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Post by steev on Oct 10, 2021 19:19:52 GMT -5
It means I mis-typed "that".
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Post by steev on Oct 10, 2021 20:02:01 GMT -5
I was getting by with my clients by renting a truck from my mechanic; $35/day, but another guy used it and had a collision, so that's out; if I went to Enterprise, they'd want $140/day, so after gas and my helper's pay, I'd be making ~$10/hour, less than I'd get at Macdonald's; my landlady thinks I should sell the farm; she's unclear on the facts: land there is not in great demand, priced ~$2000/acre, half what I paid (it's a story); there's been some acreage across the road with a for-sale sign for at least a decade; my place would only sell if I asked much less than I've put into it, and then what, continue to live in a rented 8'x10' room in my landlady's house until I croak? NFW! In any event, I've done the responsible thing, informing my clients that I can't serve them, so I'm out of business; I suppose it's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick, but that's speculation, as I've not had that, yet; hope it gets my bad eye, but what are the odds? Oh, well, I'm still waking up on the green side of the grass.
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Post by flowerbug on Oct 10, 2021 22:45:37 GMT -5
oh, ok, thanks for the clarifications there. $2000/acre is expensive for land if you can't graze it regularly or it can't be farmed much. IMO water supply is always the biggest issue out west. if you have reliable water then the land is worth plenty. without water, then things get more interesting... hope you can get back to doing what you like to do. nothing wrong with working at Walmart until something better comes along or you can find some wheels.
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Post by steev on Oct 11, 2021 2:44:09 GMT -5
Well, here in Caii, crap goes for $1500/acre or more, commonly $15,000/acre; luckily, I have good water. I just don't have transport. I hate to go back to working supportived bs, after forty years of running my own business. Oh. well, I can only walk on.
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Post by steev on Oct 20, 2021 21:24:49 GMT -5
First thing I'd have to do to get a job is trim my beard, which I've been comfortable not doing for years; that might seem of no importance, but I've been working toward no social restrictions for years; I hate to regress to more conformity; there are reasons why I love it on my farm: few neighbors, who are not judgmental; freedom to just go about my life, as the impulse strikes; I've worked to other's requirements enough years; I think I deserve a "second child-hood.
I want to "play" for the time I have left.
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Post by flowerbug on Oct 28, 2021 8:33:51 GMT -5
glad to see that at last there are some rains that made it to Northern California.  we've had way too much rains and a lot of farm fields haven't been harvested yet. |
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Post by xdrix on Nov 5, 2021 16:06:21 GMT -5
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Post by flowerbug on Nov 8, 2021 10:50:26 GMT -5
i sure hope some more rains come through there steev. wish i could send some your ways as we really don't need any more for a few weeks. at least the farmers have had a chance to get some crops in this past week. |
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Post by stone on Nov 15, 2021 11:37:45 GMT -5
Were I to limit my diet to Norcal native plants, I'd be mostly eating acorns... Have you had the luck to see "Les Stroud's Wild Harvest"? The show is carried by public television, but the videos can be seen on youtube.... They live out your way... should give you some ideas... Unfortunately... most of those west coast munchies don't grow here... Out in California... I shouldn't think that the length of your beard would prevent your securing paying gigs, any more than my hair and beard stops me here in the bible belt. Finding gigs growing plants... and looking like you belong outdoors... seems to go hand in glove. |
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Post by flowerbug on May 2, 2022 22:12:07 GMT -5
? what is going on for you these days? |
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Post by steev on May 18, 2022 22:47:27 GMT -5
Not much. I haven't had a truck, so can't get to the farm and it's been drought anyway. My landlady decided that I'm a liability, so she kicked me out; I spent 3 months in Paso Robles and am recently back in the East Bay, looking for work so as to earn money to complete the house on the farm and retire.
Turns out people aren't eager to hire old folks, nor to rent to them, so it's hard to find a place and a job. I could move to Guatemala, which I love, but not work, so the income I have wouldn't get me on the farm for much longer. The landlady and my brother think I should sell the farm, but they don't know what a loss I'd have to sell it at to unload it in even a few years; I know, it's not hot property, but that's not why I bought it; it's not the middle of nowhere, but you can see that from the roof of my pumphouse; 170 degrees of open sky and during the week, the only noise at night is an occasional coyote serenade, which is lovely; having trained as a zoologist, I'm pleased that the local fauna ranges from pumas and elk down through the smaller critters, except gophers, which I believe are aliens.
Suppose I could be depressed, but I own more cleared, level, California land than anyone in my family since my 2nd-great-grandfather homesteaded in 1870; I've put it in a family trust; my heirs may not have enough sense to hang on to it, but I won't know, so I won't give a husky; I may not bring this to success, but I'll have done the right thing, IMHO.
So my mission is to keep slogging; we'll see how far I get; the neighbors have all been told that if the breeze from my place is whiffy, they should come kick some dirt over me.
Life beats the hell out of the alternative.
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Post by flowerbug on May 20, 2022 16:19:23 GMT -5
i'm not sure if 2nd landlord mention is same as 1st, but i agree with you about life and the alternatives. i also am glad to hear you'll hold on. i wish i had land to care for. good luck finding some work. |
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Post by xdrix on Sept 5, 2022 9:57:36 GMT -5
Hy steev,
How are you?
I hope that you're well.
I have learn that you have a extrem heatwave who perturbate yours electrics networks. Up to don't hqve the right to load your electric car between 16h and 21h.
Up to 52°C 125,6°F it is very terrifing to learn thoses bads news.
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we've had way too much rains and a lot of farm fields haven't been harvested yet.
