I guess more information would be helpful, so I will attempt to answer some here:
Our place:
10 acres, on a year round creek. Not farm land but southern exposure benches and hillside with a mix of old growth pine, aspens, riparian area and shrub steppe.
Water source, well, 107' plenty of water for our needs.
On the grid with solar potential if someone wants to make that investment.
half acre apx. established deep bed organic garden (25 years of soil building)
a dozen fruit trees in need of good pruning and care (not our forte').
Earthship 3000+ s/f, carport with root cellar, chicken coop and garden outbuildings, old barn on creek that was our home while first building earthship. Noone has lived there for a few years so it needs some work, but is a potential second living unit.
Our place is only 1 mile off the valley floor with paved road access that is maintained by county. Our driveway is dirt and steep, but 4 season if kept clear of snow in winter.
Currently our homes market value is around $400k. We would be willing to work with the right folks in making purchasing land overtime possible, especially if we are sharing it with you as part time residents during april-november. You would have to come up with some kind of down payment, substantial enough to guarantee long term commitment and caring for the land and improvements.... But we are truly interested in passing the batan of what we have built to young people who have the energy, attitude and vision to take it to the next level of wonderfulness......
If you are thinking of farming commercially, this land is not the right place, but there is valley floor farm land close by which could probably be rented for a fair price within a couple of miles.
Still interested? you can email me at
gracefully2100@gmail.com
Like I said earlier we know MANY elder homesteaders in our area looking for either outright selling their places and/or open to a more creative gradual turnover like us. I would be willing to attempt coordinating hook ups, in this regard for serious inquiries. (none of these are officially for sale at this time, it is just that our generation is finding it more difficult to keep up with the homesteading chores and maintenance and have realized that we need to do some adapting to prepare for our final decades of life, taking the realities of aging and the global economic and climate challenges into account.)
Rock on friends!!!
