We had the same dream, but after looking at a lot of properties that would have required major renovations, we ultimately decided on buying the property we wanted and building new. We went with a "modern farmhouse" look and will have the advantage of having a brand new home with all the other perks of country living. Building new takes some patience, and the costs can get out of hand if you're not diligent or budget-conscious, but it may be something for you to consider. We found our land on a recreational land website rather than on a regular MLS site. The advantage of this is that demand is not as high. We also bought in a county that is not in as high demand, so we were able to get a really good deal on 6 acres with woods, pasture and a stream running through for just about $10K an acre -- all less than 20 minutes from our city. The lower cost of the land was key to us being able to build new.
@@McScott76 Do you still have the website you use? Finding land with water is rare. I am in the desert and water is restricted here. Digging for a well is very expensive and you have to have water right.
Fun Farm site between Wood lake and Echo MN. 4br 7.7 acres, 3 modern electric out buildings, 3,000 hardwoods. 70's home, New roof, New Furnace, new Sump pump system. New Toilet. Ask for a $175,000 close. Best Offer . Call for Text and to qualify for view. 507 530 4088
These are the remnants of farms which have been put out of business by Monsanto and the other criminals. I'm all for returning to the small farm system, in which people own their own business and produce the nourishing things we need. It's a tradition that needs to be brought back.
Hey,, Don't let Monsantano hear you calling them.. Lolol... They might sue you... Lol... Your right tho.. Bayer is a subsidiary of Monsantano and a few other companies.. They make Gylsophate among other very very nasty chemicals... Most of them are Carcinogenic.... Monsantano were sued about 2 or 3 years ago by a couple who contracted cancer from Monsantano products, (Gylsophate).. And Monsantano lost.. About 2 billion dollars... Here in the UK, Gylsophate was supposed to be banned by all the European countries this year,, however its been extended.... Monsantano are not to be trusted in any way. Period.
Baloney! Like many other businesses, technology changed farming. Blame John Deere. Blame the seed companies for developing higher yielding varieties. Productivity per acre/hectare went way up, margins got tight and smaller producers got squeezed. I have what is, by today's standards, a small farm. The guy who rents it from me told me he wouldn't think of farming less than 1000 acres; they farm way more. They're stable but not rich.
I love your positivity. Your comment about being blessed to be born in a time when the remnants of a time of rural farming in America can still be found is such a wonderful way to frame these times we live in. Thank you.
Thank you Art for highlighting these old homesteads. I am one of the lucky ones that grew up in NC central part of the state in the 50's & 60's. what a different time. I hope more people do what you are doing and saves these treasures.
Inge Leonora-den Ouden, How does one go about acquiring the land though with homes on them. Like back taxes would be insane, no? And then what if you get all fixed up and someone comes back and tries to claim it? I am just curious who you have to talk to about land parcels with abandoned homes to see if they are available?
I've always looked at old abandoned houses and thought to myself imagine if a little TLC was put into them it could possibly help with the military vets who are homeless and struggling there are so many I see abandoned and so many people who need a place it just drives me insane
Some military vets are homeless because of PTSD and don't want to be around other people because theyre afraid of what they might do to another person, so they go way off away from others just so the population is more safe...
Thanks hunny. Its sooooo hard as a veteran to fight for nations freedom and then get sent home rewarded with poverty and sent to sleep on the very streets we defended. We pay for the american dream but sadly most of us never get to live it.
@@ThePatrick42044 actually, they are ashamed for strengthening a system that keeps all of you enslaved. Once you're exposed to true freedom outside the system its nearly impossibe to go back without lying to yourself. They refuse to live as slaves and some would rather be on their own. If you cannot survive without the system, you are not free. The system is a security blanket for most who pretend to be strong.
Ronald Strout Do you still have the equipment to build that furniture and do those designs. I realise I am rather "old" in terms of age (78), but I would really like to do those things you mentioned. I know what you mean about having a disability and living in the 2nd floor. I do that myself.
