BOOMER LAND

You may want/need to "get off the grid" you will need to get

http://www.countryfarm-lifestyles.com/Mini-Farms.html
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Like the old man (Daniel Christie)said in "Far and Away" when he and his wife Nora were claiming there "Sooner" land, "Ah, we'll do fine. Pretend we're starting out in life...instead of ending up.".


..............................LAND, LAND, LAND

Considerations'

1. Proximity to markets (to buy, sell, trade)(medical help)
2. Water WATER WATER
3. Shelter (RV, site built...)
4. Tillable land would be the best, but you can create terra preta,[from Wikipedia] "(literally “black earth” in Portuguese) is a type of very dark, fertile anthropogenic soil found in the Amazon Basin. Terra preta owes its name to its very high charcoal content, and was indeed made by adding a mixture of charcoal, bone, and manure to the otherwise relatively infertile Amazonian soil over many years.It is also known as “Amazonian dark earth” or “Indian black earth”." see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_preta
5. Tools for;
.....A. Building
.....B. Farming
.....C. Cooking
.....D. Cleaning
.....E. Clothing
.....F. Protection (unfortunately)
6. Power can come from;
.....A. Water
.....B. Wind
.....C. Solar
.....D. Bio,
..........a. methane (organic deposition)
..........b. OIL (NOT fossil oils)
................i. olive
...............ii. palm
..............iii. soybean
...............iv. canola
................v. pumpkin seed
...............vi. corn
..............vii. sunflower
.............viii. safflower
...............ix. peanut
................x. grape seed
..............xii. sesame seed
.............xiii. argan
..............xiv. rice bran
...............xv. Many other kinds of vegetable oils
...............vi. Also animal fat (oil)