Front Porch Farm Is Going Legit

We are in the midst of packing everything left in the house, and are due to re-pack our 20 foot container this weekend before it's hauled away and shipped across to the Island.  We need to take our boxes and assorted belongings back out (the stuff we needed to remove from the house in order to 'stage' it for sale), get all of our bulky furniture loaded in, and then somehow put all of the boxes back in amongst the furniture - as Adrian called it, "giant, boring tetris."

In the midst of all of this planning and misplacing of the packing tape, we have become the new owners of a small 4x4 truck.  We're very excited to have the ability to haul and tow farm and life-related items in the near future, and now we won't have to worry about the weather come winter. Vancouver Island's temperatures are far milder than those I grew up with in Ontario, but we are down a rural road after all.  It's good to be prepared.

And there it is, sitting beside our lovely, much larger transport container! I think it's a great compromise in size, and I foresee lots of things that we will now be able to do at the property, without needing to hire someone - moving livestock, hauling building supplies, getting loads of wood for the woodstove, moving equipment..... makes me feel like we're heading in the right direction.