Subject: Re: [Homestead] Homestead grown young adults?
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 07:58:42 -0700
It is our hope, that the place can be held in some kind of trust
for any
of them to live in or use at any time, in time of peace, peril, or
poverty.
Chris and I have a similar plan and dream. Heartwood, on paper, it
doesn't need to be recorded, is in a family trust. The devil is in
the details. Just providing for tax payment is not enough. Without
someone in residence our remote place would eventually be vandalized
and of course revert to wilderness. My thought is to make the place
attractive enough to the grandkids that whatever their career paths,
Heartwood will be a place for respite and rejuvenation. Without a
country grounding, few moderns will want to be isolated from city
conveniences. They may be seduced by the fact that country property
will become ever more limited and thus more expensive, so might be
persuaded to keep it as a family heritage home.
My brother and sister and I were moved to the Wisconsin farm to
fulfill my father's dream of having his own farm. Of the three of us,
I alone have purchased rural land. It may come to pass that my
brother will join us some day. He currently lives on five semi-rural
wooded acres owned by his lady friend. My sister is a confirmed
suburbanite.