Every farm needs a tractor

This old 1950s Farmall tractor was donated to our farm–it took us a while to find someone to help us move it to the farm, but last Sunday it finally arrived!

Stewart Pritchard was so generous as to go all the way to Vassalboro to haul the tractor back to Anson for us!

The tractor came with a number of attachments–including a plow, which I am ecstatic to say will help us keep our 200-yard driveway clear this winter (and also means I won’t be shoveling the whole thing! yay!!!).

Keith drives the tractor off the trailer.

The tractor had belonged to my aunt’s 93 year-old father-in-law, who’s had the thing for years just sitting in a garage at his place over in Vassalboro–which is nearly an hours’ drive from the farm. To even get the machine running so that it could be loaded and moved, Keith has made several trips over there to work on the engine.

Here she is with the plow attached, sitting at the upper end of the driveway, ready and waiting for the snow!

I am so grateful such generosity–every farm needs a tractor, and this is going to be a huge asset for Runamuk.

 

Recent Posts

We’ve Moved!

Hello and thanks for stopping by! In an effort to consolidate and better organize life,…

2 years ago

Raising Babies in the Woods With No Running Water

Take a look back some 17 years and you’d find me raising babies in the…

2 years ago

Vote With Your Fork

When it comes to food, you have the power to affect change whenever you vote…

2 years ago

Onion Babies!

With my Propagation Room freshly cleaned and retrofitted, I finally sat down to the task…

2 years ago

Work in Progress

With a list of on-going work-in-progress, it’s easy to feel like I haven’t accomplished much…

2 years ago

No One Warned Me About Sheep

With the ewe sitting on her rump, her back resting against my son’s legs, I…

2 years ago