August 22, 2021 New Satellite Picture

 

We simply love it when Google buys new images for Google Maps. These images really let us know what has happened since we came to this place and give us ideas about what to do next. I usually have Adobe's Photoshop on my computer so that I can enhance the image but the laptop I was using died and I can't find the install disk to put it on my new laptop, so we're posting the raw picture.

If you click on the picture it will set up something of a slide show.

 

The new image shows what we have done in the past year. So far we've cleared most of the ground but have yet to take down the big trees which are shading valuable sun from the Farm  We think this image was taken around February since there is  a layer of straw covering the slick mud of the tractor paths, the new Farmhouse is clearly visible, the ground has been tilled clean for Spring planting, and the new Greenhouse can be seen near the left side of the picture.  If you contrast these images with previous versions it gives you a good idea of how far we have come.

This is where we started in 2015

By the middle of 2015 we had cleared a lot of the brambles, structures, and some of the trash which was strewn everywhere under the brush.

This was how the place appeared in 2020.

There is a bit of difference between  2013 and 2021. Click on the pictures to  see them larger. 

This is the West end of the front fence in 2013

In 2021 things looked a bit differently.

This is the East end of the front fence in 2013

By 2021 we had the jungle cut back a bit.

This is the front gate area we found the very first time we saw the property that would become our Farm. I saw the real estate sign out of the corner of my eye from the Highway and circled back to see whatever it was that had caught my eye. It was raining, the sign had fallen down into the ditch by the time we found it, but somehow I saw the sign laying in the ditch (from 100 yards, while traveling sixty-five miles per hour, in the rain). Bing maps still has the pictures online from at least 2013.

In April of 2015, day one of the Farm project, we cut a hole in the jungle and got down to clearing the land.

The Front Gate in Winter 2021. This is not the best picture taken of the Farm, but it does make the point pretty well.

There is so much more we will do to this place before it takes its final form. We bought it for a reason, something you can find by reading the earlier articles in the Archive to the right of this article. Today we are nearing completion of the Farmhouse build and can't wait for Google to show everyone what comes next. With any luck, and a bit of hustle, the next picture will show the world something spectacular.