David,
I would prefer to speak through email if possible about more personal things yall may want to know about us, but, what you are talking about, is exactly what we are thinking also. We have always wanted to do the same kind of thing, buy a large piece of property and sublet / sell pieces to those who were like minded and wanted peace of mind, away from the hustle and bustle from city life, to the country, to have my greenhouse put up finally, and our small home, with our camper without someone saying it can't be there because of the 'zoning' of the property. AG property is so important to us. My husband wants to raise a few head of cattle; to sell each year to make money (sort of like a 'home based job') and to put into the freezer. Also, some pigs/hogs for the same reasons; chickens, turkeys (which we already currently have), rabbits (which we currently have), goats and ducks and any other farm animals I might fancy. My garden and making a small / medium root cellar for making the length of our canned goods as well as other vegetables and fruits we might get from our garden and the greenhouse, to last a much longer time. We have thought of making an underground 'freezer' out of a tractor trailer; bury it and put an air conditioner or a chilling unit in it, all in due time of course and as money allows. The hubby wants a garage he can work on his truck, tractor and any other vehicles he might get (he has an older truck right now, like a 57 or something he wants to restore) and of course a barn to keep hay and the needs of our animals, feed, etc. We would like a little bit of land to raise barley, sunflower seeds, possibly oats and wheat berries, to make our own feed for some of our farm animals, when/if possible.
We are in our low to middle 50's and just want a small farm, peace and quiet and to live in a 'red' state. Yes, we would want internet, that is how we connect to the world, other than our cell phones. We haven't had cable in years and years. Our children are grown up, Our son, married for 12 years now, with a son who is now 12 years old. We figure there may come a day he will want to live with us and we want to leave our legacy to him when the time comes for us to leave this earth. We have a daughter, also married, no children, who may want to come live on the property also or on one right next to us. She currently has goats, but has wanted a milking cow since she was 5. Momma just can't do the milking when they are working, so that is out right now. They all currently have full time jobs, but our daughter would move and get a new one in a heart beat, to stay near momma and daddy, married or not, she would just tell him, lets go and he loves her so much, they would lol!
We were in a car accident and so no longer work, persay. He works, selling firewood, he does wheeling and dealing like no one else can and he works harder than anyone else I know on anything he does or any job he takes on. I was a stay at home mom and then worked from home when the kids left home, that was until two years before our car accident, when I had to have open heart surgery. Just when our life was starting to feel and be better, the car accident happened, we were back seat passengers, and we were hurt the worst, with my husband being told that his back is inoperable. He is in a LOT of pain, a LOT of the time, but when he feels good, he is up and gets 'er done. We struggled for years to get back to where we are now and we own several pieces of real estate that we would love to sell and just buy someone in the country, build our tiny home, our garages, fence up our farm animals area and kick back and live the good life, like we have wanted for so many years.
If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask or email me at the email address up above. Also, please let me know when you message so I can watch out for your email. I often just fly through my junk mail and spam and delete rather quickly and may miss it if I am not watching. We look forward to hearing from you soon!
Mike and Margo
