200 acres

Well, I forked over a pile of money and signed a lot of stuff. Apparently the other folks were signing similar papers about 300 miles away. I walked out with a stack of papers, but no deed. I guess the whole thing will be complete sometime today and I might received the deed on monday or so.

Kinda seems anti climactic.

Still, it feels like there is a 0.1% chance that something can go wonky. So now I wait for the deed ...

I bought a bunch of fiberglass fenceposts and attempted to start to mark the boudary yesterday. Stuff just wasn't making sense. I ended up marking only two out of nine points. After getting home and looking at gobs of maps I now see where things went wonky. I think I'm going to go back this weekend and mark more points.

200 acres - aka 'the land' or TL.

<insert cheering here!>

Folks have asked if it will have a name besides paul's farm.

I think it will eventually. I would rather spend more time on it first.

Congrats Paul, sounds like a nice little hobby farm (I jest!).

I just got the official word that all of the paperwork is complete and was filed yesterday. It's a done deal.

Great news! World domination has begun.

Congratulations Paul! The culmination of years of yearning and effort. You must be so excited for the future! Best wishes for all you plan to accomplish on this land; I know that you plan a lot. And I'm glad that you are going to meditate long before choosing a name for it; make it a good one : )

Perhaps my favorite quote of all time - because it embodies my new philosophy for saving the world without despairing for the future, and more than anything it marks the shift between the eco-level-2 yuppie "ecoweenie" (as Jack Spirko would say, hehe) who I used to be and the fledgling homesteader I am now working hard to become - I got from one of your podcasts...

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
- Buckminster Fuller

You are building the new model. Do great things with it!

Long Live Paul's Evil Empire! : )

P.S. Good luck with your efforts towards 20-person-community-devoid-of-knife-fights, hehe! I think this might be the biggest challenge you have bitten off. Growies are predictable. People are full of crazy.

When the stress levels get high and it seems like your dreams are on the edge of faltering, and we know that those moments will come, remember my other favorite quote (really it's a poem) and act on the wisdom of this great man, a true "gentleman farmer" in the greatest American tradition...

"When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free."

- The Peace of Wild Things, by Wendell Berry

Congratulations, Paul! That's a lot of land. And I thought might 15 acres was a handful. Best of luck finding good folks and not stabbing eachother.

Congratulations , let's see now if you are a true believer or not . am happy for you now you own the land which I think is a lot .
then am happy for my self and the others , for all we get from you from now on would be tested first in your land and proven right

ahh, congratulations Paul, the culmination of much work & not a little stress.

a door shuts, a door opens - I always like to think The Land calls the steward / caretaker / creative towards it, and can only believe that your land seeks your Mission, to boldly go & all that.

with a bit of luck & some long driving hours, I hope to land about an hour's drive from TL / BC, and greatly look forward to visiting in some form or another, over time.

/salute!

Just got your daily-ish e-mail announcing you had closed on the land! I am so happy for you!! Welcome back to real land stewardship. (now all you have to do is pay the fed's rent on it in the form of land taxes!) still in all I am so happy for you I feel like doing a happy dance!
If I weren't already deeply rooted here in Lone Oak, Texas I'd be tempted to head on up there. But you'd likely make me leave my Bowie knife here in Texas as you object to folks stabbing each other -- joking, honest! I don't even own one. Want one, though as they are useful tools.
Wish you the best of luck, Paul and am looking forward to updates on Permies. Providing you have time to waste sitting at a computer. Now that it's spring my land here in Texas is keeping me busy. It will slow down when it finely gets hot though.

In time, the land will have a name. While driving home today from the land I thought "farmer laboratory"

paul wheaton wrote:In time, the land will have a name.

I love the image that comes to mind when I read 'deep roots'.

Congrats Paul!

paul wheaton wrote:In time, the land will have a name. While driving home today from the land I thought "farmer laboratory"

Pie Land sounds good

How about "Pie Farm"?

How about "Pie Farm"?

good going Paul - since you have infinity fruit - "Pi Farm" seems most fitting.

Susan Noyes wrote:

paul wheaton wrote:In time, the land will have a name.

I love the image that comes to mind when I read 'deep roots'.

I love Deep Roots too.

Congratulations Paul. I'm looking forward to seeing TL take shape. I hope that you will have a Video Poobah to document the amazing things you and your community will do there.

Julie

i also toss my vote into the hat for deep roots (: just seems rather fitting for the whole idea of the place.

"Deep Root Pie With Whipped Cream Farm"

Kinda seems anti climactic.

isnt it always like that when you wait and hope so long for somethin! its almost like you expect the sky to open up and angels to sing when it finally happens (:

Very cool! I like Deep Roots too! But I am sure the name will come to you as you work the ground and bring forth the farm. I hope you will be able to document and share. I have learned so much and have so much more to learn. Good luck with the community part too!

I have the deed to the 200 acres.

I am sooo happy for you Paul....
You have shared so much with us newbees for soo long...And now you get to do the fun stuff.....
Re: naming the farm...
Name it quick - Don't wait....We've had 2 properties now...The first one didn't get named so we referred to it as Del Purto.... The canyon it was in....Never did get past that....The next one, we kept thinking up fabulous names, but couldn't settle on one, so the property is just referred to with the street name..
It's kindda like when you have a child, but once the child is born you have to just choose something...
Enjoy!!!

Could brand what you do on the farm "Missoulaculture."