Widdoss Farm
Our Story
In April 2014 we bought our first "farm" - 39 acres in Greenville AL, no friends, no family living there, just dreams and visions of getting out of the rat race of life and finding a simpler way of living. What the heck were we thinking?
Knowing where your food comes from, what you are eating and that you did it yourself is well worth the reward! Then in January 2018 we expanded and purchased an additional 60+ acres so we had 100+ acre farm!
In September 2020 James came in the house while I was working and told me his Spirit was telling him to sell and move to TN. Knowing him how I do, I agreed....we aren't getting any younger and since our family isn't moving closer to us, it's time for us to move closer to them.
We came to TN and looked at a potential piece of land - 70 acres with a double wide on it; a place for us to live until we have time to build a new house....way far back in the woods! We closed on it in October 2020.
We put the AL farm on the market in September 2020 and after 3 failed contracts we closed on that property in April 2021.
Ok, let's do this all over again! In April 2021 we finally moved to Sunbright TN in the middle of no where! The closest grocery store is 35 minutes away, we do have a few neighbors but we are only 1.25 hours away from our family. Close enough to visit but far enough away for everyone to still have their own lives.
We are taking the lessons we learned in AL and applying them to TN. We have a few trees in our new orchard, I told James 100 trees were too many, but I can tell you we are missing our fresh fruit this year.
One of the things we said we would never do again is convert timber land into pasture. It is very expensive, a lot of work and takes years to reap the reward....a wise boss told me once, never say never and always avoid always - he was right - because here we are once again converting timber land into a pasture and it is not fun!
Thanks for reading!
Beth
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Over the years we have lived in several different states, Pennsylvania, Florida, Georgia, Alabama but we now call Tennessee our home.
We put God first, our marriage second and our family third - every day is an adventure, and we have discovered that you get out of life what you put in to it. We love spending time together, laughing and just enjoying life! If you'd like to visit and see what other fun things we have going on, just email us or give us a call - James loves talking to people!
