bill berry

do you pass for not getting burnt, or for not using sun screen that has far more damaging effects then a sun burn?

very interesting, i like what your doing there. we've purchased 100 acres, and plan to homestead there with our 6 kids.
I;m in the valley, and run a machine shop, if your valley location ever needs anything metal working wise, feel free to contact me, i like to work on trade

welcome to the site, and good luck with your endevors, i wish my land was as farm friendly as yours

Kyle, we built a 8x20 between 2 campers to make a spot for wood heat. it was only temporay, so we didn't get the proper approval.
someone reported us to the county, and have had to deal with trying to get it permited. where we are, is a water shed, and we are too close to the property line(not near the water, actually further away from the water) they now want us to move it all 20' closer to the water......
we are 4km from the pavement, and power, with no other houses, or camps on our road. we are 1km from the county road, on our own property, and still got reported.
for a season cabin, etc, the county is pretty decient to deal with. But it is in your best interested to talk to them before building anything.

kyle saunders wrote:

bill berry wrote:Kyle, we are not far from you. we have 100 acres in clementsvale, where we were living off grid, till we had some issues with the county inspectors...

That's veery, very close. Just up and over a hill or two actually. Good to know that our county actually inspects, before I give them anything to inspect about. Mind if I ask what they were displeased with? And if you were building out of sight or along the road? We're off in the woods with little traffic, aside from hunter/fishers and dog walkers. But we're not looking to put more than a camp, shed, outhouse and some greenhouses. Oi, hope that goes over well.

heh.

Joe Oblenis wrote:Moving east is certainly an option for early 2015!

Do it!

look up humanure handbook, that is what we had at our off grid set up, and it worked great. i see it was used during the "occupy" demonstrations in halifax, with no issues as well.

Kyle, we are not far from you. we have 100 acres in clementsvale, where we were living off grid, till we had some issues with the county inspectors...

kyle saunders wrote:Hi there Dan,

Lived in Nova Scotia for my whole life. Been reading these forums for a while. Just saw this thread and it encouraged me to join and start talkin. We've got a 50acre, post-clear-cut in Graywood (nearest town you might have heard of is Annapolis Royal). We have a 3 or 4 acre soft/hard wood mixed forest on the plot with a camp, and are beginning a food forest / edible landscape within the clear cut.

We're a bit (read: a lot) into the idea of nature doing most of the work, mostly so she doesn't undo it when she doesn't like our ideas. Third year starts in 2015. We put in a dozen or so fruit trees last year and the year before we experimented with soil building and did a lot of observation. Don't get down there nearly enough (once or twice a month) and it's great to see that she's been doing well and taking care of things. The pond is almost a pond, and the gardens are definitely gardens.

I live in the Halifax area during the week, working away and dreamin of 'retirin' to the land. Just thought I'd say hello and let you know there is a pretty deep network of interesting farming folk around this province. Next time you get to a workshop, talk around and offer someone some help on their farm. It's always surprising to see what other people do in this strange climate. One of our land partners gets paid for farmwork in plants and has been beefin up our gardens this way from the beginning.

Anyway, thanks for bringing my permaculture surfing back home, now I can get back to day dreaming.