01/14/2022
Hello all,
If you're friends with either Sarah or Justin on Facebook, you are likely already aware of this news, but for anyone who we aren't personal friends with (yet), the future of Different Farm has made a large shift in trajectory.
While we are planning on keeping the wooded acreage up by Finland, MN, which we had always envisioned on becoming Different Farm, we are now looking to relocate Different Farm - home to the Quetico family and location for Sarah's equine-assisted mental health program - down around the Mankato area in southern Minnesota. The land we've been referring to as Different Farm will simply be our land, where we intend to build a small, off-grid cabin getaway in the north woods. Eventually.
Nobody is getting any younger and we've come to realize that being closer to family and friends that we still miss down around Mankato, is where we want to be. We are currently looking for an existing location down there where we can put down roots for our family, bring Sir Lyric the Wonder Pony home (get him a friend or two..or three... :D) and start living the life we've had to put on hold while we tried to build everything from scratch.
This has not been an easy decision, but the more we think about going home, the more obvious it becomes that this is the right move for us.
Keep your eyes peeled for a suitable location for relocating Different Farm! The ideal property will have at least three bedrooms in a home we can move into without having to completely renovate first, bonus points for having a bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, and laundry on the main level, so we can grow old there. It will also have a two-stall garage or larger for a workshop, and space for a few horses. As much as we love the forest, we're not looking for an acreage where we'd have to clear land in order to make room for the horses. We're looking for somewhere the horses can move into shortly after we do and we don't want to take down a bunch of trees. We're more tree planters than clear cutters of the woods that we love. As this will also be where Sarah will be running her business from, it should be close enough to Mankato that clients would be willing to drive there for therapy sessions, so within 20-25 miles? Give or take?
If you know of a place that seems to fit the bill, please don't hesitate to send us a message! Thank you!