I just love that you saved one of these old farms. I, too, drive by sites like that and just feel so sad. An entire era and way of life gone in practically just one generation. Although I do believe there is a sort of revolution happening right now. Many people are realizing that they've been sucked into an urban and suburban trap and are looking to get back to the "old ways" of a simpler and more sustainable way of life. I know we are.
Hi As a South African I love the outdoors and are sad to see places like this abandoned. it is also sad to think that the previous owner moved out and although he is not intrested in farming, he is not reconsidering in giving it to ppl that are willing to live there. I will be so grateful to own a place like that.
Even old abandoned homes and farms here in Tennessee are still selling for $500,000 and sadly for most of us this is not an option. We found 20 acres on the West Coast and will be moving there as soon as we find a mobile or camper to haul out there.
This is exactly what we've been looking for and waiting for!!! My husband and I have always wanted to get out of the city and raise our boys on a small farm.
Do it! We talked about this for around 10 years. When the pandemic hit last year and the government reaction was to essentially imprison us in our own homes, it finally lit a fire under us. We sold our house, bought 6 acres in the country and are in the process of building a new house on that property. It's been a long year living in an apartment with a family of 5, but it will be worth it all when we finally realize our dream.
@@ToyoteroMundial It’s going great! We moved into our house just over a year ago. We’re loving country life. There’s a lot to take care of with about 2 acres to mow, a woods to maintain, etc. But I’m out there in the fresh air every chance I get and love it! I also work mostly from home now. Being able to take a lunch break and go for a walk in the woods is amazing.
We just found our dream farm house/homestead, we are going to look at the inside this weekend. Then its off to the bank to work our numbers. I just happened to find this house on a whim but it has everything on our checklist, including an additional 80 acres! We pray that this is the house where we can plant our families roots!
The sad reality is that the majority of those people are mentally ill or drug-addicted. The solution is not to put them in a home. It's to get them the help they need to deal with the underlying condition that landed them in their predicament. Without the addiction, or with appropriate treatment of the mental condition, they could pull themselves up by their bootstraps, get a job and make their own way in the world. Giving away housing does nothing to deal with the real problem. There are lots of examples of this failed experiment in government housing projects across the nation. I know you weren't necessarily advocating for that, but your comment just brought that to mind. So many people have good hearts and want to help those in need, and that's great... but handouts don't do anything but perpetuate the problem. Individual freedom and responsibility is KEY to the American dream.
you are right about the decline of rural communities, the funny thing is they will be the most well-off when the decline of food, etc starts happening they will know what to do though
Art, you strike me as a very well put together young man. My wife and I live in an old farmhouse on a very small farm in a small town in southwest Virginia. Unfortunately we are both disabled as I have had an extremely hard time with my heart the past few years and she has had multiple surgeries on her spine. I understand exactly why many of those places on your videos exist. Much the same thing will happen to this house in a few years as we are unable to keep it or the farm up. In fact, it’s already happening. I can understand why people don’t wish to live in this area. But it’s always been home to me. The work is hard, dirty and financially unrewarding in most cases. It’s nice to see someone still getting the best out of their family and home because that’s where joy will blossom and grow. God bless my friend.
I would give my eye teeth for a place to raise some animals and have a peaceful life with no traffic and the ability to walk outside my front door without having neighbors right on top of me. The city life is for the birds.
@@Nowayjose-vd1wm Friend, you said it! I grew up in the Permian Basin, but life and work after the military took me to Waxahachie, TX while I was commuting in to downtown Dallas for work. After my wife and I had our first kid, I started paying attention to the schools and brought my family back to west Texas to a small farming community NE of Lubbock. I could not stand the idea of my kids growing up in a school district where there were over 1500 kids in their grade. I didn't have 1500 people in my high school including teachers and administrative staff! I had to get out of the suburbs and back to a pace of life I am more comfortable with.
You are right no one wants a old house build new and fast with little land. We bought our house a ranch with land but we had to put time and money into it to get it the way we want and it's our little gem so greatful we found it .
Yes! The farm we want is under foreclosure, talked to a realtor about it, she said in our state it will be 3 years before anything will be done with it. The house will be ruined by then. The barn has already fallen down. Such a waste.
