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Yard Work
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RE: Yard Work
(March 11, 2013 at 12:39 am)whateverist Wrote:
(March 10, 2013 at 8:50 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: As someone who owns rural acreage (2.5), let me give a little advice - don't clear and landscape any more than you're willing to maintain on an ongoing basis. It can become an exercise in futility, particularly if you don't have access to some relatively heavy machinery. Mother nature has a way of reclaiming neglected spaces, and can do so very quickly.

Wow. You two are among the landed gentry for sure. I have 12,000 square feet including the quarter of it the building sits on. I enjoy gardening and it is still takes just a little more than I can always give it.

Do you have any plans long term for what you want to do with all that land? (Got any photos?)

Unfortunately, I am currently living elsewhere (since my ex invited me to live elsewhere 5 years ago). I'm not interested in selling the property at it's current valuation, and I'd really like my son to be able to stay there in any case.

When I bought the property, it was more than half wooded and very overgrown. Its since been cleared, leaving the best trees and shrubs in a more or less natural state, minus the undesirable plants (around here, that's primarily blackberry vine). Kind of a park-like setting. Perfect for an 11 year old to have fun with.
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Yard Work - by Erinome - March 9, 2013 at 8:28 pm
RE: Yard Work - by Something completely different - March 9, 2013 at 8:43 pm
RE: Yard Work - by Autumnlicious - March 9, 2013 at 9:00 pm
RE: Yard Work - by Minimalist - March 9, 2013 at 9:09 pm
RE: Yard Work - by Erinome - March 10, 2013 at 12:04 am
RE: Yard Work - by CleanShavenJesus - March 10, 2013 at 10:14 pm
RE: Yard Work - by Minimalist - March 11, 2013 at 1:52 am
RE: Yard Work - by CleanShavenJesus - March 11, 2013 at 4:37 pm
RE: Yard Work - by Jackalope - March 9, 2013 at 9:23 pm
RE: Yard Work - by Whateverist - March 9, 2013 at 9:37 pm
RE: Yard Work - by popeyespappy - March 10, 2013 at 12:37 am
RE: Yard Work - by Erinome - March 10, 2013 at 7:29 pm
RE: Yard Work - by Jackalope - March 10, 2013 at 8:50 pm
RE: Yard Work - by Whateverist - March 11, 2013 at 12:39 am
RE: Yard Work - by Jackalope - March 11, 2013 at 1:15 am
RE: Yard Work - by popeyespappy - March 11, 2013 at 4:19 pm

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