Lucinda Steed

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Grew up in small towns across Western Canada.  Spent ten years living in the sketchy part of an urban jungle.  Now living rural, and extremely fond of green and growing things....except Himalayan blackberries...which I have decided have been sent directly from the pits of hell to torture me .  Very fond of a good cup of tea.
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Comox Valley, British Columbia
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Thank you to both of you Cee and Mountain. Those both sound like good, workable ideas. We are looking into by-laws, and zoning, and all those types of things for our area.

The regional district here is not always easy to deal with, and so we will likely pick a direction that we can go in independently without having to jump through hoops with them.

Our neighbor just had to cough up several thousand dollars to add a small deck onto his house...made the mistake of deciding to try and get the whole thing permitted...
10 years ago
Thanks Alex We have been doing a bit of research, and come up with a few ideas....lots to learn though. You are right, niche market is probably key. We were thinking chickens that people come pick up and then bring it home and kill it for themselves. Depending on cultural background that can be some peoples preference. Also, less hassles with health regulations/ inspections etc when selling a live animal we were thinking. As long as it is not blackberry farming, we are up for any type of niche.
10 years ago
Hi Rachel,

I lived in a housing complex for years, and so can sympathize a bit with your situation. People do tend to get all up in each others business a wee bit too much .

Sometimes there is more common ground than might be obvious at first. I am thinking even "conventional gardeners" have a love of plants and planting things...maybe not so crazy on weeding...? Native plants have a tendency to take hold and not need much tending. Might be a practical sort of easy care solution for some spots?

I am just recently having a chance to grow whatever I like, and so do not have a ton of knowledge to share here unfortunately. Hope all goes well for you though, and whatever the outcome, don't be discouraged, no step is wasted on the path to growth.

Best Wishes
10 years ago
We have just bought the property next to ours. 2.4 acres, rural, driveway in and power to the lot line. No well. The lot had been logged once but we have some nice clumps of second-growth timber. The rest was all 10 feet deep (literally ) in Himalayan blackberry canes, which we have flattened as much as possible by driving over them repeatedly with a pickup and trailer. 90% of them are now crispy brown and lying down

We are located half-way between Courtenay and Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, B.C. Hubby and I are big fans of permaculture, growing things, alternative building and off-grid living. Trouble is we have equity but very little cash flow. We need to generate some income from this lot, or sell.

If there is anyone in our area or thinking of locating to it that would like to possibly lease from us, partner to start something up, or maybe even buy.....we are open to any and all (legal) possibilties. If we have to sell, we would rather have neighbors with similar interests than someone just wanting to build a million dollar show-home. It is a beautiful spot, and we hope to keep it that way.

10 years ago