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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

Wow; some of these are pricey! Ecovillage at Ithaca (NY...a wonderful area
for local, sustainable food)...a 3-bedroom house is $195,000. Yikes. Not
many hippies there, I'm sure. That's more than my 42 acre farm is worth.

Lynn Wigglesworth
Peasant Farmer
Tioga County, PA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <tonitime AT juno.com>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Farming Commune?


> Hi Lynn!
>     My heart goes out to you, as i have had similar circumstances along
> the way.  Tho i have a new and improved model husband now, i am the lone
> farmer/grower here, too!  One daughter has fledged the nest for college
> last year and the other has one more year at home, before her starting
at
> Berea where sister is!  What shall we be when we do the next round  -
> why, growers, of course!  I  heartily understand your love of the
> lifestyle -  also the economy of your area sounds alot like our place in
> Appalachia, too!
>
> I would urge you to study/google for "Intentional Communities".  It is a
> wonderful place to see all sorts of lifestyles and established farm
> communities that are out there.  Great for you to dream onward that way!
>
> I wish i had help on our farm, but there isn't much dough to be made
> here, tho it is La Dolce Vita!!
>
> Good Luck - perseverance will win out for us along the way, hee-hee ;)
> Toni in E KY.
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