Hobby Farming 101
Hello, reader! Fox Point Farm is 27 acres in west-central Minnesota. The property was originally developed in 2004, when the house was built; the barn was added a few years later. The farm came to my husband and I in 2017. While advertised as "turn key" we moved in and discovered it, like many farms... needed some work. Here's the run down on what we've been up to for the past few years: Redoing the existing barn interior to create 5 good sized stalls, with mats, and a functional storage area Adding on to the three sided hay storage building to double it's capacity The pasture and hay field project: Remove 100% of the previous fencing Straighten existing sacrifice paddock fencing and re-do with safer materials Till, roll and re-plant all but 1 of the pre-existing pastures, along with the field that was planted in soy beans when we purchased the farm to put it into hay Fence 2 pastures out of the new growth; re-do the fencing on the only remaining original pastur...