Lisa Rollens

Update

Hi everybody,  just a quick update.  I still haven't found any people yet.  I don't take it personally tho, because hardly anybody  has actually come here to visit.  I know there are folks around, but  they seem to be going other places...or maybe just 'looking'??  I don't know.  But what I do know is that things are getting really bad in this country and I am finding an urge to grow a lot of food!  This is still a beautiful farm and I really could  use some help.

Holler if you are interested!  Lisa

Lisa Rollens wrote:Hello permies!

20 years ago I bought a beautiful farm in the Ozarks.  Being a true permie one of the first things I thought about as I got to know the place is that there is room and opportunity here for more people. (share the excess).   I've literally been looking for people that long.  The stories I could tell you about people would curl your toes!  But, I won't.   Here we are 20 years later and I am not getting any younger.  (Don't let that worry you, I've been cutting and splitting my own firewood for over 19 years!)

I am looking for several young people who can/will/and want to  learn and eventually take over the local food production systems that I have growing.  Remember the idea of a tribe?   That's what I would like create here...a place where we all work together towards common goals...sustainability, healthy and happy living and anything else we want to add.  I'm sure you are all keeping up with the supply line problems and the toxic food supply in grocery stores.  We HAVE to create a new, regenerative way of life!

Let me tell you a little about the farm, and by the way, the Ozarks is a great place to live!  Lots of cold water, clean air, very few rules and regulations and people generally leave other people alone, altho people are small town friendly.

OK, back to the farm....159 acres, approximately half grass and half trees on hills, bottom land and upland.  Spring fed creek, spring fed small 100+ year old pond, several trickle springs coming out of the bluff.  Plenty of wildlife...sometimes even more than I want!

I have a couple dairy cows, their progeny to produce beef, pigs occasionally, esp when there is a lactating cow, plenty of chickens for eggs, one hive of bees, so far, and more swarm traps out.   All the animals get non-GMO feed.  Also have growing areas all over the place.  I truly do grow most of what I eat, and if SHTF, I could do without chocolate (god forbid!) and find things to make tea and 'coffee' out of.  I can tons of  food, and do some fermenting and dehydrating.  It's a good life!

There are a lot of things going  on here that I haven't mentioned.  There is a lot of potential and plenty  of ideas for the future.  Did I mention the greenhouse??

Here's what I am looking for:

    young people who have a similar dream and want to be part of something bigger...
    people who understand working together
    people who are energetic and self starters, not slackers or underachievers
    good  communicators
    compassionate, kind people
    healthy happy people
    people who have skills to bring to the tale

If all of this tickles your brain with the possibilities, please respond!  Thanks for reading!

Lisa

Is there somewhere I can contact an actual person to help me login?  I have a (somewhat) unique situation and can't login any more.  Been a registered user for years.

Thanks, Lisa

Hi Brian,  I am doing what you and you wife want to do, and am looking for young folks to join me.  I AM in SC Mo, about an hour from Springfield.  I have LOTS of experience with this lifestyle and have infrastructure for more people.  I also have an ad on here, about a farm to share.  There is a lot of info on it.  Feel free to look it up.  I am not off-grid but am waiting for my solar guy to continue the project.  This is really a great farm, and if you get around here, feel free to visit.  Lisa

Does nobody, besides me, use ''mosquito dunks'' for mosquito control?   Bt to the rescue!  No chemicals.  I save water in those 270 gallon totes.  I try to keep tops on, but the ones in the greenhouse have the tops cut out.  I drop 1/2 dunk in every 30+ days....no mosquito larvae.  Our organic club bought a box of the 20-packs several years ago and I am still using my share. Here's the link:  https://summitchemical.com/products/mosquito-dunks/

I envision cities that spray chemicals for mosquitos distributing these to their citizens and/or putting them in standing water.  Very little work to monitor and get rid of zillions of mosquitos....with no toxic chemicals.

Oh!  And they kill black fly larvae, too!

One other thought....if you save water in 5 gallon buckets....monitor the larvae levels in the buckets and occasionally pour the water thru a kitchen strainer into another bucket.  Water saved and larvae gone!

Hello Angela,  How hot does it get there in the summer?   I am west of you in the Ozarks but get less rain.   The problem with the generic 'best' pasture mix-orchardgrass and clover-is that both are cool season plants that go dormant,  or mostly so, in hot weather.  Over here I would be up a creek without bermuda.  As the climate gets warmer  and  warmer the little patches of bermuda have significantly increased in size.  I don't know about native Eastern grasses, but over here, our natives are prairie grasses that evolved with buffalo....AND...they only got grazed a couple times a year, grazed to the ground by the massive herds of bison. Grasses were very deep rooted, IF there was deep soil.  But, if the native grasses are grazed, even rotationally grazed, the roots get shorter and shorter, and the grass can be grazed completely out of a pasture.

If you get fescue, be sure to get the endophyte free types.

The first thing I would do is observe what comes up next year.  I'd be surprised if you didn't have fescue and bluegrass and bermuda.  You might consider a few goats if you have lots of brush coming up, and fences will keep them in.  Keeping the brush down will let the grasses get light to grow.

I'd be surprised if you didn't have chickory and plantain and chickweed and lambsquarters and some type of clover,  plus lots more.

Another thing to consider, do you get snow, and how long does it stay on the ground?

Lots to think  about but I  suspect that Mother Nature's got your back!  You may spend a fortune on seeds for next spring and find all sorts of good stuff sprouting in your pastures before then!

Good luck! Lisa

Hi Leah,  Thanks for the message!  Sure, we can get together sometime....when we have time!  Hahaha!  Seriously, yes.  I get lost on this site all the time.  Here's the easy way...contact me here:  l.rollens@gmail.com

Later, Lisa

James,  I am in Douglas County.  Just ask if you want to know anything else!  Lisa

Addison,  Yes, that's how I see things,too, esp in the future....safety, sanity and SURVIVAL.  Where are you located now?  Lisa

Nathan, I am in Douglas County.

hi Rachel, Sorry, no, not trying to sell, but I sure do understand your desire to get out of TX. I am wanting to create a small community.  Good luck with your plans.

Lisa