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Hickory Ridge Land Trust has two leaseholds open. Because it’s a land trust, one cannot own or sell the land; however the improvements (such as buildings, fencing, orchards) can be sold. Robin is asking only $10,000 for the improvements on the leasehold he tended for 50 years, which are worth far more. If interested, contact Mary Wildfire at wildfire@spectrumz.com to open a discussion.
If it seems like a good fit, it will be time for a visit, for you to meet the rest of us and see the land and house. If you then want to go ahead, and we want you to, you move in to start a six-month trial period, during which you will be asked to pay the regular expenses of the trust, the property taxes and gravel for the lane, at about $45 a month. If you are still there at the end of the six months, want to stay, and are accepted by the board—mostly meaning the rest of us here—you will then sign a lease agreement with us, in which you get a lifetime lease on the land, and it is at this point that you would pay Robin the $10K for ownership of his house, guesthouse, garage, orchard, and 16 solar panels.
You could only be asked to leave after that if you violate the strictures of the Trust—basically, if you do something to cause trouble with the neighbors, or if you do something to damage the ecological integrity of the land, having your place clearcut or agreeing to a gas well being drilled.
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- The ridge top garden has a great view plus light soil. I practiced organic no-till gardening – mulch in the spring, cover crops in the fall. I also have an orchard – apples, improved persimmons, pear, sour cherry and peaches (sad to say the peaches are mainly for the spring flowers as the fruit gets brown rot a lot.
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- Here a picture of my winter stash of food. Plus I had potatoes, carrots, and beets in the root cellar and sweet potatoes and butternut squash upstairs.
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- This is my rye & vetch cover crop on the ridge top garden. I like thinking if it does this much above ground just think of what’s happening underground. I nourishing the soil web of life on this spot for over forty years.
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- Solar array with cabin in the background. Presently there is over 12 MWh of credit on my power bill so I pay $5 / month the minimum charge. The panels are adjusted four times a year to get maximum production. Pictured is the winter angle.
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- Washing machine and Freezer (which Mary and Kelliann share as their off grid solar isn’t suited for big loads.
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- This is the guest house, note pipe for catching water off the roof.
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- The distant part is the Kitchen and bedroom upstairs. The the forground is the living room, bathroom (no toilet just a tub and sink), and very small office. The windows below are for passive solar heating. I figured they saved me 25% of my fire wood.
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- This is the living room, with south facing windows. As my present partner Marty had a furnished house my old place comes partly furnished as you can see.
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- This is inside the guest house, which is one room with a storage closet in the distance. South facing windows not shown.
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- This is the wood cook stove and electric range in the kitchen. The cabin is small enough that the heat from the wood cook stove can heat the cabin.
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- Looking up at the house and guest house from the common road
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- Looking up the parking shed and tool shed from the common road
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- Looking through kitchen to living room door
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- Living room
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- Looking from living room towards kitchen, washing machine
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- Garen path viewed from near the house
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- Looking east from the garden path
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- Picnic table near the house
Don, Great pictures, if you would add the ones I sent Mary that would be good.
If your interested in this homestead you could contact me as well as Mary Wildfire. I lived on this homestead mostly for 47 years. My wife died in 2020 and now I’ve moved to an intentional community in Ohio. It would make me very happy if new folks choose to live on this land. I love this land – house, garden, orchard, woods and land trust neighbors – Mary & Don, Kelliann & John.