WELCOME TO HARE BRAIN FARMS (lets start with a little history)

I purchased this little farm about 28 years ago.  Not a bad place, a bit grown up, fixer upper house and barn, 25 acres with road frontage.  It had some cleared ground, wooded hills and plenty of rocks.  At the time, it seemed reasonable to sell my place with the little, off-grid cabin that most people without four wheel drive didn't visit.  Why did I think this was a good idea??  Lets just say that I was younger, with less clear goals, and there was a woman involved, and we can leave it at that.

Since that time, I have worked toward turning this place into a self-sufficient, off-grid homestead.  Over the years, there has been some progress, some set backs, and lots and lots of distractions.

The house turned out to be one of those fixer uppers that needed (but didn't get), a bulldozer and new construction.  Instead, a lot of time and money that could have been used toward my goals for the place have been spent trying to fix up the house.

During the time here, there have been relationships and marriages, each one lending their own advances , lessons and delays.  Time out for a college degree and short career as a field biologist was also a big one.

In case anyone is wondering where the name came from, it is based on a hateful remark by a then wife, and my purely sarcastic reply.  I am, and always have been, on the search for small ventures which will bring in a little cash, while forwarding the dream of self- sufficiency.  I mentioned to said wife that I thought raising meat rabbits for the market might be a good one.  The reaction was her usual degrading, belittling tirade, none of which I now recall except the statement,"just another one of your hare brained schemes."  My reply was a quick and most sarcastic, "yes it is, and it sounds like a good name for the farm too".  The name stuck, and almost twenty years later, this is still Hare Brain Farms.

This is only a brief historical overview to bring us to the here and now, though I am certain historical perspective will pop up from time to time.  Now, my fiancee and I are moving forward to combine our farms and dreams, (and yes, she and I are on the same page).

Thank you for visiting and I look forward to your comments.