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I have a question for ya'll:
What are YOU looking for in the perfect homestead? If money were not an issue what would you look for in a piece of land with the idea being this would be pasted down and stay within the family. What size? Wooded or not? Climate? Location? Crops/livestock? If you had to rely as much as possible on this piece of land to provide for your family (and future generations) what are YOU looking for? What bullet points are high on your list when looking for land?
Background: This question was sparked when my dad and I were talking about the sister of his childhood friend and the hundreds of acres she inherited from her husband when he passed a few years ago. It is farm land that she currently rents to a commercial farmer and she lives on a small 100 acre parcel and runs her personal homestead with her family and animals there. It is in the foothills and has no woods or trees for firewood etc.
What are YOU looking for in the perfect homestead? If money were not an issue what would you look for in a piece of land with the idea being this would be pasted down and stay within the family. What size? Wooded or not? Climate? Location? Crops/livestock? If you had to rely as much as possible on this piece of land to provide for your family (and future generations) what are YOU looking for? What bullet points are high on your list when looking for land?
Background: This question was sparked when my dad and I were talking about the sister of his childhood friend and the hundreds of acres she inherited from her husband when he passed a few years ago. It is farm land that she currently rents to a commercial farmer and she lives on a small 100 acre parcel and runs her personal homestead with her family and animals there. It is in the foothills and has no woods or trees for firewood etc.