I grew up on a farm like that! Dad sold it and we moved into town (hated it) I went into the Army and afterwards came back and got this little 2.89 acre place (wish It were 100 or more acres) But now I'm too old to care for a large farm, but still love the country.
I do think there is a movement Art....and it's slowly & gradually growing. Not just living this lifestyle but supporting those that do. I think people are growing more concerned about what they put in their bodies & their overall health, & are wanting & looking for that local farmer that's has free range eggs, organic heirloom tomatoes, pasture raised chickens, or grassfed beef....more & more CSA's are popping up, and farmers markets are getting larger...I really do think there is a movement, & there are opportunities out there....and if this is a lifestyle you want & dream of, well you just can't be scared to live your dream.
I agree. I was just think about the last week too. It seems like, in the last 5-10 years, there's really been an Increase in people (typically young families) wanting to move from the big cities to these more rural areas, starting their own small homesteads, or at least having Gardens to grow more of their own food. And also, like you said, people Supporting those type of people. I've been noticing more and more interest in people watching the channels of people who forage, or garden, or homestead, ect.. I think it's Awesome, and it's been really interesting :))
Cog Hill Farm & Homestead the problem here where I live (norton va) everything is heavily regulated or restricted. I want and dream of this type of lifestyle. I even day dream about it. but here there is no land, cant get home loans of any sorts.
I just discovered ART and BRI last night in questing for more goat info. The first time milking a goat vid=the BEST! (Please tell Bri I said so!). Hubs and I relocated from Northern burbs to Smokey Mountains and I LOVE barns. So, I built one, a small one, on our 1 acre. I can't believe I have learned, worked and built what I have today. Finishing the interior of the barn, then the fencing and it's goat time for this middle age gal...double duty milkers and property/brush clearing. THANK YOU for being out there, loving what you do and SHARING it with converts such as myself...it means the world to me. Pretty sure we are 'neighbors' to some degree...
Wow I could just see myself sat on the porch of that abandoned farm house, sat rocking on my chair, taking in the beauty of the land. Abandoned farms are something your very rarely see here, they are usually developed into separate dwellings, the barns converted into huge houses and the land built on. empty houses are bought up as second or holiday homes.....sad. great video again today, hurry up Lovey we wanna see those beautiful kids. love to y'all xx
Of course the start will be hard work, to make such a house livable, and make the garden productive. But you can still 'plan in' some time to sit on the porch, for example at sunset!
I stumbled across you channel through this video! And you talk with words and not subtitles! And you have Animals! And real Real little people! I FEEL SO BLESSED! THANKYOU!
It takes a lot of energy to keep a true farm going. I guess that's why people back in the day had big families! I have lived both City and Rural, and both have their place. I do wish that rural areas had true high speed internet, and not just dial up DSL, as that would allow anyone that could conduct business over the internet to live there and make a living. When internet becomes more successfully disseminated I think we will see a big surge in people able to move to the country rural areas. We have found many lovely places that had either no internet coverage or only DSL, so were a "no go" since we both work online. How sad is that, not just for us, but for everyone.
I think alot of the time. at least here, farmers pass away. And the kids have no interest in keeping up the tradition. It does make me sad to see beautiful land that someone worked so hard to build up and farm just rotting away. We would love to just take over an abandoned farm and love it how it used to be loved.
Us too. I'm also a counselor and would love to see it used for therapy for many of the populations I've worked w/ over the years n even now. We are going through tough times and I have no idea how to get ahold of someone who knows maybe how we can get into something like this so just praying that we will be blessed with the right connections!
If you are interested in Portugal, you can. Most descendants of the old farmers are not interested in living the simple but abundant farm life...they are still being hypnotized by the big cities jobs and lifestyle
@Tim Haverland I am looking for friends who might be interested in doing country life together in about 4 years, after I retire... interested? Not looking for a partner, though, as I have been married twice and don't think I'm cut for it...I'm too independent to make a man happy...I guess...
@@ThePatrick42044 I purchased an old adobe in NM but lost it in the crash of 2008 after paying for it twice over. Don't ever buy on loan or it belongs to the bank whenever they want it. I grew all I needed on less than an acre. With a few chickens and grazing a calf, you can live well. You don't need utilities unless you want gas and electric for fridge and oven. I still had internet by satellite. Very doable and an incredibly healthy lifestyle.
