will eventually have a website from which we sale and connect with farmers markets to sell our stuff. There are many many big plans but for now we are clearing the land. We have a blog,  http://forestgullyfarms.tumblr.com/ check it out. Here are a few pictures from our first work day, some are repeats from blog.

Hope all is well! Love and miss you all!

The camper that came with the property. Mandy organized today.

Graham helped show how the door worked.

Papa and Graham taking a break for lunch.

Graham on the new/old tractor that also came with the property.

Sot of the front of the property from the drive.

Jon working hard to clear around the shed.

Graham admiring papa's work.

A shot a little further in the front part.

Ethan's job!