The arrival of the new homestead at Runamuk

On Wednesday the new mobile home was brought in to Runamuk.

Here she is sitting in the driveway while the Ames crew does some last minute site-prep.

This is what the mobile home company designed to be the back of the home, but I decided it will be the front of our home–mainly because it has a kitchen window that I want to face south.

And here they go–up the driveway with it.

Because there was a day of rain after they’d smoothed the rutts in the driveway, the soil was soft and the crew wound up using the bulldozer to pull the truck and trailer up the hill. Then–because I want things the way I want them regardless–they used the bulldozer to settle the trailer in place–backwards. 😉

And here she is–sitting in place in the same location as the ratty old trailer we previously dismantled.

Samantha Burns

Sam(antha) M. Burns is a wildlife conservationist and author at the Runamuk Acres Conservation Farm in New Portland, Maine. For more than 25 years, Burns has practiced self-sufficiency skills like gardening, animal husbandry, beekeeping, baking and scratch-cooking. Prior to buying her farm in 2018, Burns worked for 5 years in the Call Center at Johnny’s Selected Seeds, served her community as president of the local beekeepers' club, and managed her local farmers' market. A passionate advocate for wildlife conservation─particularly beneficial insects like pollinators and soil organisms─Burns practices methods of conservation agriculture through her work as a farmer. In 2020, Burns secured a conservation easement through the USDA & NRCS that will protect her ecological reserve for the next 50 years.

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