AZ homesteading

kirkk · #21 06/13/13, 04:57 AM

there is a couple that live off the 180 near mp 262 that raise horses, don't know there names. I work as an auditor, usually at BA.
As for cement trucks, there is a cement company in Williams about 30 miles away. As for internet, I used my AT&T phone for awhile, and used hughesnet. A friend of mine does his internet using a smartphone through verizon.
You should bring hubby up for a visit, he may not understand that the high desert is very different than the low desert, and he may gain an appreciation for the area.

CathyGo · #22 06/14/13, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by sisterpine

Hi, I am in Tucson and looking at land in Cochise county because they have lower land taxes and more shallow water table.

Avoid Buckeye and other cities with a "vision" that they've made law. I looked at buying land there until I read their building codes. I've seen HOA's with less restrictions! Safety is one thing. Dictating that I have to build a two car garage and that it must match my residence is quite another.

sisterpine · #23 06/14/13, 02:29 PM

Ya I am looking at Cochise county between benson and willcox should work for me.

arabian knight · #24 06/14/13, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by sisterpine

Ya I am looking at Cochise county between benson and willcox should work for me.

Thats a nice area, when I moved to AZ Wilcox is where I took my written test for a AZ drivers license. At the time I was working on a Andalusian horse farm in ElFrida. Wish I had gone to the Rex Allen Museum but I didn't. Someday when I go back there I will.

NamasteMama · #25 06/15/13, 02:03 AM

Cochise county is where we are looking too. It's perfect and if you have over 4 acres you don't need a permit to build.

NamasteMama · #26 06/15/13, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by CathyGo

Avoid Buckeye and other cities with a "vision" that they've made law. I looked at buying land there until I read their building codes. I've seen HOA's with less restrictions! Safety is one thing. Dictating that I have to build a two car garage and that it must match my residence is quite another.

Cochise county is nowhere near Buckeye BTW. Buckeye is in Maricopa county.

arabian knight · #27 06/15/13, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by NamasteMama

Cochise county is nowhere near Buckeye BTW. Buckeye is in Maricopa county.

And is West of Phoenix at that.

Freya · #28 06/15/13, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by NamasteMama

Cochise county is nowhere near Buckeye BTW. Buckeye is in Maricopa county.

Yeah Cochise County is the very bottom SE corner of Arizona... Benson/Wilcox/Sierra Vista/Bisbee/Douglas/Tombstone area.

Freya · #29 06/15/13, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by sisterpine

Ya I am looking at Cochise county between benson and willcox should work for me.

Alot of farms along that route. Have you been to Apple Annie's Orchard?

Or gone to see "The Thing"?

NamasteMama · #30 06/16/13, 01:06 AM

We live apple Annie's ! Take care to to go to far south or you have to deal with border patrol stops and searches on your property.

CathyGo · #31 06/16/13, 02:06 AM

My mistake. For some reason I thought Cochise was the county right next to Maricopa county.

NamasteMama · #32 06/16/13, 05:18 PM

Nope its about 3 hours away.

dabprod · #33 07/07/13, 05:56 PM

Find a copy of the book "Homesteading on $5000". All about a guy that bought a used travel trailer and lived on the plains of Eastern Colorado year round. Installed a small wood stove, cistern underground for his water supply, dug a septic system. Pictures and diagrams of the project. Will answer a lot of questions and give you some ideas maybe you haven't thought of. Its a paperback book I read over twenty years ago. Good luck.