SELLING THE FARM

This week I realized that w/out being 20 yr old, with having health issues and w/out anyone to help here on the farm, I have to make the decision to sell.

Also my retirement is tied up here. The plan was to retire here but now I realize I can't.

Kids and grand kids don't want to stay in this part of the country. I don't have good friends or neighbors here.

Bruring Family Farm will be where ever I go. Not just this place.

My heart was broken until I realized this. There will always be a BFF. I will always be Mom and Nanna no matter where I live even if it is in an apartment.

So what are my plans?

1. Completely declutter. We are talking minimalist here. So I started a Family Text Message. On it I told everyone I am posting pictures of things in my house and if you want it tell me. Anything that is not wanted I will try to sell or give away.
2. Once everything is gone then I will box up everything that won't stay but that I am going to keep and mark it "with me" or "storage". Yes I will have to have storage
3. I have started a debris pile. this is everything that will be put into a dumpster when it gets here. There is so much
4. My son already claimed all my tools so I have to go through my tools and decide what I will want to keep with me either in storage or at what ever rental I will be in.
5. Then time to paint, repair, and rearrange.
6. Outside I will do some minor repairs and landscaping.
7. There is an old building that needs to be torn down but I likely will not have that done before I sell. We will see what the realtor says.

Nearing spring I will purchase a large amount of fertilizer and will green up the farm faster than I usually do, I will hire a landscape company to come and clean trim and prep

Then I will stage as the realtor says I must and list.

My dream:
I would love to have a small house on an acre somewhere where I don't have to worry about bad neighbors, hoa's or code enforcement. Where I can still raise my own chickens and rabbits and where I can have raised beds to at least have some fresh produce.

This farm was too much for me. Too far from work, too lonely, too much un productive space. Yes that was my own fault. I should have done a better job at planting orchards and caring for gardens. But work was tough....long days and long drives. And when you are alone with no one to encourage you, sometimes depression just takes over.

My son will take my old livestock guardian dog and likely my 3 outdoor cats. Daisy will go with me wherever I go. She is my constant companion.

wish me luck