Your dream farm/home

[Chickenaddict]

OK here's my pipe dream......
50 rolling acres on a lake with natural springs and ponds. 10 acres fully wooded for deer, turkey, phesant, quail hunting. Huge 4 story log cabin looking house with Lots of huge windows, 2 story chicken house with at least 3000 finished square feet with attatched 4 season chicken run/ green house 50ft wide by 75 ft long. NIce horse barn, sheep barn. goat barn, pig barn. 20 acres of property would be a chicken sanctuary for injured unwanted or ex battery caged hens. 10 of that 20 acres would be for the roosters ohhhh man i am thinking i need to add acreage LOL. Big retractable roofed patio looking out to a Huge Koi pond in the back yard. A massive veggie garden for the chickens as well as myself.
Gardens and paths of flowers everywhere. Magnolia trees that bloom all summer long, along with tons of different native wildflower patches throughout the property. Of course with happy chickens running everywhere

i could go on for days but for now i'll have to awake from this pipe dream before the carpel tunnel sets in (pretty sure i spelled that wrong).

 

[asher]

I would love 2-3 acres of land, the chickens and ducks that I have now (with a small real pond for them), a mini horse or two, a pygmy goat or two and a great pyreneese. House would be a small log cabin or old (but well maintained) farm stead.

Would love a nice little creek running through the land, too, but that's just extra. ;-)

More than anything, I'd like it all filled with happy kids, happy animals and happy me.

 

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

I'm on my dream land...we just bought it 3 years ago...home is nine years old on 20 acres and the winters here are amazing. Here is a sample of what our winters look like: And this is APRIL! LOL Were way out in the boonies. This is why i LOVE WI Beautiful! However spring and summer don't seem to last very long.

 

[Bren1222]

Right now at this moment I live in my dream home. It is more then I ever thought was possible. I live in a ranch style home that is 5 years old and on 7.5 acres. Finished walkout basement, three bathrooms (which is great until you have to clean them all) 4 bedrooms. I have an amazing view out my bay windows. I have a big garden, outbuildings and of course the chicken coop. We have chickens, 3 cows, 3 dogs, and farm cats. I really couldn't ask for more. I never thought I would be so blessed.

Someday in the future I would love to buy the farm that is next to us that they only use for their cows which has a pond on it and about 150 acres or so. If I chose to build my own home it would be a log home with a huge wrap around porch and I really, really, really want an orchard with cherry, apple, peach, and plum trees.

Maybe some day everything but the house will be a reality. We try and save as much as we can and watch our expenses. Only buy what we can afford and stay out of debt. NO CREDIT CARDS! (we do have one for emergencies but have only used it twice in the last year and it is now paid off)

Dreams are always so nice to have and a goal to work towards.

 

[BettyR]

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Heaven knows I second that one big time!!! DH was laid off in April of this year and just found another job last week....Praise the Lord!!! We have been living on unemployment for the last 4 months, which was $378.00 a week.

If we had not kept our expenses in check and credit cards paid off we would have been in really big trouble. As it was we got just enough money from unemployment to pay our bills and eat but absolutely nothing extra. It really pays to keep your budget in check, you never know what tomorrow is going to bring.

 

[MagsC]

My dream is to find a little fixer upper hobby farm on at least a couple of acres. Nothing elaborate, just a place I can live in relative peace.

 

[The Chicken Lady]

Mmm... my dream home... I think about this a lot because I don't have a house yet.

The property would be 20-40 acres with maybe 3-5 acres unwooded and the rest trees! I'd like it to bump up to a lake so that I could have a place to launch a speedboat or jetskis during the summer, but I'd settle for a nice big farm pond for swimming and splashing.

The house would be two story farmhouse with a basement rec room (for my DH's video game collection/"man cave") and a big living room. The living room would have huge windows (in dream land, you don't have to worry about heating bills) overlooking the woods and pond. The living room would share a fireplace with the dining room (I love that setup). The kitchen would have a walk-in pantry and a huge kitchen island with a big gas stove and a sink for all my culinary explorations. The laundry room would be on the main floor so I could cook and do laundry at the same time and keep an eye on both. There would be a mudroom between the kitchen and garage. There would be a "workshop" in the garage for DH's tools and electronic experiments. The house would be wired for ethernet and would have house-wide music, with controls built into touch panels in the wall and speakers in the ceiling (I have seen this before and think it rules).

The exterior of the house would be a country style with a metal roof. I'd love a wraparound porch all around, with a portion of it being a three-season room.

Upstairs would be a master bedroom with a fireplace and a big window. There would be a tall ceiling so I could have a big bed with curtains all around...so romantic! In the bathroom, we'd have a garden tub in front of a window so I could have a bubble bath, read, and look out on nature. There would be two walk-in closets. Mine would have special storage racks for shoes.

