Welcome to road12. We are Ned, Maret, and Ella, and our home is located in the mixed grass prairie of northeastern Colorado. Maret is a fourth generation Felzien and our home is only a mile from where her descendants first settled. Maret is the Reading Specialist at Northeastern Junior College where she teaches and advises students. Maret also makes wonderful small batch soaps that eventually will be for sale through this site. Ella is a busy seventh grader. I am the product of an inner-city Denver upbringing, who, after getting a fine art degree, allowed Maret to talk me into moving to the family farm.  

The family farm is a dryland farm and ranch that, with any help from the elements, raises winter wheat, corn, millet, and calves. Joel, Maret's brother, runs the farming operation with their father, Gary.  I run the cattle operation, or maybe I should say it runs me. Gary, who has been my mentor in this ranching endeavor, helps with feeding, calving, sorting, fencing, and anything else that arises. He is trying to retire but we won't let him. 

Being a newcomer to this rural, agrarian way of life I believe gives me a unique perspective. I find so much of what happens here everyday to be wondrous, and I hope this site can share some of that wonder. To that end you'll find photo galleries, stories, updates, and a place to order Maret's wonderful soaps. The hope is also to create a dialogue, so please make comments and ask questions. 

Also, keep in mind that this is a new project, and is still changing and growing. Be patient, it will get better......