Farm Fresh
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Geoff and Joanna Mouming’s compact modern farmhouse is the first permanent structure at Yum Yum Farm in Wellman, Iowa. On the field that stretches out before it, organic vegetables will soon make attentive farmers of the Moumings. The benches on their entry porch were built by Geoff using a design plan by Aldo Leopold, the pioneering Iowa-born conservationist and writer whose spirit and thoughts seem to preside over the house.Photo by: Mark Mahaney -
At their dining table, the Moumings enjoy the fruits of Joanna’s passion for cooking and Geoff’s passion for growing.Photo by: Mark Mahaney -
The kitchen cabinets with cutouts for handles were designed by a local woodworker. The stairs lead to a loft office where Joanna works, perched beside a quilt made by her great-grandmother.Photo by: Mark Mahaney -
From the office, a high window frames a view of the Moumings’ fields.Photo by: Mark Mahaney -
The slatted wall that divides the sleeping and living quarters has maple-ply boxed shelves that can be rearranged.Photo by: Mark Mahaney -
A Blu Dot Buttercup rocker and armchair sit next to the woodburning stove set on a limestone slab from Stone City, Iowa—a city famously captured by the painter Grant Wood, who grew up in that area.Photo by: Mark Mahaney -
Cultivating the land keeps the Moumings in a frequent rotation in and out of the house. A Dutch door lets indoor and outdoor tasks flow together easily as they go about their day (with Yuri the cat standing guard).Photo by: Mark Mahaney -
A simple shower design using corrugated steel references farmhouses of old.Photo by: Mark Mahaney -
The custom kitchen cabinetry with its cutout pulls and geometric arrangement strikes a modern chord.Photo by: Mark Mahaney -
Before the Moumings built their house, they camped out on their six acres while preparing the land for farming, planting grass and clover in place of soybean stubble. As the house arose from its foundation, soil-fixing plants grew from seed. Now the couple can focus on growing food.Photo by: Mark Mahaney
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