Farm site between Wood lake and Echo MN. 4br 7.7 acres, 3 modern electric out buildings, 3,000 hardwoods. 70's home, New roof, New Furnace, new Sump pump system. New Toilet. Ask for a $175,000 close. Best Offer . very private location , hid By 4000 hardwoods Call for Text and to qualify for view. 507 530 4088
I was born and raised in Graham Co. in WNC been in California since I was 15 and I'm 44 now. I'm coming home soon and can't wait. Cheers from Bay Area.
The industrial revolution reshaped the country. It drove the "country to town" migration. I think your generation has the opportunity to reverse or at least mitigate that. Look at you guys, with all the resources of the Net, living in the country. Goats and a minivan, on UA-cam. That's it in a nutshell. You have different expectations for yourselves and your kids than the 9-5 suburban life. God bless your efforts. I think you're laying out the future of the strength of this country. I used to teach at Virginia Tech and had a two day lecture for my Family Dynamics course on all this. But that was 25 years ago and before the Web made so many changes. I think the information revolution will have as big an impact as the industrial rev. did. Blessings!
Thanks, Art. I think about these kind of things also. This is the end of the old family farms (as we knew them). I feel there is a revival of farming happening now, less stressful in some ways, some things a lot easier than the old days. Growing and selling or trading is a good thing and keeps the community more in touch with each other.
Thanks-People are moving into urban and suburban areas and are getting sick physically & Mentally without any connection to smaller, rural community, farm land areas. God Bless.
I found this video just today. A word on a lot of those abandoned farms----a lot of families do not want to sell them. Experience talking! I found many abandoned homes and contacted the owners in an attempt to purchase it. Nope. Families do not want to sell.
I find these old houses super cute! I want to own a farm for sure when Im older. I never really cared for the city and I hope people still want to live there when I can buy things on my own!
Absolutely Amazing Finds!! I hope every one of them find forever families. The closer to nature we all are, the better life can be. (We believe) It’s hard work, but so rewarding. We believe we are healthier and happier when we are on our off grid property. Working to retire there in just a couple of years. Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful video. Have a Blessed Week
Art, I just saw your video on old farmhouses and properties. Even though I am 73 years old, and grew up in New York City (now living in South Florida) I believe I am still physically and mentally fit, to be able to live on country land and even raise some chickens, if nothing else. I keep watching these videos of the "country life" and I would be very thankful to be able to live that way. Keep making those videos Art, you are such an inspiration to us "old folks". Joe
If I could be my own boss, work on my own farm and make enough money to provide for my family (health insurance,college savings etc.) I would be more than happy doing the hard work...heck, I already do while working 2 jobs for employers. So why not do it for myself.
a person can live on a farm without actually farming ,, its just to find the right person that is not greedy and will let you live on that abandoned farm ,,
you can live as a small farmer ,, just cant get rich doing it ,, pay the bills and have an extra little bit for fun ,, it beats living in the city with all that noise and those bad neighbors , the type that have a dog that barks for hrs on end , the type that loves loud music exactly at the time when you want some peace and relaxation ,, get it , see my point ,,
If I could afford it I’d buy it in a heartbeat!! My dream is getting out of Nj and moving back to NC or TN close to my family with a couple of acres to take care of!!!
Thanks for the inspirational video! I've been fantasizing that such rural properties might be out there, so I loved hearing your words. Maybe I'll be able to get myself into a situation where that is within reach. Thanks again! Your new subscriber, Lou
Here in Missouri there are some farms like this in the Ozarks where employment is minimual, the property is not conducive to intensive farming, and the properties are located miles away from shopping, medical care and other opportunities. It takes a special mentality to love living where the grid ends.
This is how I was raised with my gramma.....would love to have a lease for my life, I do planting at my home ...not to a large scale....but wouldn’t it be nice to grow your family’s food and also help feed the starving. And if you could get family help...go bigger. This would be a dream come true.
