When we left Illinois, we wanted everything paid off. The property was $50,000, the vehicles were $40,000, the two Amish cabins were $24,000, and the solar panels were $12,000.

The Amish sheds give us flexibility for a permanent home. In 2020, when we had the property but were still living full-time in Illinois, we met one of our Maine neighbors on a trip.

The cost almost gagged them. But then they saw something called an Amish Shed on the side of the QEW in Grimsby with an email address. They checked it out and fell in love.

The market is owned by 11 families in the Amish community nearby. “We have several people that we have chosen to kind of lead out the project. And so they are sort of the overseers of everything ...