Rammy's Ramblings

[RollingAcres]

I believe DH had let the owner know about it before but that was not long after we bought out place.

 

[Mini Horses]

The actual cost of subdivision is pretty high in most places. Between the various state & county approvals, possible zoning changes, surveys, attorneys, recording fees, required advertising -- then more of the same if anyone submits a "complaint" to the approval boards -- it's expensive. Been there.

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

Miss @Rammy, that is why we like our place so much -- no one can build near us.

 

[Rammy]

I wish I could afford a place where nobody was within ear shot of me and had lots of privacy. Even if, when, I move into my parents house when they pass, there is no privacy. Houses next to you, and from what I saw on realtor.com, the property across the street is up for sale, too. I envy anyone who has property like that and dream of being able to have that someday, but doubt it. I could sell my parents house and mine and maybe I could get something. Will just have to wait and see what fate has in store for me.

 

[Bruce]

Or you can buy it and we will "watch" it for you since you don't live in NY.

Um, OK but you pay the taxes. And a reasonable amount to lease what you want to use

 

[greybeard]

Im going to post a little rant here. Something that bothers me and has for as long as I can remember. When I am driving somewhere, or when I was little and couldnt drive, I love and loved to look at the scenery. But then you pass by a place you use to see trees and wilderness, and next thing you know, someone is building something on it. It just upsets me to no end to see Mother Nature being torn apart by "progress". I mean, when is it going to stop? It just seems that someone comes along and sees an untouched piece of land, and says "Hey! Lets build something on it." There is a city about 20 minutes away from me that this one stretch of land has been the same for as long as I can remember, but now, they are buiding condos or apartment buildings on it. I found an ad on Realtor that I recognized as the land right across from my Mom that is for sale now. It was, is, currently a cattle farm. I know that growth is inevitable, but why cant we just leave some things alone? Thats why I wish, but will never be able to afford to , buy land and never allow any type of building. Make it a nature preserve or something.
I know its probably silly but it just bothers me when I see this. Ok..........

You of course, and those who agree with that, are free right now, to offer your land up as said nature preserve, remove all the buildings and let mother nature take it over. But you won't. NMBY..... in reverse, because the people who advocate this, already have 'their' little parcel and they and their heirs aren't about to walk away from it and turn it into a nature preserve.

Where every little 5-25 acre farmstead/hobby farm/pet farm stands today, a 50-100-500-1000- (in some places-1 million) acre farm or ranch once stood.

The buyers are just as guilty as the sellers.

 

[Bruce]

But you won't.

Well, not necessarily. Plenty of land in Vermont has been sold for that exact purpose. Natural areas with severe restrictions on building. People that could have subdivided and made a ton of money sell it to the Conservancy for its "Ag" or "open land" value, not development value.

 

[Rammy]

As @Mike CHS knows, its been raining for the last three days here. Really a bummer. Cant do anything outside. Suppose to rain again today but its going to stop I think for the rest of the week and dry us out. I hope so because I really need to mow my lawn. It gets much higher and I will have to bale it. I also found out for sure why Im not getting any tomatoes. I went to feed the baby chicks in the backyard yesterday morning, and a deer was standing beside the garden. There were four more in the pasture on the other side of the fence. When I had Barney in the back yard, the only thing I had to worry about was keeping fencing up so HE couldnt eat my tomatoes. Now that hes gone< thanks to mean wish he would drop dead neighbor> I dont have any deterent to critters. Next year I will have to get something to stop that or sit out there with a rifle<g>. They are cute............and tasty..............

 

[RollingAcres]

I like to watch them, not eat them. I've tried venison before and I just don't like it.

Is your garden fenced in? We have a lot of deer here and our gardens(mine and neighbor's) need to be fenced in, if not we will have nothing. The fences need to be high as well so they can't jump over it and still have an all-you-can-eat buffet in the garden.

 

[Rammy]

Yeah, my backyard is fenced in but its only 4 ft high woven wire so its easy for them to jump it. Venison is gooood. Love a good steak. Next year I will just get deer fencing. Or a good shotgun.