GSDowner Hatfield

Lodge is good

NO

Sounds like a doable plan, go for it.

Thanks for all the good info.

Brenda Groth wrote:
we raised our ONLY child son in the boonies on our homestead..although he did attend public school by  bus

he was very independent and he is now 36 and has moved back by building a house next to ours..he loves it out here
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This is the draw back,      if he is so independent why in the ...............o never mind.

You can buy land in the $1,000.00-$1,500.00 an acre range in Alabama or Mississippi. I am talking about wooded land, nice tracts.

Congrats on your land purchase, I am sure you will enjoy it. Over the years I have bought and sold a few tracts of small acreage (50 acres and less) and I can honestly say I never made a dime off them. That is during ownership, always did well when I sold the acreage. My approach was to be a good steward to the land and always improve the land during my ownership. This took a commitment and money to do, but it always paid off in the end. I think the fun part of owning land is being able to improve it, but it takes time, effort and money.

Good luck with your acreage and I am sure you and your family will enjoy the "country lifestyle".

Thanks for the replies, I really appreciate them. I live by the code "if it comes from the sea, I don't eat it". I eat a lot of cherries, and stay away from the beans, etc. I can go for a year or two and everything is hunky dory, then wham, gout for two or three months off and on. People; let me tell you, unless you experience it yourself, you will never be able to imagine the pain. I have legitimate issues I can get pain meds from the VA and I turn them down because I try to manage with aspirin, but hello sister, the gout hurts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeJ4kp1AwY4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x51CQccVDQc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNigNUD8CKo

could not do just one