Cassie Haurli

S Bengi wrote:Can you itemize projects that you would like done and price it out. For Example

Clear 2 acres of heavily wooded land ($20k)
Swale 2 acres ....Fifty swales each 200ft (50x $100)
Mulch 2 acres .....

Maintain the Entire site yearly after initial establishment (52week x $100)

In Return you will do a 5yr lease valued at $200/month

Hopefully the person would be able to farm 2acres for a summer time CSA/market garden

This is a fabulous breakdown. My Life has been moving fast pace.  I still have hopes to transform this property and I appreciate your input so very much. I look forward to forecasting the work into numbers.

Thanks again!

It's the people.
My partner is a great village maker. The day we moved into an apartment on an old street in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, my partner and roommate introduced themselves to the neighbors working on a roof. Next thing I hear he was up on the roof, not moving our thibgs into the apartment, to my shagrin. But I realized that we had a fast friend in a neighbor before we had even moved out of the old place. He grew up in a small northern town, and you knew everyone, and everyone knows his family there. I grew up more isolated in a southern ontario city as my single parent was less social than average and there was a different "mainstream", media+church culture that made me an outsider from an early age. I've learned the village habits, but still have to work at it as my instinct is to be anonymous, or at least mysterious, to provide protection to myself. But that is not really how it works, you need your village of people, plants, waterways, landscapes and animals to give you a delightful life.

Wj Carroll wrote:Wild blackberries and blueberries, no doubt!  Blackberries are good most anywhere, but those little "buckshot" blueberries that grow on almost bare rock in the mountains are such a rare and wonderful treat.... beyond that, wild grapes, feral apples, cherries and pawpaws… and the rare gooseberry that survived eradication... mulberries sometimes and elderberries.... cedar/juniper berries.. It all grows all around me... but, blackberries are the most common and easy to find

Oh my goodness, you're naming so many delicious delights! I am sad to say that I could only recognize by sight three of those fruiting plants. I'm wondering if anyone has a favorite resource online, like a forest hikers' guide to recognizing these fruiting plants by habitat and sight at a distance.

Thanks in advance!

De Mott wrote: I would be most interested in food, medicinal, and pollinator plants. Thanks!

Hi De Mott, I want to suggest Jerusalem Artichokes. They are native to north america, the roots are edible and they can grow quite tall with a happy yellow apple sized sunflower. I know they are proliferate, so only plant where you want to keep them. There are some great YouTube videos by people about cultivating them. I have not done a search based on their appeal to dear, but I thought to suggest it for the fact it's edible and native.

So excited for you to share your experience, welcome Anne!

Hi!
I'm excited that this website and forum is a thing, and now to be part of it. I am looking for solutions to having someone in the Stratford, Ontario, (western area) to take on the challenge of starting a homestead. There is no infrastructure of any kind, though there are buildings that have some storage potential.

I am living in Northern Ontario and working there, but don't have a job yet near my land, and now not likely for several more years with the present pandemic. This land has been sitting fallow for more than 20 years, I see it as having a high gardening potential. If there was an interest in building a gardening Collective to manage the garden, that is a great plan. I just don't know where to look or how to contact interested and respectful individuals. So I thought I would give a shout out on this site where the like-minded gather.

I am willing to do the research to find out what kind of mobile living can be used here, and all other issues related to starting a permaculture Homestead. I just need the legs and hands to do the work. Ideally it would be a trade, i.e. no fees to use the land for several years while collaborating on the responsible working of the property. I would have some capacity to help do projects for a few days out of every month.

I'm getting too much into details. I am very open to any suggestions on who or where to find such people to embark on this collaborative endeavour. Please share your thoughts and suggestions.

Wishing you well,
C