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| With our current farmhouse in the background, Skylar contemplates her future Will she be one of the chosen ones to travel north with us...or not? |
So what's the holdup ? you shout. Or was that me? Well it seems we are not the only fish in this guys ocean. We are, I believe fish number 3 or 4. And when he gets to us, all will be well. In the meantime, we have met with those our buyer plans to hire to run the farm, and we've made our own plans for the conversion.
For now, the plan goes like this. The new owner will buy the farm. Then he will sign contracts with those who will run the farm. We will then start training those folks while we still are living here. Then after Christmas, the new managers will start spending more time overnight here while we start staying overnight at the poor farm. We will also purchase a shipping container (8 x 40? 10 x 80?) to store all the stuff we will begin moving to the new farm. Many other items will be sold or given away.
And where will we sleep?
Don't worry we have that all figured out. Either a mobile home, or a big Yurt, or an RV or Keith's newest idea...we'll buy an old (but sturdy farm) pay to have it moved. Pay for a foundation and build a small living area for ourselves. The animal will live at the other end of the barn.
Hows that for high end accommodations.?
While living there part time we will start building our new earth covered home. We've been getting quotes for materials and labor and plan to do 80% of the work ourselves. First we will have to begin tearing down the unlivable beast of a house sitting at The Poor Farm. Windows will be recycled for the new barn and some of the floors can be recycled into new (old) floors in the new house. Most of it though will go in the bin.
A very LARGE bin.
In the meantime costs begin to add up, as they have a tendency to do with any project.
Property $44,000 (7 acres and one crumbling abode house)
Survey $1000
Electrical work (new pole and wiring) $2000 (estimated)
House Plan Book $25 (earth home specific)
Gas (back and forth 40 mile RT $15 a trip
Each day we are closer to our new life. You know, the one with the composting toilet.
I still think and old Jumbo Jet would make a nice house. I'm just not sure how you'd get it there!
ReplyDeleteWell if Mr Travolta can have one parked at his place i guess Donna can too.
DeleteThe minute I park a Jumbo Jet in my yard my husband will start expecting me to bring his meals on a wheeled cart. Like I'm going to wear a skirt and heels to serve him biscuits and gravy!
ReplyDeleteYay! I am excited with you! Hope it all works out as planned.
ReplyDeleteWell you and I both know how farm plans can go...rarely like we uh...planned.
DeleteWishing you luck! Times like this of waiting, waiting, and more waiting can be so very stressful.
ReplyDeleteYou know Karen we are getting good at it. Professional waiters so to speak. (Not intended as a restaurant staff joke)
DeleteI thought you were selling the farm to have less work? It sounds like you might have more! But I'm glad you'll be keeping some of the animals!
ReplyDeleteThe work level will be similar. The end result very different. We have loved providing food for so many others these last 20 years but now its time to let younger folk do it even better. We will live a tiny life growing all our food for ourselves and hopefully living under the poverty level. Crazy? Yeah.!
DeleteP.S. I have looked through tons of back posts to see if I missed one on The Poor Farm, but can't find anything. Hopefully we'll hear more of your future plans as they unfold. I'm glad for you finally selling your place, but I know it must be bittersweet for you all.
ReplyDeleteTry this one http://midlifefarmwife.blogspot.com/2013/09/please-welcome-poor-farm.html
DeleteThis sounds promising, Donna, but i won't be putting on my dancing shoes just yet. I don't want to jinx anything.
ReplyDeleteAt my last location, i wanted a composting toilet because we were on a well and experienced a number of power outages. Himself did NOT like the idea AT ALL. At the current location, we have town water, and we have the old hand-dug well, so in a power outage, i can still flush. Just draw water from the well, and i'm good to go. I haven't gotten the well water tested so i'm not sure that it's potable as is.
If we hadn't found this house, i was wanting to build a straw bale house. I've been fascinated by those for a while now.
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ReplyDeletesell house by owner