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07/02/10, 01:57 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Maine
Posts: 61
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Any northeastern homesteaders out there?
I'm located in beautiful Vacationland!!! Looking to see if there are any other New England homesteaders out there. 
Ms Daisy
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07/02/10, 04:00 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 2,369
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Hi Ms Daisy,
I'm in the Lakes Region of NH. We're neighbors! :-) What area of Maine are you in?
Mickey
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07/02/10, 04:09 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 319
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western massachusetts here. i've got land, but i wouldn't consider myself a "homesteader". not yet, at least.
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07/02/10, 04:37 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: VT
Posts: 268
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Hi Ms Daisy - I'm in VT, though sometimes think of moving to the Maine coast. While we just have a small 'farmette', we do raise almost all our own meat, veggies, and fruit.
Elizabeth
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07/02/10, 05:32 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Maine
Posts: 61
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Hello :baby04: I'm in the midcoast area, just started our first garden so I'm new to "homesteading" as well lol
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07/02/10, 07:25 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Upstate NY Waaaay Upstate
Posts: 148
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Upstate NY here...waaaay Upstate....we are semi-homesteaders have the farm and the gardens and the livestock (which are pets not food LOL)but we are far from self sustaining....maybe someday.
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07/03/10, 12:50 AM
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Maine
Posts: 3,152
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Hi msdaisy. The midcoast area is nice. I have family in the Bristol/Pemaquid area. I'm in southern Oxford County.
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07/03/10, 06:42 AM
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Columnist, Feature Writer
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maine
Posts: 4,568
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I'm in the northern corner of Washington County.
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07/03/10, 07:55 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Maine
Posts: 61
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Nice to meet some fellow Mainers = ) I'm originally from Mass, but love, love, LOVE it here!!! Good bye traffic and neighbors that practically live in my yard!!! haha
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07/03/10, 08:21 AM
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zone 5 - riverfrontage
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Forests of maine
Posts: 5,867
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We are in Maine, moved here in 2005.
We have 150 acres of forest with 1/4 mile of river frontage.
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07/03/10, 10:22 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Maine
Posts: 61
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ET1 SS
We are in Maine, moved here in 2005.
We have 150 acres of forest with 1/4 mile of river frontage.
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That's awesome!!! Our old home shared a driveway and we had neighbors on all sides of our yard, so privacy was something we definitely were lacking. lol Now, our yard is about 2 acres with the closest neighbor about 1/4 mile away. I mean, not to sound like a socia-phob or anything, but it's nice being able to garden without 10 people watching me do it. lol
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07/03/10, 11:03 AM
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doll maker/ ND goats
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Northern Maine
Posts: 482
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I am a neighbor to MaineFarm Mom and we live in a town of 57 people. I am presently doing Nigerian Dwarf goats, for milk and we have a small garden.
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07/03/10, 05:44 PM
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zone 5 - riverfrontage
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Forests of maine
Posts: 5,867
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Quote:
Originally Posted by msdaisy
That's awesome!!! Our old home shared a driveway and we had neighbors on all sides of our yard, so privacy was something we definitely were lacking. lol Now, our yard is about 2 acres with the closest neighbor about 1/4 mile away. I mean, not to sound like a socia-phob or anything, but it's nice being able to garden without 10 people watching me do it. lol
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Our township has like 250 people. Houses are generally a mile apart, some are in clusters.
The forest is dense so you never see anyone anyway. Our driveway is 300 foot long and at the road it is lined by forest, so to even look toward our house from the road you only have a small 'window'.
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07/04/10, 07:27 AM
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Columnist, Feature Writer
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maine
Posts: 4,568
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mabeane
I am a neighbor to MaineFarm Mom and we live in a town of 57 people. I am presently doing Nigerian Dwarf goats, for milk and we have a small garden.
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I stopped in to see the new babies Friday. Very cute!
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07/04/10, 10:30 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Mountains of Vermont, Zone 3
Posts: 8,878
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Hi and welcome to the wonderful world of homesteading!
Our farmstead is located in the mountains of northern central Vermont, so a bit east of you. Both my wife and I lived, before we met, near Augusta. Funny thing was she had followed me (accidentally) there from NH, then again followed (accidentally) me to Hanover, NH. Finally we met. Kismet! We finally settled across the river here in Vermont about 20 years ago.
We pay the bills raising pigs on pasture and selling primarily through local stores and restaurants plus some to individuals. We also have chickens, ducks, geese, sometimes sheep, dogs and three kids also on pasture (homeschooled).
Advice: plant apple trees, asparagus, rhubarb and strawberries ASAP. Set a piece of black plastic on a patch of soil to kill off weeds for next year's garden. Get chickens and a pig or two for meat - easy animals. Rabbits are another good starter livestock. Have a dog (or many) - they're invaluable on the homestead.
Cheers
-Walter
Sugar Mountain Farm
Pastured Pigs, Sheep & Kids
in the mountains of Vermont
Read about our on-farm butcher shop project:
http://SugarMtnFarm.com/butchershop
http://SugarMtnFarm.com/csa
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07/04/10, 06:00 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: MA
Posts: 190
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I am in North Central Mass.
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07/05/10, 08:03 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 503
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I am in the western part of Maine. In Farmington, 26 acres. gardens and farm critters.
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07/05/10, 09:45 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: RI
Posts: 156
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I'm in Foster, RI on just 3 acres, but lovin' the privacy. We have dairy goats, chickens, 4 cats, a blind dog, and 1 duck.
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07/09/10, 07:55 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Northern NY
Posts: 1,181
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Northern NY, St Lawrence Co. That's waaay north of "upstate"!
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