Out Where I live its mostly timber land and swamps so I don't have to worry about too many new York retirees moving here
Our sandhills are filling up with transplanted Yankees. Land that even is marginal for growing sand pines. There is a lot of them brings kids into the school system, but own so little land they pay no taxes. We have a saying about folks like that. "He came down here with a white shirt and a 20 dollar bill and has never changed either of them."
Thankfully all the retired Yankees stay within five miles of the ocean here.
How many acres do you farm?
My sister and I split a little over 200 acres when my Dad died. Some of it joint ownership between me and her. These days I farm pine trees mainly. We ran cows and hogs most of my life, growing corn and hay for them, but that is a hard way to go broke. I also truck farmed for years, and was so tired of it, I only got back into gardening the last three or four years. Now I get mad when people try to pay me for veggies.
Farming can be good to you one year and the next year you might get lucky enough to break even. It's up to mother nature.
Bring on the sun!
We never did the credit farming like many of our peanut, cotton and soy bean producing neighbors do. So a bad year never broke us, but a good year never meant a move to Easy Street either.
Man, that looks nice. I can't wait for N.C. to legalize so myself and other guerilla growers can do our thing without looking over our shoulders or up in the sky for SABLE choppers.
Yeah that sucks, good luck man...
JJ, nice thread drift adjustment there.
I was just listening to "Dead Air". the local sat night all grateful dead radio show....good night
Looking extra fine there brother. Everybody's hard work will bring comfort to many.
More like a Jack In The Bean Stock Story....JJ
