posted 9 hours ago
Seeking deep green permie(s) for carrying on the work here:
—rmh that still needs some more cob on the drum to really sing
— willow feeder buckets in process, and willow. (not the whole willow feeder setup just yet, unfortunately, just a large store of semi aged willow food in the barn)
— soil building with fowl for 4 years
— a few nut trees, sadly not from seed, but that was attempted also, and some black walnuts from seed, mulberries, legacy apples, wild apples, some stone fruit. Two honey locust from John Hershey line, by way of the river Chestnut Farm
— one properly built hugelbed , and a bunch more that are easier soil to grow in, hauled in from a landscaper‘s jobs. the properly angled one has issues—soil is so sandy it will take a long time for it to function, maybe a few more years? and I didn’t know about the magic basketball of garden soil going in the middle of it… has drip irrigation barrel in place.
— multiple portable bird hutches, electric, fencing, perimeter fence
— Solar hot water heater
— on a major numbered route, perfect site for a farm stand. Space to build on a second parcel, and by right two more dwelling could be built for a total of 4. In addition if it were up to me, and no building code could get in my way, I would build a wofati there. if I stayed here longer, that’s exactly what I would do, and keep it small enough to be within the code definition of a shed, making an “animal shelter“
— well is OK, there’s also deeded access to a spring across another nearby numbered highway, and there’s another Spring nearby that you can fill up large container containers from
— up-and-coming community, that is to say, this town is really hitting bottom hard. The long range plan may have some Permaculture and resilience measures in it, if it ever comes out I’ll update.
— local Strong Towns conversation, one of only about five towns or cities in the state to have one
— a lot of people care a lot about this town, even if some of the ideas of how to make it better might be going backwards, and the building regulations (irc) are real barrier
— land is unfortunately very flat, and extremely extremely extremely sandy.
— road noises considerable, recommend putting up a berm on the south field or something and live there.
— sunchokes established, but you should know that even sunchokes struggle to grow in this soil.
— rainwater catchment, barrels, and gutters,
— big barn and below-grade barn basement
— House can hold four people for sure, and up to 608 hippies
— seeds Of Solidarity and the Farm School are nearby
— maker space within walking distance; sort of bikeable
— more than happy to pass on all of my notes from my many, many mistakes I’ve made here on the land—and boy do I have a genius for making mistakes.
-- I really want this land to go to someone who will be a good steward of it, and will use and value the RMH
--$460,200 zestimate; 3 br, 2 bath, 2.25 acres on north and 2.25 on south side of highway, an alfalfa field, woods owned by the rail. turkeys and coyotes common.
--will try to finance but I don't know if I'll be able to afford this.
I'm putting out feelers now, will want to build trust to know for sure. Thanks.
Community Building 2.0: ask me about drL, the rotational-mob-grazing format for human interactions.