so it begins

The work pants, rain gear, bedding and sun screen have all been hauled out to the farm. My mom and my darling helped me move in on Friday. Moving in involved dragging a bedroom's worth of stuff on an L.L. Bean toboggan from the car to the cabin, as the entire farm (and much of Maine) is still covered in snow.

I will officially move to the farm tomorrow and have spent today gathering last minute items: cookbooks, flashlight, dried beans and a plant or two. I will be spending my weekdays at the farm, living in a small, beautiful three-room cabin. The cabin will be a practice in low-impact living: the electricity is solar, the heat is a wood stove, the water is from the well and the toilet is a compost one (more info on composting toilets here.)

I am excited beyond words. I feel like I did right before moving to Maine, I know I will feel at home in the dirt and am looking forward to following the seasons and growing beautiful food.