I live in the country here in southern Idaho and I get that same feeling you do when I pull up to our place. I hope that this vlog gets people out there and buy or lease some property 👍🏻
I would LOVE an abandoned farm, but where do you look? Also, my husband is in school to become an electrical engineer and it seems that most jobs for that, are in the city. I've been doing so much research, but the commute time from country land to city, seems to be our dilemma. Hubby doesn't want to be a "farmer".
Corrina we live 31 miles from our state capital in Idaho and it's not bad at all here. I do the farming and work in a smaller city next to Boise but the commute isn't bad at all it gives me thinking time. Maybe you could find a homestead and take a tour with your family so your husband could see how it is and see the look on your face when it lights up might just change his mind. If he isn't wanting to farm then reassure him that he doesn't have to. You never know, good luck.
I live in a rural area and decide to make the sacrifice for my family to work during the week in a nearby city and commute home on weekends. Slowly built a 80 acre ranch from the ground up paying as I went. It took 15 years and am now retired in beautiful Central Oregon. I saved and paid $11,000 for the original land in 1985.
Back in 1960, one question asked in a local general store of a sleeping hamlet in the northern Adirondacks -- lead to our family buying and loving an old family homestead that had sat empty for several years. The house -- 20 rooms -- needed renovation but was solid and weather tight. The original portion was built in the 1860's with a large Victorian extension added on later. There was a cooler naturally cooled by the spring run off collected underneath in a cavernous stone room and then frozen solid by the 30-40 below zero temperatures in the winter, garages, and a newer (70 or so years old lolol) horse/hay barn -- acres of hay fields and fenced pastures, several acres of Christmas trees, a wood lot, and 2 small orchards. The older farmer had no intentions of selling it -- it was his mother's house -- but when my mother asked that question to him -- "Do you know of any houses for sale?" -- they just clicked. He was over joyed that a young family brought the property back to life -- that sheep, horses, and eventually grass fed beef cattle thrived -- but could not understand why my mother refused to raise chickens (she thought of them as dirty. If only she had seen Justin's videos lololol). He shared his extensive knowledge with us (he used a crushed garlic rub, lavender soap baths with a vinegar rinse to get rid of the spring time lice on his goats and advised us to do the same to our sheep after they were sheared in the spring). He and the other smaller farmers around us welcomed us into their community and showed us what a real community was -- where everyone chipped in to help someone who had suffered a devastating loss (like one farmer who lost most of his farm animals to a horrendous barn fire). He was also heartbroken when our house burned down just 10 yrs after we moved in but gathered the community together (once the insurance company gave us the OK) with their tractors and backhoes to pull down the ruins and bury them at the back of the property so we could build our new house on the old foundation. We were not called homesteaders back then -- just crazy city people lolol -- but it is a lifestyle I only wish my own children and their children could experience. But like in your area -- up home has seen decades of the younger generation exiting stage right due to the lack of good paying jobs ( heck -- I joined the Army after college -- thus my name -- Combat Boot Wearing Mama lolololol) -- and the older generation is just trying to hold on by their finger tips. Recently, there has been an influx of artists bringing new life to the area but they seem to be concentrated around the larger towns that draw tourists -- leaving the sleepy hamlets surrounding it slowly decaying. There is a future up home for young families -- just like in your area -- if only they ask the right questions..
Actually the dream ended in 1979 when my Dad's company transferred him to Iran -- he was held captive during the revolution -- escaped -- came home -- to be forced to sell the farm because the company moved his job 100 miles away. The house and land have been sold 2 or 3 times since then -- and from what I can see on Google maps -- pastures over grown with trees -- land subdivided off -- the only thing that reminds you of it being a farm is the huge asparagus plot behind the garage.
