your dream property

I found great views usually mean dry areas with cold winter winds... at least in Missouri.

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Moving to that big black hole in the night satellite photo. (also the hole in cell phone coverage )

We are living on my dream property... 37 acres tucked away in a mostly wooded hollow in south central Ky, plenty of pasture and hay ground, log home built to my specifications, (that happens when you design and build it yourself) nice stream along one side of the property and decent neighbors. I couldnt ask for anything better.

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Cool Yvonne's Husband, I am in South Central KY also...nice weather we're having

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I have "only" five acres, in the foothills of SC; partially wooded. Have an old barn that has two bedrooms in it with baths. Have a DEEP drilled well that taps the SC aquifer known to have some of the finest tasting water in the world. I have room to build a house and for animals, gardens, a muscadine vineyard, an apple orchard, a greenhouse, a blackberry patch, a pool, a direct view of the mountain nearby as I sit on the highest ground this side of it and quiet neighbors. It's a good 20 miles from a huge city (and all the "civilization and sophistication" I can stand) and about 15 from the smaller towns I prefer. My maternal ancestors settled nearby; my paternal ancestors in the next couple of counties over. We have a family cemetery that my five acres encircle and I will rest there with my parents and other loved ones when my days of working and savoring these acres have ended. I will pass these on to a descendant who learns to cherish the lifestyle as I have learned to. I used to want "more" - but I have found that there is nothing "more" than this.

Cute calf! Might need to get him a blanky... its sposed to be chilly here for the next few days.

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I'm living the dream.

We have enough acres that the distance to neighbors is measured in miles. We own the valley and nearly all of the surrounding mountains. I originally thought 10 or 20 acres would be enough but then I had neighbors long ago that convinced me otherwise. I sold that property and moved where land was a lot cheaper and the neighbors a lot further away. The ones I do have are a lot nicer too. Better to move than have heart ache all me life. Now we have elbow room and I appreciate that, a lot.

We're at the top of the water shed with plenty of water. Without water don't even consider buying land. Almost as important is that our springs are uphill of our house and farm. That means we can use gravity rather than pumps. Just as importantly, we can't flood where we are.

If I was willing to pick a lot more rock we would have about 70 to maybe 150 acres of decently hay-able land. However what we do instead is pasture. Until the apocalypse hits I'll keep buying in winter hay which imports nutrients - a good thing.

We have a whole bunch of ponds, some I made and others made by the beavers. Caution on making ponds too larger: if you do the government will steal the away from you. You'll still pay the taxes but be required to allow public access and lose control of the land and water.

It's warm enough here that we can grow most things we want but cold enough that winter kills of the things we don't want like chiggers, ticks, alligators, politicians and other parasites.

We have a sugar bush, mountain pastures, timber, sand pit, quarry, etc. We have enough forest land that we can sustainably cut wood every year to sell for firewood, lumber, pulp, biomass, veneer and of course our own (minimal) heating needs.

When we got here our soil was thin and poor but by using livestock and legumes I've improved the soil so that now we have acres of gardens.

We built our own small high mass masonry house that's low taxed, cheap to build, cheap and easy to heat & maintain and comfortable for us. $7K. Great family project.

That's the good life on Sugar Mountain.

-Walter
http://SugarMtnFarm.com

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150 acres in the Alaska wilderness with salmon run. Livestock would be 20 hens 2 sheep and 10 cattle. Ducks if has standing water with mesh.

I have wanted one of these two places my whole life!

Gwin Ranch
http://hallhall.com/ranches-for-sale...-springs-ranch

Fir Grove ranch
Just like Gwin Ranch - but 10 miles to the North east in the same hills.

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This was it: https://web.archive.org/web/20051228...st.com/P-31019 It slipped through my hands as I was so young and just getting some savings. I tried to buy it but was repeatedly denied the mortgage as I had low income and little down. Never seen anything close to this. This is the dream.

Jonasborg... maybe another similar will show up when you are able to get the financing for it.

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I would like to add another 5-7 acres to what we have now (more would be okay, too, tho).

It would give us more grazing land and able to add to our orchard.

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Found my dream but can not afford it http://www.landwatch.com/Oregon-Coun.../pid/308083002

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Dorothy Kaye Collins

Dream Property is located next to forest land with miles and miles of horse trails. Within 45 minutes of a good bass fishing lake. 4 moderate seasons, great people with a small town nearby that's has a Wallmart, Feedstore and and a hardware store...
At least 15 acres with 10 acres set up for horses, with a nice barn and a shop with 220.. Small garden plot, gravel road and a Woodstove

Somewhere within an hour and half of Philadelphia.
20 acres of woodland with large stream running through it
20 acres of pasture/farm land
4 acre spring fed pond/lake with small boat dock
5 acres of level gravel for my farm stand, wood industry, and garage.
1 acre cleared, slightly elevated spot for the house
I would use it for pigs, rabbits, chickens, bees, turkeys, and a few beef cattle.
I would have a sawmill, firewood processor, and woodshop
A couple of acres would be dedicated to an orchard and fruit bushes.
My garage would house a car lift for my '70 chevelle ss rebuild

So all I need is 51 +/- acres...

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I'm already living on my dream farm. A vintage 1886 farm with most all the original buildings. My barn, house and machine shed/grainery were all built in 1886. 8 acres of pasture circled by Osage Orange trees, or hedge. I have a Web site of my farm up at http://www.hedgewoodacres.com

I started collecting steam-era farm equipment in 2005, anything on steel wheels. In addition I have two Allis Chalmers WDs and all the snap coupler equipment to go along with it. Purchased back before things got too expensive and hard to find.

Recently constructed an aviary for my peacocks and guineas out of material that was donated to me. I want to post pictures of it here soon.

A beach front lot in Mahahual Mexico. I little hut, a little wood fire for cooking, coconut, mango, papaya trees. I little panga to fish from. 06/04/2020 DONE

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Why June 4, 2020?

My dream property is a 40 acre farm in rural central-northern New Hampshire. It has a 3 bedroom house, an attached 800 sq ft wood shed, an attached 1,000 sq ft workshop, and a 4,000 sq ft two story barn. It also has outbuildings for goats and cattle. On the side of the road with a house and all of the other buildings, there are 10 acres of pasture. On the opposite side of the road there is a sugar shack and 30 acres of forest absolutely full of sugar maples. The buildings are all in need of some renovation, but I can see the potential in it.

The property in question is 30 minutes from the property I own now. I put an offer in on it this summer and my offer was rejected. I have since invested my down payment in a new wood stove, snow blower, and a couple years worth of firewood under the assumption that I am probably going to stay in my current home for at least that long. My dream home has been on the market for years because no one wants to give it the attention that it deserves and because it is literally in the middle of nowhere surrounded by conservation land as far as the eye can see and the ear can hear.

This would do nice .http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...23-77514?row=3
or this http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...40-72260?row=7or this http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...0-27854?row=23

My last will graduate, and I am done. It's time to live my life my way.

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