Opportunity for a couple to buy a 36 acre polyculture homestead and medicinal herb farm, ideally for those interested in developing their own business and livelihood, while stewarding the land:
“The care of the earth is our most ancient, most worthy, and after all, our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope.” ~Wendell Berry
18 acres in woods, and the other 18 acres has great southern exposure with pasture, fruit and nut trees, berries, medicinals, and vegetables, along with double wide mobile home and outbuildings.
We are very much in love with this land that we have owned and stewarded for 19 years: with nut and fruit orchards, berries, medicinal herbs (currently about 50 species, we’ve grown many more), and vegetables, not to mention all the life that lives here, migrates through, and delights us with the myriad expressions of living well! Our love and stewardship of place extends beyond this land to the whole living community of the unique valley in which we live: South Umpqua Watershed.
We are in our 70’s and would love to explore with those wanting to buy, the option of our continuing to live here, and ways that might work out. We are also willing to move on if that is not feasible for us to continue living here.
Exploring options for selling our property to an interested couple who have relevant skills and financial backing.
We plan to continue living here and growing for market for at least one more year, but would like to start this May the process of selling our land and home.
Our home is not available this year while we are still living here. Open to discussing housing options.
Selling our property.
Open to exploring the option of our continuing to live here, and ways that might work out. We are also willing to sell and move on after this next year, if that is not feasible for us to continue living here.
A couple would need to have financial means and ideally experience in developing one or more of the following as part of their own livelihood.
The following list is what either has worked well here or there's certainly potential for:
~ a small market garden
~ implementing a small scale rotational grazing plan, along with integrating our existing poultry.
~ growing medicinal herbs with the option of taking ownership of, and develop further, our small business of growing medicinal herbs for an established herb company.
~developing a small scale craft cider and mead production, managing existing and newly developing orchards which will increase as trees mature.
Note: Our current available irrigation water currently limits all of the above to a relatively small scale. Potential to increase water availability exists.
~ Those with woodworking, blacksmithing, and skill operating farm equipment would be a plus.
We are not certified organic, but use OMRI organic amendments, cover cropping, composting, and focus on revitalizing the soil. We use no toxic substances.
Opportunities also exists for a variety of other Cottage Industries, with priority for what makes sense for this land and what currently is established.
~involvement with all levels of woodworking and/or basic blacksmithing, cob building.
~ expand small culinary and medicinal fungi operation with readily available local materials
~ investigate and implement dry-land farming methods
~ establish and manage top bar hybrid bee hives
Our interest is finding those who have the necessary skills and financial resources to buy, tend well this beautiful land, and develop their own vision and livelihood.
The following question of mentoring is a Yes and a No, as we would be willing to share with the new owners of this land what has worked well for us here, pertaining to our knowledge and expertise. The optimum situation is for those buying to already have land based skills.
Our focus for one more year (negotiable if longer) is medicinal herb production including variety garlic, fruit and nut trees and berries, pastured poultry, sustenance farming, and restoration agriculture. We grow for for regional farmers markets, and have been growing/harvesting for a successful herb company.
Drip irrigation with .5 acre water rights to the use of the spring. plus our 4 acre/ft pond. Domestic water is gravity fed from a Spring.
Clay Loam
We are not certified organic, but use OMRI organic amendments, cover cropping, composting, and focus on revitalizing the soil. We use no toxic substances.
Barn/Shop/Greenhouse/ Black Smith Shop, Negotiable use of these this year (see our short and long term vision)
Space to put up a larger greenhouse.
Kubota B7800 Tractor plus implements, BCS 732 Tiller- Mower, A 3/4 ton pickup and 16' flat bed trailer. These are available for hire, or possible use this year and eventually would be part of the sale.
No restrictions other than water is limited seasonally.
Over the years, we've welcomed people of diverse backgrounds and orientations. Resonance with individuals, along with their having skills, experience, and resources, no matter their diverse background, is essential.
For fostering a safe environment, we encourage the safety of those who either visit or live with us on this land.
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