Welcome To Our Farm

Welcome to the newly named "Murder of Crows Farm" in Quincy, Illinois.

After living in a 90 year old home on five acres, complete with mid 19th century barn, for 18 months, it is officially ours! Well, more accurately, the bank and I.

How did this come to be? The family departed Las Vegas, NV to resettle in the mid-west. It was time for a lifestyle change and a slower pace of life. We have family in this area, so we began searching for a place that would accommodate our family which consists of myself and Jim, my daughter Jessica, her significant-other James, and their baby (my adorable granddaughter) Lizelle. After living in a congested city, we wanted space to stretch out without falling into our neighbor's pool. My dear friend, Amanda, literally found the listing for our farm on the Internet and thought it might be what we were looking for. As this was a huge lifestyle change for us, we were fortunate enough to convince the seller to try a "lease with option-to-buy" to make sure we really wanted to become country folk. If the critters and bugs scared us back to Nevada, it would have been just an interesting segue for a year or so. As fate would have it, we fell in love with this new life, for various individual reasons, and decided to go ahead with the purchase. So, as of May 7, 2012, this little plot of land is now known as the Murder of Crows Farm.

We are located 15 minutes from downtown Quincy, IL which is a delightfully historic community of about 40,000. Located high on limestone bluffs overlooking the mighty Mississippi River, it is a sister city to St Louis, MO which is about a 2 hour drive south of us. It is known as the "Gem City" and we consider it as such. It has most of what we need, and what it doesn't stock is easily available via the Internet.

Our little homestead was carved from an original 80 acre farm. The remaining acreage is still farmed, usually corn or soy, as are most of the fields surrounding us. We have a 1920's Arts and Crafts style bungalow home, garage, an older garage shed, an adorable wood corn crib, and a barn built sometime in the second half of the 1800's. There is much renovation needed to bring the house into this century for convenience and comfortable living, while still maintaining the charm of the architectural design. We also have interesting plans for each of the out-buildings, but more on that later.

I invite you to check-in on our country adventure from time-to-time. I will keep you posted with the latest developments as we make building improvements, plant and harvest our garden, eventually add chickens and livestock, and other things country. I'm pretty fair with a camera, so hopefully you will enjoy my images, too.