This earth is not our forever home as we are only passing through ! But the best way to live here is to be on a farm and raise your family and animals. It’s wonderful! God bless.
shared it people's abandoned Farm in cuz that's what we're surviving if there ain't no it if there ain't going to be any more farms around then we don't have nothing no more you won't have food we don't have nothing rest of my biggest that is my biggest prayer to get good Farmers together
There are dozens of glorious old "New Englander" farm houses in our area that are abandoned. Many of these are 2 story, 1800-1850 construction. Nice scaled back Victorian, basically with a kitchen ell. I always hope to see someone buy them and bring them back to life. Unfortunately, someone will probably buy them... and put in a cul-de-sac
We are desperately.looking for a farm or off grid place to homestead and do a farm to table. Unfortunately we are on the west coast and it just isn't available here. May be time to shock those pioneer ancestors and go east. As my grandma once said "when the men came back from ww2 they knew the farming days were over" Time to reconnect with the land
OMG how timely your video is for me. Been dying to get down to TN to view land and my BF says the best way is to just drive around like you did. Thank you so much for the information and video. Oh and your two little ones are adorable!
Glad you're still young enough to enjoy your lifestyle. I always wanted to do something like that, but now that I can afford it, I'm too old to work the land ... whuddaya gonna do?
Dear God, Please can you take all the properties away from all the bank's and give them all back to people for free 💖 This way everyone else can have a Good Home and Good property 💖👍 Thank You God 👍🍯💖 Amen 👍🍯💖
You have to be willing to work and pay for what you get. I'm a Christian, but I believe in earning and paying for what you have. Those properties belong to the banks because people tried to buy more than they could pay for, and lost the property. The banks more often than not lose money--a lot of money--on the properties they have in their sole possession, so you want to ask God for them to lose even more?
where I live there are ALOT of abandoned farms. unfortunately, most of the time the owners refuse to sell or even rent the places out. it's very rare to find someone that will sell or rent.
Loved this! Every time we spot an old abandoned house, I always have to pull the car over and take a picture. Because around here, old houses get bulldozed far too frequently and then that's just one less glimpse into the past. We were fortunate to find our old farmhouse when we did- it had only been empty for a couple of years, but the roof was in need of serious repair (basketball sized holes in part of it), and it wouldn't have been long before the rest of the house would have been just as bad. Old houses and farms are indeed a treasure! I just wish more people could see that.
Discovered your channel a few minutes ago and instantly recognized the area you were driving through as Western North Carolina! My wife and I are planning on moving back home (to our much beloved South Carolina) from Maryland in the summer of this year and establishing our Forever Home. As much as we love the area you live in we simply can't justify living there due to North Carolina taxes. As retirees we simply can't afford to live there anymore than we can continue to afford to live in the only state that taxes God for making it rain I hope the best for you and yours and will be subscribing to your channel in just a minute!
Two words: tobacco farming - that is the reason for all the abandoned properties. Once "backer" farming went on the decline, people lost their income and moved on. At least that is the case for Madison County, though there is a huge rise in back-to-the-landers and property prices are rising. Someone owns them, usually a grandchild of the original owner, and they have no desire to do anything to the land. "Land rich" ☺️ Love seeing all the old properties!!
Yeah, someone with no clue usually owns them and when someone comes asking to buy it, they see dollar signs in their eyes and ask way too much for it. When the buyer refuses, they're left right where they were before: yearly taxes paid on an unused property that few want to buy. Land in rural areas is not the same value as land in urban areas. Rural areas tend to lack a lot of amenities found in urban areas, like job availability.
Fun Farm site between Wood lake and Echo MN. 4br 7.7 acres, 3 modern electric out buildings, 3,000 hardwoods. 70's home, New roof, New Furnace, new Sump pump system. New Toilet. Ask for a $175,000 close. Best Offer . Call for Text and to qualify for view. 507 530 4088
I know the area and used to know some of the folks who used to own some of those homes. The river always brings back the memories. Memories of farmland and tall tales. Storytelling like the farmsteads are both almost a memory now.
It's a SHAME that so many homes are rotting and so many homeless people it dont make any sense. When are we going to have a government that really cares for the people or at least the less fortunate.
One side benefit to the world about abandoned farms is that they are being overgrown with trees. Nobody really considers this form of passive reforestation in many areas.
