Tree change - Try Before You Buy

[Peter 14.7]

I sound negative

Financially do you sums.
Emotionally, the best decision I ever made

Peter 14.7

 

[our obsession]

Aaarh, this is the one I was thinking of:

http://www.smallfarms.net/

Links page:

http://www.smallfarms.net/links.htm

Sea change/Tree change forum:

http://seachange-treechange.com.au/

Specifically: http://seachange-treechange.com.au/index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=29

Well, the other thing is how about contacting production/film companies to use it in filming? The few folk I have heard placing their properties up for availability got good rent. Just a thought.

 

[lizzie]

well - i for one am busting to get onto a few acres. have the pony, the chooks, the vege garden. raise a lamb and calf each year for the freezer. build the house up to be energy neutral (and maybe even put some back in the grid).

and - i want to also build two high quality, romantic, self contained (read: bed, not breakfast) cottages that i will supply basic pantry food for - bacon, eggs, bread, butter, bottle of wine etc. the cottages will be basically one large room + bathroom with fireplace, kitchenette, bed with luxury linen, shagging rug, outdoor spa, private gardens etc

i can't wait ...

 

[Peter 14.7]

well - i for one am busting to get onto a few acres. have the pony, the chooks, the vege garden. raise a lamb and calf each year for the freezer. build the house up to be energy neutral (and maybe even put some back in the grid).

and - i want to also build two high quality, romantic, self contained (read: bed, not breakfast) cottages that i will supply basic pantry food for - bacon, eggs, bread, butter, bottle of wine etc. the cottages will be basically one large room + bathroom with fireplace, kitchenette, bed with luxury linen, shagging rug, outdoor spa, private gardens etc

i can't wait ...

Go for it! Peter

 

[our obsession]

Lizzie:

raise a lamb and calf each year for the freezer

That was my stumbling block, however always the negotiator, I found safety in numbers...easier to carry a few lambs, few calves, build them up and not so much our family pets then...

Pic 1 was always going to be difficult, let Sam the lamb beget Sheedy, Sheedy had twins, pic 2....Frisky and Bo bo...so on...pic 3 soon there was that many, we had distance and Bobo's babies went missing and all was good. Etc..we had all lost count.

 

[our obsession]

Same with the turkeys....just keep building those numbers up, plus good trade and barter with neighbors.

Lizzie:

with fireplace, kitchenette, bed with luxury linen, shagging rug

Thank goodness ....after the thread-on-a-bed and folk worried about activity of slipping through the cracks, I was wondering where the sense of adventure had gone? And us the "oldies"....heh! clover paddocks, shearing sheds, shagging rugs!!!

Love good B+B's...

 

[lizzie]

That was my stumbling block ...

yes - initially that was my impression, until i learnt that the animal you send to the abatior is not the animal you get back in the plastic bags. i gather it's just a lamb goes in, a lamb comes out scenario.

but - if, when the times comes, i baulk at the gate i'll just contract with one of the local farmers to "buy" one of his "lambs go in" as my sister does.

 

[LynnH]

lizzie, our obsession

Hubby's sisters used to raise lambs, but couldn't face the thought of, well .....

So they used to swap lambs when the appropriate time arrived .....

Cheers
LynnH

 

[our obsession]

Way to go Lynn, and the thing is they taste so good.

 

[Y33]

Recently let go a family owned property that was very close to self sufficient. Nice secluded 40 acres hidden amongst the trees over looking the town and 1 hour from Melbourne.

Definitely looking for another but bigger and more secluded.

Make sure if you get a place then buy some geese and ducks. They can be very protective and make a lot of noise when visitors or intruders come. Also endless supply of eggs and poultry for sunday roasts.

 

[samrawet]

thanks for this links