August 28, 2005: Headlines: COS - Kenya: Farming: Married Couples: Orange Count Register: After working in the Peace Corps in Kenya Fran Einterz and Joyce Peterson are new owners of the Jenne Farm and its 1908 farmhouse
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August 28, 2005: Headlines: COS - Kenya: Farming: Married Couples: Orange Count Register: After working in the Peace Corps in Kenya Fran Einterz and Joyce Peterson are new owners of the Jenne Farm and its 1908 farmhouse
After working in the Peace Corps in Kenya Fran Einterz and Joyce Peterson are new owners of the Jenne Farm and its 1908 farmhouse
They could do so only because the federal government paid back half the purchase price in return for a permanent easement on 120 acres of the 143 total, keeping it perpetually as farmland. The couple fixed up the house and barns with tireless hand labor and now rent the farm to tourists and wedding parties, hoping to soon build a small caretaker's house for themselves nearby.
After working in the Peace Corps in Kenya Fran Einterz and Joyce Peterson are new owners of the Jenne Farm and its 1908 farmhouse
Window on the wild
Ebey's Landing could be the quintessential Northwestern natural setting
By WILLIAM DIETRICH
Seattle Times
[Excerpt]
WHIDBEY NOW
There is an almost unbroken swath of protection on the west side of Whidbey, extending from Fort Ebey State Park in the north to the Keystone Spit the state added to Fort Casey State Park in the south. Included is an astonishing mix of ecosystems and geologic features, from the wetlands of Crockett Lake to the glacially formed "kettleholes" of Fort Ebey: a network of forested craters that have become a playground for mountain bikers. Several old blockhouses, a pioneer cemetery, a whale skeleton at the Coupeville dock, and a biking trail along Highway 20 add to the mix.
A primary example of how this works is the story of Fran Einterz and Joyce Peterson, new owners of the Jenne Farm and its 1908 farmhouse. After working in the Peace Corps in Kenya they eventually settled on Whidbey in a $36,000 house, he working in social services, she in occupational therapy. These were hardly big-money people. But when the farm came up for sale, the couple swallowed hard and bought, for $900,000.
They could do so only because the federal government paid back half the purchase price in return for a permanent easement on 120 acres of the 143 total, keeping it perpetually as farmland. The couple fixed up the house and barns with tireless hand labor and now rent the farm to tourists and wedding parties, hoping to soon build a small caretaker's house for themselves nearby.
"We didn't want a showplace," Fran said of the house, which retains its beautiful 1908 woodwork. "We wanted to make a grandma's house."
The views from the fields, which are being fenced for beef cattle, are stunning. "On a clear day, you can see 100 miles," Joyce says.
Copyright 2005 The Orange County Register
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