There would be a private balcony off the master bedroom with a hot tub just for DH and me.

The house would also have guest rooms or a place for any future kids (we don't have any yet), an office room, and a library. The library would have floor-to-ceiling shelves for all my books.

Outside, we'd have a big CHICKEN COOP, sort of like the one Mrs. AK-Bird-Brain has, but with a more Midwestern-style exterior. It would probably have the traditional red and white paint, and a rooster weather vane on top. It would be outfitted with the latest and greatest in coop security,

and it would be filled with chickens!!

I would have lots of flower gardens outside because I love gardening. There would also be some field area left to grow wild for the deer, turkeys, and pheasants.

I'd have an area for family campfires.

A trail would wind all the way back from our house through the woods to the back of the property so I could explore.

Man, I wish my dream was real.

 

[MamaDragon]

First I want the bottomless Checkbook/Wallet to pay for all this.....

It would be a working ranch/farm. Cattle, goats, chickens, sheep, plowhorses, riding horses, maybe pigs (don't really eat enough pork to make it worth the work), German Shepherds, a couple cattle dogs, barn cats. Enough acreage to fully feed the livestock from onsite supplies. Enough acres of hardwood trees to supply all our building and heating needs, as well as hunting for the table. Kitchen garden, orchards, canning garden (so all the people food would be grown onsite as well), herb/medicinal garden, Rose Garden with assorted other flowers and such for relaxing views of an evening. Little or no gasoline/diesel dependent equipment.... Horsepower would be from real horses. OH! green houses for out-of-season growing etc.

Big ol' Red Barn for all the critters, with hayloft, tackroom, infirmary, dairy and meat processing rooms, and root cellar. Bunkhouse for any hired hands, or visiting relatives, (which can number over 50 when we all get together). Several watering holes/ponds stocked with fish, a good sized swimming hole, Windmills for pumping water to gardens and livestock. Workshops near the barn for repairing equipment, carpentry, etc., Outbuilding for Alcohol processing onsite for any "gas" equipment. A good sized treehouse and a tire swing is also a must.

640 acres ought to do it, maybe??

As for the housing....two of those 100+ year old L-shaped farmhouses joined together at the kitchens, or a passive-solar bermed house. With a family of 4 generations, upto 8 adults and 10 kids (and still counting the grandkids) in full time residence, we'd need at least:

3 floors plus full basement having 2 master bedroom suites, the Grandma's Apt on the main level, 2 dorm-style bedrooms for all the kids, enough bathrooms and showers. Study/schoolroom area for homeschooling the kids. Library/Study for the adults. Office for all the ranch business. Mega-monster computer network (think Star Trek); Rumpus room between the two dorm-rooms for the kids to do their thing in when indoors. Laundry facilities in walk-out basement, full rootcellar, Still-room for processing medicinal as well as potable beverages; Fireplaces and woodstoves for heat and cooking. Dining room adjoining the kitchen, with a table big enough to seat 20.
The kitchen will be large enough for two or more cooks, kids/dogs running in and out, etc. There's always someone "supervising the cooks" watching and kibitzing; Rocking-chair porch for watching kids and shucking peas/corn, etc. Summer outdoor/canning kitchen in a screened-in outbuilding; Stormshelter with second outside exit, and everything being handicap/wheelchair accessable, including the storm shelter. Mustn't forget the music room with piano large enough for group lessons/recitals, fully sound-proofed.

All electricity needs would be met with solar, wind, water and geo-thermal power. Totally off-the-grid! Batteries start running low? throw a couple of the kids on stationary bikes attached to chargers. "You want to watch TV? You gotta ride the bikes while you watch." All water would be "grey/black" water recycled to the gardens, composting toilets, anerobic digester for bio and paper waste into compost.

Mustn't forget the two maids, a cook, ranch manager, on-site vet, and personal assistant to help run the place!!

Kathy

 

[Faded Intimacy]

LOVE everyones descriptions <3
and Hangin with my peeps; I hate you.... ....Can I live in a dog house? :x I'll eat scraps. Promise. i'll be good. Wont even know I'm there!

 

[theOEGBman]

My dream home is only on 1.3 acres, believe it or not. Its way less than 1,000 sq feet, and is pretty run down. The paint is peeling, and the property could use some work, but I wouldnt change it for anything. Its been in our family for over 60 years, and my grandma still lives there in the house she was born in. Its supposed to be split between her 3 kids, my father included, but Im hoping she'll pass it over to me. Im her favorite, and everyone knows it. They all know I'd take the best care of it. I dont think she will, but I can dream, cant I?



Other than that, I'd want something with well over 100 acres, with lots of woods, ponds and wildlife. A nice house would work, but nothing too big. A huge barn, a tractor and a massive garden. I think I'd be ok after that! A big ol playground for me and the kids as well, mostly for me.