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Farm Shopping

2/1/2017

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Farm shopping is just as fun as you would imagine. Every new place holds its history and its promise, both for what it is and what we could make it.  Each one has it charms and its challenges.  One farm might have the perfect sloping, open, south-facing land with a view, but is out of our price-range, or is in the wrong location, or just doesn’t feel right.  Another might have a beautiful house, but the land is too steep or not sloped at all or too wooded.  And I knew going into this that we might be shopping for a while.

But I knew we had found our place when we saw the giant wooden barn and my husband walked toward it as if in a trance, and then continued back behind it.  I knew we had found our place when I saw him walking around the land and looking up at the sky as if to say, “OK I’m here” -- completely ignoring all of us gathered to discuss this latest possibility.  After a while, Mark walked over and said “I love it” -- and I knew he did and that this would be our place.  The barn was beautiful, the land was sloped (though a few trees would need to be cut down to open it up a little), there was a (bonus) 1 acre vineyard that grows pinot noir, it had its own forest -- it was on 30 acres of Oregon heaven.  It has a detached garage for space to create an artist’s studio or little apartment.  It has a small shed next to the garage that could be converted into the Little Lavender Shop. I could see where I would put the chickens and the greenhouse and the herb garden and perhaps a few goats. I could see where visitors would park when they came to pick lavender. The house was a log home.  I never would have chosen a log home, but it’s beautiful and we could make it our own. There was so much promise here.

The present owner is an engineer (as is Mark) and as we talked with his daughter about the history of the farm and the stories that go along with it, we both felt an incredible sense of responsibility. We wanted to be the new caretakers of this land and love it as much as her dad has. Later that day, my sweet husband wrote the owner and his daughter a letter promising to do as much.

We have put in our offer and it has been accepted.  And now we wait. And we dream. Little Lavender Farm part 2 has begun.

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Mom
2/2/2017 08:45:57 am

Why, oh why, do you ALWAYS bring tears to my eyes whenever I read your latest blog? Maybe because this time you actually put "author" as one of your identifiers !? Thank you my darling daughter.

How exciting that you've actually put an offer on your "dream home" and it's been accepted!!! I can hardly wait to see it! Does it have a tractor that comes with the house?

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Sandy
2/4/2017 09:33:33 am

I'm so happy for you! I can't wait to see it in person some day.

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    Hello! My name is Pam Reynolds Baker and I am a mom/wife, writer, and lavender farmer who lives in Dundee Oregon .  ​

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    • The Many Uses of Lavender Essential Oil
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    • Lavender and Anxiety
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    • Lavender and Soil Amendment
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