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About the Phifers and SteelMeadow Farm
SteelMeadow Farm is located in Mansfield, Missouri.
We are in the Ozarks- full of rolling hills, "hollers" and Nature. Mansfield was the final destination for Laura
Ingalls Wilder, who settled here with her husband and daughter. It was here she wrote all her wonderful "Little House"
books.
We ourselves moved here from Virginia in 2006. We had decided there that we wanted to be "farmers"
but the cost of land was very prohibitive. We'd only been in busy Virginia a few years after almost 30 yrs in North Carolina,
and finding Mansfield felt like "destiny-fulfilled."
Glenn is a retired art professor from Appalachian
State University, where he taught for over 27 years. His large outdoor sculptures are what lend SteelMeadow its name. Once
our house-barn is completed, we hope to have a pottery/sculpture studio so Glenn can resume his creative endeavors. Currently,
he is using all his "creativity" to work on farm implements, fence corners and old buildings.
I am
a certified nurse-midwife, taking a break from years of commuting by working just one day a week at a clinic. Being
able to be a full-time farmer and mom to our 16 yr old daughter is a wonderful change-of-pace. I also taught in the art
department at Appalachian State, and also look forward to a time when all the fences are mended so I can get out my oils and
canvas.
Daughter Savannah greatly enjoys her small school, "one-flashing-traffic-light" town and
has told us many times, "Mansfield is the perfect size town- it has everything we need." Her special job is to
imprint the new kids when they are born. It makes a great difference in manageability later when they are grown.
Please visit our site often as things are always being added, updated, et cetera.
Thanks for stopping
by-
Mary Jane
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