posted 1 year ago
Hello, my name is Dennis, I'm 31 and I have a wife (,Laura) and 4 young, well behaved children aged 5, 6, 6, and 10. We live in Northwest, New Mexico in the lower elevation desert (Farmington, NM). We have had a dream for several years now to homeschool are children and go off-grid. We are looking for somewhere preferably in northern New Mexico or southern Colorado area but are open to anywhere honestly and have also been looking into Montana, Alaska etc. My 6 year old son is not my wife's biological kid and I share custody of him with his biological mother 50/50 who resides in Farmington, NM as well and he has went to school there for the last few years so it would just be more feasible, but I am willing to discuss with her and change up our schedule for a opportunity at a new and better way of living for my family. In a dream scenario, My wife and I would like to work for somebody on their land and help them with their homestead or any projects they may have in exchange for a small parcel of land down the road or at least an opportunity to buy the land a little later down the road. We bought a firewood business a few years ago in Pagosa springs, Colorado and had moved it down to Farmington New Mexico. We would like to start selling wood wherever we go again cuz it's something we really enjoy and is our main source of income. If one were to have enough land with timber they would like mitigated, I would happily do so in exchange for the wood to be sold as firewood and could give you a cut of money from said timber sold. I would like to build a cabin out of logs either as a log cabin or milled down into wood off of the land if that is a possibility (again, dream scenario). We would eventually like to get chickens, ducks, turkeys, quail, meat rabbits, a few pigs, possibly a few miniature cows, We would like to start a large garden or could assist in maintaining one for exchange for some food. I have experience in numerous areas including construction, logging, mechanical, farm, etc. I'm very abled and a hard worker as well as my wife. We have been purchasing a home from my wife's step dad for the last 6 years and recently got screwed over on the whole deal and we just want to get away from city living. This lifestyle I understand doesn't just get thrown in front of you and you have to jump into it and we are willing to do so. My mother just passed in May from liver disease and her death really made me want to live our dream instead of not taking action towards it. When we are selling firewood we make really good money once established and can make payments on property if that's an option but would rather work it off if it's possible. I have experience in hunting and do so regularly, we fish all the time,
I do a lot of Bushcraft. Very respectable. If anyone knows of anything or could point us in the right direction I would highly appreciate it. Thank you in advance. Feel free to message me if you have any questions.
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