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The Land

twenty-four acres. eleven wooded. one pond. one pole barn.

What's on the ground, and what we're doing with it.

Vol. I · Chapter Two
Where

Courtland Township, Kent County, Michigan.

Location
North of Grand Rapids, south of Rockford.
Acreage
24 acres
USDA Zone
6a
Address
We don't publish it. Email us if you're coming to pick up.
What's on it

Woodlot, pasture, garden, pole barn.

The seasons

Four turns of the almanac.

— Spring

Mud & woodcock.

The woodcock comes back in March. We run out of straw. Mud everywhere. The crocus leaves come up before anything else.

— Summer

Fences & long days.

Rotating birds every few days. Fencing what we didn't finish in spring. Tomatoes. Hay cut and baled by the neighbor.

— Fall

Saffron. Always October.

Frost hits, crocuses open. Eight days of picking at dawn. Wood piles stacked before the deep cold. Apples off the trees we didn't plant.

— Winter

Trees & catalog orders.

We cut firewood in the woodlot, walk the fence line, place bulb orders for next October, mend what broke.

The map

Rough shape of the place.

N E W S — the woodlot — — the pasture — pond garden & saffron pole barn ~ 600 FT (not to scale — drawn from memory)

No address, no GPS, no lot lines — just the shape of it. — we'll send directions when you reserve.

Come pick up what you bought. We'll send directions.

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