Hi all,
I have a small place in Western Arkansas for sale that I bought as raw land (actually there had been a 100-year old house back in the day). I have added a tiny house, a utility building (kitchen, utilities, shower), barn, outhouse, small greenhouse, well/well house, 100 ft by 80 ft garden, and a pond. It's simple but very livable and with a bit more work and money could be quite a nice place.
There's satellite internet available but no cell service. City water is also available at the highway if you want to connect to that. The property has about 300 ft of highway frontage and extends in a rough rectangle away from the highway and up a wooded hillside about 1/4 mile. The garden has come a long way in 2 seasons, and I've gotten decent results with romaine lettuce, leaf lettuce, spinach, kale, celery, peppers, broccoli, chard, beets, carrots (fall only), and herbs. Things that have done really well are tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, garlic, watermelons and okra. I would say cantaloupe did really well too, but the raccoons agreed far too much. I also got 6 chestnut (Chinese-American hybrid) trees, 2 apple trees and raspberry and blackberry bushes planted this spring. All are doing quite well!
I've put nearly $40,000 into the place so that's what I'd like to get back out. Essentially, all my labor is free. You can see some pics of the place on the ic.org page I have for what was going to be a little community. And of course, feel free to contact me for more information.
https://www.ic.org/directory/independence-farm-community/
Happy days!
Kirby Mason
512-200-2969 (text is best)
kirbydmason@gmail.com
