Now that we have 48+ acres we need to decide where to put our cabin. Ideally we would like to be 1600' in, completely secluded in the middle of our land, but a driveway is a big expense so we need to look closer to the existing driveway for now. Our cabin will have wooden skis on the bottom so we can pull it further into the woods later on. We found a trail and partial clearing in the first portion of our land where there is already a partial driveway; it seemed like the perfect spot to put our cabin.

The trail and clearing gave us some space but we will need more, so my husband and his friends got to work cutting down just enough trees for our house, garden and animals.

       Below is our back yard with plenty of space for our garden, animals and a play area for the kids.

When the snow cleared we put in a 120'x6' dog fence for our Beagles Mario and Luigi.

Below is the view from the driveway, if you look close you can see the dog fence on the left side.

Cutting everything down was the easy part, now we need to get all the trees limed, logged and organized into piles.

Finding this bright green moss made cleaning up even more fun and interesting for the kids.

 After a few days we cleared most of the logs from the front portion of our lot. The tedious and seemingly never ending task is starting to pay off!