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08/11/11, 03:56 PM
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how do I start?
Hi ya! I have been a missionary in Haiti for 13 years and have just come back to the states. I lived totally off the grid in Haiti and ate only what we grew, raised and fished for. I would like to continue to live this way now that I am back here. My family lives in western NC, western SC, and eastern GA so I would like to live somewhere in this area. I wondered if you could help me to figure out which places allow you to raise 50-75 chickens, 6-10 pigs, rabbits, and have composting toilets? I look forward to hearing from you all and learning from your posts!
God bless
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08/11/11, 04:43 PM
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Oh! Oh! Oh!
You are on your first post!
Welcome to HT!
Although I can't give advice about property, I just want to say, you are way ahead of the game, having 13 years experience being what I would call very independant.
Good luck in your pursuit of happiness, and thanks for doing God's work in Haiti.
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08/11/11, 04:51 PM
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Welcome to Homesteading Today. I would say anywhere outside the city limits and outside restrictive subdivisions and their HOAs in the counties, you should be able to raise pretty much anything you want. Land prices are high in the mountains though, due to all the outsiders building homes there. I am over in the Northeastern part of Alabama.
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08/11/11, 06:26 PM
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Know your county and city codes for livestock, live outside of subdivisions with rules (HOAs or CC&Rs), make sure you have water rights, and know about mineral and gas rights on any property you purchase. Oh and make sure you know about easements on your property.
Good luck and welcome to HT!
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08/11/11, 08:07 PM
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I just want to offer you a warm *Welcome!* to Homesteading Today! There are many wonderful friends here, you should stick around, you will be pleased.
Your area would be perfect for so many vegetables and fruits, and pasture for animals. Hey, I'm in NY, anything is better than NY!
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08/11/11, 08:09 PM
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Welcome to HT!! I'm no where near your area so, sorry, I can't help. Someone here will be able to soon though!
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08/12/11, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Susanellen
Hi ya! I have been a missionary in Haiti for 13 years and have just come back to the states. I lived totally off the grid in Haiti and ate only what we grew, raised and fished for. I would like to continue to live this way now that I am back here. My family lives in western NC, western SC, and eastern GA so I would like to live somewhere in this area. I wondered if you could help me to figure out which places allow you to raise 50-75 chickens, 6-10 pigs, rabbits, and have composting toilets? I look forward to hearing from you all and learning from your posts!
God bless
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The main thing to consider will be land prices and property taxes. And water supply. Did you want to rent or buy a place? I am not from the south so I am unfamiliar with the specifics of the areas you mentioned -- from up north they all sound plenty hot, steamy and country  . Another factor might be which of those relatives do you want to live closest to? Oh, also, what other amenities do you want to have reasonable access to, like maybe you want a college nearby for additional education or a small community for a source of nursing jobs or a market for your veggies , etc. Lots to think about, but at least you know how to do the homesteading part!
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08/12/11, 11:17 AM
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Keep asking questions. WE dont get tired of answering
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08/12/11, 11:50 AM
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Welcome to HT!
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08/12/11, 02:43 PM
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Thank you for what you have done in the past..how wonderful
I'm sure you can manage, I know nothing about the carolinas area so I'm not going to be of help, I'm a snow bunny
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08/12/11, 07:16 PM
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Thank you so much! I look forward to finding a place and getting back to the basics!!!
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08/12/11, 07:20 PM
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Ha ha!!! I'm from buffalo, go bills!!!!! Wish i could afford to move there but taxes are way too much!! Ny is where i learned to garden, both in ground and container. Miss the seasons and even the snow!!! Thanks for the welcome!!
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08/12/11, 07:24 PM
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Thank you geo!! I was born in kalamazoo and went to college at adrian college, but i was raised in buffalo so i always say i am a new yorker. But i am a die hard wolverines fan!!! Thank you for the web site i will check it out now. God bless!!
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08/12/11, 07:27 PM
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Thank you ronbre! Another michigander, i was born in kalamazoo, raised in buffalo ny and went to college in adrian, mi. Sure are a lot of us yankees on here. There is nothing like the simple life and that was what life was in haiti!
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08/12/11, 09:45 PM
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NC homestead
You need to meet Karen Mickler at Yellow Branch dairy and pottery at Robbinsville, NC (in the Mtns. next to Lake Junaluska). They would be extremely helpful for you to talk with... www.yellowbranch.com.
I will be in the Dominican Republic in September checking out Hope Internationals micro-financing. Thanks for your service in Haiti.
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08/12/11, 09:55 PM
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Another warm HT welcome to you Susanellen! This is such a fantastic group
of folks who know so much about such varied and helpful homesteading topics.
I live in the north GA mountains in Ellijay which is 90 miles north of Atlanta.
You can have all the things you specify here in this area and at this time with
the glut of foreclosures prices for land and housing is at an all time low.
You are already so far ahead of many of us who post here having lived 13
years in a self sustaining way and totally off grid. Thank you for your work
in Haiti.
We look forward to getting to know you better!
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08/12/11, 11:29 PM
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It was so nice reading everyone's replies. Thank you. I was born in kalamazoo, mi and grew up in buffalo, ny, then went back to mi for college, adrian college, go bulldogs!! I moved to haiti the day my oldest son graduated from college, 14 years ago with my two youngest sons who were 10 and 11. I love haiti and hope to go back there after i retire but now i am working to be able to build or buy a home here and build a home there. Of course it is much cheaper to build one there. I want to be totally off the grid. Hope to build a small home, 700 sq ft. Heat it with a franklin stove or some type of woodburning stove. Will use solar panals for all electricity and a solar genereator. Won't need much as don't need air conditioning. Will use 5 gal. Hot water bags since i bathed from a 5 gallon bucket full of cold water in haiti. Also plan on having composting toilets, waterless. Pray to have a well but will have a reservoir to catch rain water off all roofs. Hope to raise 50-75 chickens, 6-8 pigs, and endless rabbits. Also would like to have talapia in 55 gal drums and of course worms!!! Also will plant a garden and have a greenhouse to continue to grow in the winter months. Well think that's all about me. I look forward to getting to know more of you as time goes on. God bless!!
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08/12/11, 11:43 PM
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Hi Shepherd Tim!! Thank you for the information, I will contact Karen as soon as I finish here. I pray you have a safe and productive trip to the DR. If you are in the north there you should take a jump across the river into my hometown of Cap Haitien and go to the Citadel. It is unbelievable and will change your life forever. Bondye beni ou(God bless you)
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08/12/11, 11:53 PM
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Hi mtnviewfarms!! Thank you for your welcome and for the good news about land up your way. I love the mountains, you are one step closer to God when in them!! I think my biggest concern in living in the states is what do you do with your animals in the winter? Do they need heated barns and if so is it safe to heat with a wood burning stove? It is never cold in Haiti, oh once in 13 years it dropped to about 75 degrees and we all walked around with blankets wrapped around up and had bonfires burning both day and night!! How sad!! There is no such thing as barns in Haiti our animals just weather the heat or torrential rains. I would like to raise RIR and Jersey Giants, I figure both those breeds should be pretty adaptable since they are yankee birds. I lived on Norris Lake in Lithonia for 5 years(suburb of Atlanta) so I have been through Ellijay a few times. I will try to pull up some real estate info on the net to see if I can find anything. Will keep you posted!! Hope you have a great weekend!! God bless!
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