I am so glad I stumbled upon this site! This is my first post after reading a ton of information. First of all, I absolutely love the ideas Craig and Tom have for the little slice of heaven in Maine. I am very interested in the idea of getting together as a little village/community of people working together and enjoying life instead of putting up with this rat race the rest of my life. A little about me, I am a single 37 year old Diesel Mechanic currently living in Florida. A little over 4 years ago I put together a 5 year plan of things I wanted to accomplish so that as middle age sets in I can be a little more at peace and comfortable. The last thing on that list is leaving Florida and tentatively planning on Spring 2015 moving to Southern Vermont to kinda restart my life and find a little land to build on. Having nothing to tie me to this idea, and really, I have yet to find anything to my taste in Vermont, I have started entertaining the idea of looking elsewhere. I am more than intrigued by what you have got going on as far as a dream for the place. So far being in the suburbs, I am very limited as far as practicing most of the things I learn. There are so many many things I have learned from reading books, watching youtube videos and a couple of the farms I have visited in the south-east. I would like to hear more about what goes on up there, how the place makes it through the winter, and what the future plans are. I would be more than willing to consider amending my plans and plant some roots in Maine. Do you have anything like a workshop/hobby shop area with poured concrete? If it did work out that I could come even just to help for a while, I would need a place for my tools as they are extensive and would surely come in handy. There is an idea I had a while back for a very unique hydroponics setup that would work extremely well for bringing in enough food for the community as well as a possible revenue stream. There are a wide range of things I have studied and have knowledge/experience with that I feel would help any community like yours. Let me know and we can talk some more about it.
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