Step into island life, relax into the land on a 100 acre working farm. This sunny home invites you to read in the window seat, grill on the deck, cozy up to the woodstove or get creative in the well-stocked kitchen. Explore the pastures, marsh, and ponds. Use the yoga studio. Fire up the sauna. Charge your EV. Nestled next to the pond and removed from the activity of barn, gardens and bakery the Field House invites you to enjoy your own retreat or engage with the farm. You are entering a working farm and community when you rent the Field House. We all share the land with our cattle, chickens, dogs, a multitude of swallows in summer, eagles, owls, and countless other critters. The house itself is light filled and efficient. We have invested in a weather proofing retrofit and mini-split heat pump so that the guest house reflects our values of climate change mitigation. We also value good food and love to cook. We set up the kitchen so it is ready for meals to be made with an induction range, cast iron pans, baking supplies and all the basic ingredients to get you going. We want you to enjoy! The Field House has its own private yard and south facing patio. To the east is the swimming pond, sauna and Down Dog Yoga Studio. Just north up the drive is the big barn, our house, the market garden, hoophouse, and orchard. To the south hidden in the trees is the compost facility and during the winter, the cattle. To the west there is a big fir with an eagle's nest, pasture and marshes. You are welcome to wander and roam, to swim in the pond, use the sauna, take a class in the yoga studio or use for your own practice between classes, stroll the gardens, pick up some beef from self service farm stand and pick fruit in season. We love it when people engage with the land. We live on the farm and will be your neighbors during your stay. We usually pop in to say "Hi" and make sure you have everything that you need. Lopez Island has a wealth of public access to beaches, both dramatic high rocky bluffs with swift tides below, long sandy walks and pocket bays with pebbles you want to put in your pocket and take home. There is a fabulous Farmer's Market on Saturdays May-Sept. If you are here on a Fri, or Sun stop by the "Take it or Leave it" at the dump and look for fun, free stuff. The island is great for biking- some people call it flat but it really just has small ups and downs! Most people bring a car but Lopez is a fantastic place for biking. We are 4.5 miles from the ferry and centrally located. Village Cycles rents both electric and regular bikes and will even deliver a rental bike to the ferry! We love children! Please know that this is a working farm and supervise your kids appropriately. There is a pond, electric fences, trucks and tractors driving, and livestock. Children should be with an adult when exploring beyond the Field House yard. There is an assortment of games and toys in the baskets under the window seat. And fields, woods and gardens to explore, ponds to swim in and animals watch. We also love dogs and are now welcoming them to the Field House. They must be on-leash when outside due to farm animals and free roaming chickens. Please keep them off the furniture. There is a wood fired sauna. We do charge a $25 lighting fee. Please arrange. It is right next to the pond so you can do the cold water plunge (exciting in winter!). There is also a shower. The Down Dog Yoga studio is located on Midnight's Farm as well. Check the calendar on our website for class availability. You are welcome to use it when there are not classes for personal practice. This is a working farm so there may be occasional machine noise (haying, tractor, compost operation) and some truck/equipment traffic on the farm road near the house. We rotationally graze the cattle during the spring, summer and fall and they move around the farm so may not be visible from the Field House. In the winter they are off pasture at the overwinter area and you are welcome to walk up and visit them.