I would LOVE to move down there... I want to sell this BIG 6 bedroom 3 full bathroom house... I'm retired and some what handicapped due to a motorcycle wreck back in 2012... But with ATV and a mid sized tractor I could do a lot... I haven't worked on a farm since I was 16 but I grew up working the land with my grandfather in the summer time in N/W Missouri... Then my folks dragged me back up here to Wisconsin when school started every year... I REALLY DISLIKE Wisconsin it's just to cold. And since the wreck the cold weather REALLY hurts me... I've tried to move away from here my whole adult life, but I had a good paying job when I wasn't laid off from it... Every time we planed on moving back to Missouri when I was laid off they'd call me back... And now my wife is to young to retire with me and our grandkids are here so she's pretty well set on staying here... I told her we'd just move the kids and grandkids down with us... LOL... The only thing I got really holding me here besides my wife is the biker church I helped start back in 2008 and my addiction recovery groups I've started and been work with since 2002 but I've got other people running them now since I've been laid up BC of the wreck... But I'm getting where I can walk again pretty good now... Okay I'll shut up now I'm just rambling... LOL,LOL,LOL...
You are exactly where God himself created you to be right now, friend....I retired from working for a Harley Davidson dealership and I will be the first person who is to say that it's been the most exciting and rewarding employment in all the years...the brotherhood and bond that exsists inside of a common love for riding with others IS something most people who have never witnessed . Like I said, God has put you right where He needs you most and may you find comfort in knowing that your sacrifice hasn't been forgotten by the Almighty...Take care brother and friends may the Lord's blessings be upon you.
I enjoyed the ramble. You seem like a cool dude to have started a biker church and addiction recovery groups. Best to you and your wife, and good luck. Maybe the kids and grandkids will all wanna transplant somewhere more southerly!
That's exactly the dream home we always dreamt of. We are currently homeless staying temporarily with family in a tiny one bedroom. My 13 year old daughter and 11 year old boy yearn for their own rooms. we are eternally grateful for a warm place to sleep and to have a roof over our heads the idea of a remote ranch that we can build for our future is magnificent. A ranch its I imagine, almost a living thing that you mold and expand upon as time goes on. To pass on the legacy for generations. Goodluck and thank you for instilling hope and rejuvenation of that dream .
I used to work in a grocery store and I really saw only two types of consumers, those who are very caring about what they eat and buy for their families and those who blindly trust a mass market food industry. Those in the latter group are typically taking more than 3 types of pharmaceuticals to “improve” their health. And they are becoming more infirm by the day. The farm life MUST return for the health of the next generation. Healthy grown nutritious food makes healthy babies mentally, emotionally and physically. But this involves a lifestyle revolution. The laser focused will of a couple who vow to love, cherish and grow a lot... together. 🙂
Cassity, you are so right! Just left the medical profession working with the elderly in a "physical rehab" unit. They're sick and ruined from wrong nutrition and pharmaceuticals. But they won't listen!!! They want someone else to fix them, they want a pill & are angry pills don't cure them. It is too late & they are SO stubborn. Obesity is going to crash our health care system, we are all paying for their bad choices. I'm studying Organic Farming now...did you know it's hard for plants to grow in soil that's filled with pesticides? What are we eating if the poor plant can barely grow as it is? Feels good to get this off my chest!
Thanks so much for doing all that you do. You definitely didn't have to do this but you did and this is why more and more blessings and gifts will continue to come to you in one way or another. ME AND MY FAMILY are all grateful to you and yours. Please keep doing what your doing... Thanks again, ~Ray
Probably like alot of old country houses around here where the old people died off and the kids won't sell it but also won't live in or rent out the house, so it sits empty for years finally falling in for lack of care.
