Hi, Thomas,
We're not far from you in Jonesville, VA, just south of the Powell River. Our 30 acres needs a lot of work to bring it back into production. We're learning as we go, but more than willing to help out a "neighbor". If you check out the Wickershire
Project on YouTube, that's us, or rather that's my partner Billy Joe's website. We bought the farm together last Nov, and I moved here from Maine in Dec 2019 to rehab the trailer, the only habitable structure on the property, so we would have a place to camp while we each build our dream house.
Billy Joe and his family arrived in early May, and he has about six projects going at once in what he calls the "Shire". I've had as many as six going at one time, but I learned (the hard way) that I am not a multi-tasker, so I've cut back in an attempt to finish each project before getting overly busy on another. Billy Joe hasn't learned that yet, but he will, as all six of his projects remain in limbo unfinished. He puts himself on a guilt trip each time he restarts one of them because he hasn't finished the first one. I'm sure you know how that goes. He did finish his fish
pond.
Of
course, priorities change all the time. Equipment breakdowns (stuff bought used on Craigslist) have slowed us down considerably. I wanted to concentrate on building infrastructure this first year, but Billy Joe is focused on getting a huge garden producing everything, all sorts of livestock, setting up his
solar power system, building
greenhouse(s), putting in food forest, excavating a
pond or three, and a dozen other long-term projects that he's sure he can do quickly. Good luck on that!
Anyway, check out Wickershire, watch some of Billy Joe's zany videos (he is up to episode 20, I think), "Like" a video or two, subscribe to the channel, post a comment there, and we'll connect up. Maybe we can meet halfway, in
Rose Hill, for a get together. It'll be fun discussing our failures and successes with others who
get it.
Good luck with your new venture / adventure. Talk soon.
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