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Contact Us: Wonder Fall Farm 144 Gingerbread Rd. Easton, NH 03580 Phone: 603-823-8003 |
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Once upon a time there was a couple that lived in southern California who decided to move after their kids were grown. They had heard about New Hampshire and on a fluke looked up some properties online to see what all the fuss was about. Well, they don’t have state taxes there! It looks like a “kick back” way of life. You know, not all the traffic and stuff. The state motto is pretty cool. “Live free or die” They found a place online that looked interesting. But it went offline just as fast as they’d found it. Only to reappear a week or so later for less money. Hmmmm? What could that mean? Turns out, it means the property had been foreclosed on. (more on this later) This couples middle son was stationed in CT. and was about to get married. The folks needed to make a trip to the east coast to meet the new in-laws, and thought they might as well look at this interesting property. So, they booked a flight and made all the arrangements. It’s mid-October 2002 and the Anaheim Angels are in the World Series. (people on the east coast didn’t care about the Angels) They aren’t the Red Sox...hmmmph! After meeting the in-laws they drove north to see if their dream could become a reality. In all fairness, they looked at several properties so they could do a comparison. They saw the foreclosed house last and loved it! Five acres and two houses a barn, three wells and two big propane tanks. They have no idea about wells and propane tanks, they’re city folks. The folks took notes, drew pictures (to remember the layout) and flew home. Their oldest son (still at home) was curious about the place and listened while they described it in detail. They asked if he would want to move to NH and he did. So, they put their home on the market in late October. The market was hot and the house sold in days. They began to prepare for the move east. The mans father asked, “How much snow does 5 acres hold?”. He then sold them his older motor home and the plans to drive cross country were set in motion. Time to move. They loaded up what they could in the motor home along with 2 large old dogs and a ferret and set out on their journey. After a few stops to see family along the way, they arrived in NH January 2nd 2003. It was snowing most of the way traveling through the state, but was nice and sunny at their new home. The dogs didn’t understand the white stuff, but loved getting out to run. Settling in: Foreclosed homes are sold “as is”. Not a problem……..yea right! The pipes were frozen and had to be fixed. No water for 4 days, good thing there was an outhouse in the woods out back. Boy was that cold! Then the water heater was leaking fumes of propane into the house and had to be replaced. As it warmed up the carpet stunk to high heaven and had to be replaced. So much for the “nest egg”. Since there was a barn, actually a garage with a loft and 2 horse stables attached. The lady wanted to get some sort of critters for the paddock that was already fenced in. She thought, “Not much sense having it, if you’re not going to use it”. She is an animal freak anyway! She looked at all kinds of animals that she thought would be fun to raise. But wandered upon a website telling the history of Myotonic (fainting) goats. After lots of hunting around, she found some in a neighboring state and went to see them in person. She fell in love with them instantly and brought home a small buckling and a bred doe. A month later they had their first kids. A nice healthy set of twins. They were hooked and made plans to go see another gall who had some for sale. They brought home 4 more does. And so it began. As you can see this story is about myself, my husband and our oldest son. We now have 14 adult fainters. 10 does, and 4 bucks . Along with a few assorted other critters. 2 house cats 2 guinea hens 3 llamas 2 Nubian/Boer cross goats 2 barn cats 2 dogs assorted wildlife critters We’ve been here for 4 years now and love it. Bug season isn’t all that much fun, but it’s short lived. Winters can be rough, especially when all the snow comes in one storm! But we do love the lifestyle. We’re 8 miles from town and the nearest stop sign. We live on a dirt road. Back in California, we lived on the corner of a busy 4 way stop. We don’t miss it at all. We opened the farm to the public as an educational experience and have a gift shop onsite for folks to get all kinds of items made here at the farm. The sales help support the goats and help us create more educational things to do. Let the adventure continue…… |
