Thinking of buying house/property. OPINIONS? UPDATE!

[redhen]

Goats do great in woods! I dont know anything about sheep though..

 

[mrbstephens]

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Yeah, but this conservation department chick says it's a no no. None of the vegetation should be disrupted in the areas I could not clear. Think they'd notice? There's a fine involved if they do.

 

[mrbstephens]

Oh, FYI. If an arborist says that a tree or trees are diseased or infested with insects and have to be removed then the town has to allow it.

I happen to have a couple of arborist friends!

 

[redhen]

i think these land rules are going to be a PIA... i dont know that i would want to purchase land and then be told i couldnt do what i wanted with it. Espically if i wanted sheep and such... i dont know...
I would keep looking personally...

 

[slayden]

This might be really minor in the grand scheme of homeownership, but I would HIGHLY recommend buying a house with little or no poison ivy in the yard. My own ivy patch has been a relatively minor although constant inconvenience, but I've known people who have the stuff everywhere and can't even weed the garden without 'getting' it. One of my aunts bought a house during the winter without knowing that the entire understory of her surrounding woods was exclusively poison ivy. She can't even let her dog outside because her kids will have a reaction just from petting the dog.

The stuff is darned near impossible to eradicate and even touching the decaying roots or stems of a long-dead plant can cause a major reaction (think of planting a garden). Even herbicides Round-up does only a fair job of getting rid of it and it will destroy everything else in the area (including chickens). Can't burn it or it will cause an even worse reaction, mowing it down causes it to spread, and pulling it will result in every little leftover root forming a new plant. Confining it to an area is pretty much the best you can do and even that takes constant pulling.

Just beware.

 

[love_a_duck]

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Okay, cindiloohoo,
how many is eleventy nine?
and how many square feet do they need?

Like your mad math skillz though!
I do love this place!

 

[mrbstephens]

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I did happen to notice that there is no poison ivy. I'm severely allergic to it and can spot it a mile away.

 

[Cindiloohoo]

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Okay, cindiloohoo,
how many is eleventy nine?
and how many square feet do they need?

Like your mad math skillz though!
I do love this place!

When you are counting chickens eleventy-nine comes between threety twelve and fourteeny-eight. That is why nobody knows for sure how many chickens they have so they can add another without the guilt trip from non chickeny folks that happen to live with them(ya know...weirdos).

Oh, and chickens don't have sqaure feet either, their feet are more trianglyish.

 

[SillyChicken]

Does anyone else in the area have live stock, chickens etc? If you move in there, where it's nice n quiet with a bunch of livestock, your new neighbors may get a little upset and cause problems for you....I'd avoid critters that would make alot of noise, like goats and roosters. (sheep can be obnoxious too)..............I'm just saying it's something to consider when planning where everything goes.

Also, since it backs up to city land, where people will be free ranging, I hope you have a good fence.

 

[mrbstephens]

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I did happen to notice one of the neighbors had a structure in their yard that looked very much like a chicken coop!

I was thinking of putting up an electrical fence. Also to keep out the deer.