How curious life is. When we put Bedlam Farm on the market, I expected a flood of interested buyers, but that didn’t happen. Until yesterday, when we announced we were willing to rent it. And we have a flood of interested  renters. Kristin Preble said her phone (518 854- 7888) has been ringing off the hook all day, some of the calls very serious. It wasn’t that people didn’t want the farm, rather few people were in a position to buy it at this time. A different story.

So we have to figure out the rental thing. Kristin ([email protected]) is sorting through the calls and e-mails and she and I are talking a lot about what kind of renter we would be interested in. We would have to figure all of this out, we haven’t sorted through the details yet. My wish would be for a serious renter, a multi-year arrangement is fine with us, and I feel strongly the farm should be rented by someone with a keen interest in animals – sheep, goats, horses, Alpacas. The farmhouse is spacious and comfortable, but there are four restored barns, several fenced in pastures all with water and two or three well fenced dog runs (parks really), plus a mile-long path in the woods. Those all speak of animals (hunters, too.)  I especially like people who have had farms, they appreciate Bedlam Farm and get the issues involved.

Some renters are looking to rent to explore life in the country, others to begin or continue a life with animals already in possession. This feels good, there are lots of good people interested and I will keep you posted, while protecting the identity of the inquirers. The delay in selling with buy us the time we need for the market to recover and for the farm to sell at a fair price.

We are not interested in running retreats for rescue animals, need people, writers, artists or photographers. Not what we do for a living. Bedlam Farm is ready for it’s next incarnation, whatever that might be. For anyone seriously interested, feel free contact Kristin, 518 954-7888, [email protected].