Friday, June 25, 2010

Introducing the Funny Farm

Let me introduce ourselves. Our names are Benny and Chris Baker. Benny is a pastor of a small country church, and a Lieutenant on the fire department in Lubbock, TX. We have three healthy, beautiful, and energetic kiddos. Our family lives on ten acres. We have tried many new things, and usually have to learn from the school of hard knocks! Our little piece of heaven has chickens, barbadoes, a llama, a wild rabbit who wears a flea coller, three dogs, a cat, honey bee hive, and a barbado who thinks she's a chicken. We have had many different type of animals since we have been here.

We bought ten acres and an old farmhouse for $5,000. We lived in a trailer house beside the farmhouse until we finished rebuilding it from the inside out. It took us five years to complete the house. With Benny's schedule at the fire department and my being pregnant or nursing, we thought we would never finish! But God kept us going, and we finally finished.

The following blogs will be about day-to-day activities on our hobby farm. Our goal is for the land to be self-sufficient in a couple of years. Thanks for joining on our adventure. Hope you enjoy the ride!

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