Oak Tree Hill Farms
Nov 4, 2019 19:50:42 GMT -6
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Post by wiggs75 on Nov 4, 2019 19:50:42 GMT -6
I’ve been farming at Oak Tree for 5 1/2 years now. Located in Lone Oak, Oregon, I’m originally from Kansas, flat, flat Kansas. I left my 15 year career as firefighter in a big city to chase a dream I had since I was young, working on family friends farm I gathered knowledge from a family that had near centuries experience.
My wife, my rock, my everything who had a comfy career in HR was, needless to say, apprehensive at the move but she had seen my passion towards my dream and having it come true would mean the absolute world to me. Luckily for her/us a position in the company had came open in that territory and well she hopped on it and was chosen along with a sweet pay raise. We are just 10 miles from Salem so her commute isn’t bad.
But It’s Kansas you say, plenty of property there you say, yes, but I needed a change of scenery a place where I could get a fresh start and a challenge. I found the farm on real estate sites, arable land with barn, sheds, out buildings, and a house. Though the house was a “fixer upper” it worked till I remodeled. Was a good deal and I couldn’t let it pass. The scenery is beautiful, the view of Mt. Hood from the fields is awe inspiring.
Machinery at the time was older but worked how I needed it to. I was slow to start but I’ve gained momentum in the last 5 1/2 years. It’s in no way easy but it’s good honest work and all the more satisfying.
Primarily wheat and corn crop but the area is slowly building into soy beans and really that’s the crop I’m most used to. I just got into cattle, I’m not too familiar with cattle, the farm I worked for as a teenager didn’t have cows or live stock of any kind in years. So like I said, a challenge.
My neighbors have been more than welcoming, they’ve helped me out in multiple situations, from giving me knowledge to helping me with broke down equipment. And I of course give back in anyway, it’s a tight community and I’ve been welcomed and embraced. And that little dinner on corner of Oxygenview Rd. and Cascade Hwy is awesome! Try the apple pie, you’ll never have another pie like that!
If you’re ever up this way, give me a holler, I’ll be out in the fields, tending the cattle, or at the dinner filling up on pie.
My wife, my rock, my everything who had a comfy career in HR was, needless to say, apprehensive at the move but she had seen my passion towards my dream and having it come true would mean the absolute world to me. Luckily for her/us a position in the company had came open in that territory and well she hopped on it and was chosen along with a sweet pay raise. We are just 10 miles from Salem so her commute isn’t bad.
But It’s Kansas you say, plenty of property there you say, yes, but I needed a change of scenery a place where I could get a fresh start and a challenge. I found the farm on real estate sites, arable land with barn, sheds, out buildings, and a house. Though the house was a “fixer upper” it worked till I remodeled. Was a good deal and I couldn’t let it pass. The scenery is beautiful, the view of Mt. Hood from the fields is awe inspiring.
Machinery at the time was older but worked how I needed it to. I was slow to start but I’ve gained momentum in the last 5 1/2 years. It’s in no way easy but it’s good honest work and all the more satisfying.
Primarily wheat and corn crop but the area is slowly building into soy beans and really that’s the crop I’m most used to. I just got into cattle, I’m not too familiar with cattle, the farm I worked for as a teenager didn’t have cows or live stock of any kind in years. So like I said, a challenge.
My neighbors have been more than welcoming, they’ve helped me out in multiple situations, from giving me knowledge to helping me with broke down equipment. And I of course give back in anyway, it’s a tight community and I’ve been welcomed and embraced. And that little dinner on corner of Oxygenview Rd. and Cascade Hwy is awesome! Try the apple pie, you’ll never have another pie like that!
If you’re ever up this way, give me a holler, I’ll be out in the fields, tending the cattle, or at the dinner filling up on pie.