Re: [Homesteadingfamily] TN Homestead

Cool! I'm emailing from our 16 acres in KY right now. Nothing here but 1/2
flat & 1/2 woods.

Come spring have several apple & peach trees on orfer, plus working on
extension guy coming out to help w/pond placement!

May do septic, but no running water to it. Will use bucket to "flush."

One thing at a time. We put up "no trespassinf" signs as we surprised some
kids in a pick-up! ;)

Anyone know anything about coyotes?

Jeanne
On Oct 17, 2010 7:24 PM, "john" <roshioj@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Y'all,
>
> We got back from TN Yesterday from finalizing paperwork on our new
property.
> It is 9.23 ac with a 1/4ac stocked pond and plenty of deer.
> We spent the past week looking it over. The cabin is unlivable. It is a
200 yr old cedar hewn log cabin with additions added onto three sides over
the years. The additions are falling apart and need to be ripped off and
redone. The cabin's previous owner's daughter was murdered in one of the
additions, the well water needs to be tested and a water conditioner or
purifier added.
> We cleared about an 1/8th of an ac of trees and stocked about a chord of
wood and enough young trees to build a woven fence in front to keep the
quads from crossing through.
> There is a barn about 14'x 12' that I had to level the dirt floor and
redo. It now holds all my tools and equip I will need in the coming time
there. We met all the neighbors around us and feel very comfortable there.
They are nice and seem like they will be somewhat helpful. We were offered
the use of of a tractor and bush hog. The other neighbors mother passed away
this past summer and she loved to can foods so there is alot of items he
wants to give/sell us when we get back.
>
> We are in need of a mobile home to place to live in while we build our
house. We are looking in a radius of about 150-200 mi from Jackson TN.
> If anyone knows of anything the info would help.
> If anyone lives around that part of the state The wife and I would love to
buy you a cup of coffee and chat about the surroundings.
> We are all excited and can't wait to get back to set up permanent house.
We have a 36'Avion camper there we are using right now so we have SOMETHING
but not quite suitable for long term living for us and the kids.
> We brought up all of our stored foods, tools, clothes, and most of our
camping and survival things. We have about another 14' Moving truck we could
fill and it's all moved.
> I have 2 jobs here in FL that I have to wait on for prob enough wood to
build a 3 br frame for our house.
>
> We are so excited we can't wait.
>
> I will post pics soon,
>
> JR
>

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