We are Lee and Rochella Jones.
Nice to meet you.
Welcome to our farm.
This is a page to honor Rochella’s family history. We (Lee and Rochella) are the third generation to own the beautiful farmland. It is truly a heaven-on-earth place to be. The farm is located in the northern part of Minnesota, on the land of 10,000 lakes.
Rochella grew up on a farm for summers along with her four siblings and parents. The time spent on a farm is never "bored." There are thousands of things to fix, build, create, and work on in the garden.
Fast forward to time as college students at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, where Rochella met and brought her boyfriend, Lee, from Arizona. He fell in love with the farm. We ended up getting married on the farm in 2008!
We married and moved to the southern part of Minnesota for work opportunities at a deaf school. We had a deaf daughter who attended a deaf school. Now, we live full-time in the southern part of Minnesota and live on a farm for the summer.
Family History
Johnny and Irja (Maki) Johnson were the first generation to buy farmland. (Rochella’s grandparents).
Ronald and Shirley (Hottle) Johnson were the second generation (Rochella’s parents). They acquired the farm for the next 53 years.
Shirley (Rochella’s mom) passed away unexpectedly on 1/24/2015, and almost 8 years later, Ron (dad) passed away on 11/18/2022. Their legacy of love and passion for farming and gardening continues today.
We, family and friends, missed them very much.
