Calling for help in Siskiyou County!

Hello!

My family has uprooted our remote-working suburban Maryland life in pursuit of a place to live and restore. Weve been traveling the country for 4 months looking for a special spot. We’ve found 40 acres near Ager in Siskiyou county that we couldn’t pass up.

I am excitedly overwhelmed, and looking for connections who would be willing to talk about living and permaculture in the region.

Looking forward to the journey,
Evan

Hey Evan. Please share more about your experience so far there. I will be scouting the Siskyou/Shasta/Humboldt area in May. Is any more land similar for sale?. Want some cool Permie neighbors?? I’d be glad to plant a few trees or help with whatever for a day in trade for hearing about the area. Feel free to PM me. I’m also a solar tech if you want help with a energy system.  Thanks.

Hi Jeremy -

Lots of land for sale out here. It is by far the most affordable area per acre I encountered in the 20,000 mile search through MT, WA, OR, and NorCal. It's like living in a postcard every day. Incredibly beautiful and peaceful, with so much to do. That said, you quickly learn why there isn't a huge demand for raw land out here.

1. It's dry and there is little relief in sight. We missed out on winter rain again. The sloping terrain provides a great canvas for a permaculture minded person, but most affordable lots don't have a well to get any ground cover started. I'm on an 8 month wait list for a well - and that's after literally offering bribes to any well digger who would actually put me on a list.

2. It's remote. I forgot a widget I needed on my last Home Depot trip to Medford, and now my entire day is going to be dealing with that. It gets old if you're a poor planner like me. Crime is a real thing - and tends to be sensational when it happens. There are areas of true rural poverty, where people have had their entire lives burned away, and are in untenable situations. However, I don't believe these are reasons to avoid living somewhere. Further, if there is a community archetype that could use permaculture, this is it.

3. The regulatory landscape is like an unsedated colonoscopy. The planning, environmental health, and building folks in Siskiyou have all been lovely to work with, but the actual processes are heartbreakingly inefficient and fractured.

If you have patience, and some starting cash, northern Siskiyou county has serious permaculture potential. Please send me a message if you'd like to chat more, and I can give you some specific areas to investigate.

Welcome to Northern California!

Thanks for the excellent points and best wishes this year on your plantings. I’ll PM you closer to when I’m in the area.

Following up for the sake of any other eager folks with hope and spirit left in their soul..

DO NOT DO WHAT I DID. IT WILL DESTROY YOU.

Feel free to contact for more details. Sparing the google search crawlers.

Hello, there! I found this just today when I poked around to see if there were any permaculturist nearby me in Montague. Wanted to see how you were faring and if you needed any assistance.
Jennamaya
530-340-7663

Evan Hochberg wrote:Hello!

My family has uprooted our remote-working suburban Maryland life in pursuit of a place to live and restore. Weve been traveling the country for 4 months looking for a special spot. We’ve found 40 acres near Ager in Siskiyou county that we couldn’t pass up.

I am excitedly overwhelmed, and looking for connections who would be willing to talk about living and permaculture in the region.

Looking forward to the journey,
Evan

I'm very active in the area and I'm wondering what kind of help or friendship connection you're looking for? I'm a homeowner Farm owner and property owner

I am selling 14 wooded acres in McArthur, that’s Lassen county, the very north corner adjacent to Modoc and Shasta county, very close to Siskiyou county.

Gentle slope, mostly ponderosa pine with incense cedar and at least 3 species of oak.

It has a spacious house and outbuildings, well, septic, electricity are in. I bought last August, will be selling soon.  It’s too much work for me, and no workers to hire that I can find.  

Which means a skilled handyman with work ethic and communication skills could quickly get enough clients to make enough to live and support the permaculture habit.

PM or email to know more about the property, or see what I am selling or giving away, or want to work trade.
Thanks