Art Here in NW IOWA the "abandoned" farms are snapped up by ever larger farms so we have fewer but larger farms every year. The old farmsteads are bulldozed to add a few more acres to the tillable. Established trees are pushed into a pile and burned, Fences are removed, pasture land is drained and plowed up. The same things are happening as there but with different results. I live on the farmstead established by my great-grandparents and so have deep roots, but I would love to live where there are trees and hills, and a less trying climate. The land here has been valued far above it's ability to pay for itself, and is being bought by speculators who expect that the price of land will continue to increase. It is almost all highly productive land. The small towns are dying due to the lack of children; the average age of "farmers" is about 59 years. There are few job prospects so the few remaining young folks move away. I am a retired and broken-down old farmer myself and none of my family can afford to continue when the cost of the land is so high that they can't compete with the older established farmers. I am one generation out from the last generation that could expect to be able to continue, My family farm is now being split into small inheritances, none of which can be expected to support anyone, and to valuable to keep. About the only things left here are medical jobs to take care of our ever smaller aging population, and huge business concerns that support the current farmers. Technology has advanced so that fewer operators are needed to farm vast tracts of farmland. I would love to live in an area of trees and hills and I have all the skills and knowledge but my kids/grand kids need to make a living. the current political climate supports continuation and an acceleration of these policies that make this possible. The current 1% will soon b the 1/2% then 1/4% where will it break down? What will become of the next generations?
Echo Grove Farm the, Consoer Homestead yeah I hear you on the old farmsteads getting eaten up. my grandparents had a dairy farm in SE minnesota and just after the got all new equipment he had to shut down cause he couldn't keep up with the mega dairies to keep money in his pocket. that farm has been in his family for generations, and all the farm land arround him is getting bought up buy housing development, but he's holding onto his land. 😟 125 acres and he can't make money these days how sad.
This is exactly the lifestyle I want. Just have to convince my husband to uproot! I live in central VA and although I've lived here my whole life, it does not feel like home. People are not friendly here.
Thank you so much for taking your time on letting the world know of how you feel about abandoned houses. I am looking for a little piece of heaven just like the one you have.I live in NYC but my mind of a farm boy never goes away. Again, Thank you so much.
I wouldn't need anything like most people do. If I knew how to go about owning an abandoned property I'd make it mine and live out the rest of my days the way people use to, without technology. I actually hate technology. But I'm disabled and hard for people like myself to become owners of properties. Pretty sad in thought. I'd think disabled people could own properties as long as they could remodel as best they could to make something like good again and take care of the land. But too many people worry about credit scores. And abandoned homes stay abandoned...
I have done a few lease options, you need to understand them. Never say don’t this is a good option for those who can’t come up with a huge DP or have the credit to purchase.
Why would someone drink out of a stream? Leave that for the cows. There should be a well and a septic tank somewhere. Maybe the well point is stopped up. If so, shoot a .22 rifle down the well once or twice.
You've done well and your seeing things clearly in my opinion. Many people wouldn't like it cos there's no one to show off to or on a more positive note aspire to. But hey why not be yourself and just live your one precious life with your family in peace! Ps homeless people take note if you see this. Leave the drugs behind and start again. You owe them nothing!
Well, I mean, you can't just Give these properties to people. They're not owned by the state, but by these older people, or banks if they've been foreclosed on. And if some of these older farmers are unwilling to Sell these properties, they Sure As Heck would be resistant to just Giving them away. People living there Still have to be able to have Some type of sufficient income to be able to pay water and utilities, and property taxes and such. We aren't a socialist society, as sad as it can be to see the state of some of these small farms, that's just not the way it works, you know?
No, the control society needs to end. This planet was given human beings so that all we would need would be provided by the land, not controlled by alien states.
Laurie Flood agreed i am half native american but lets be honest the land gave back what you gave in the old days people like mountain and men and native americans were expert trappers and hunters but todays society couldn't trap a snail with a saltshaker they are too dependent on modern conveniences like stores and such
Not all, some of us learned to trap and hunt as part of living. Have no use for so called modern society. Internet is about the best thing about it. Other than the convenience of being able to buy somethings needed and real news, try to stay clear of so called modern society.
I wonder if it's because of an empty nest, that houses are abandoned. When the children are gone, there is nothing left but the walls to talk to or yell at. That's when it's time to find a different plan. Farming is for the young. So sad.
It was great to look at all those places ,but at the end of your video &u said it was getting cold ,well, that capped it for me a true born southern,,,
YOUR DEMEANOR SAYS MUCH ABOUT COUNTRY LIVING. YOU ARE A GENTLE PERSON WHO APPRECIATES THE SIMPLE THINGS THAT GOD GAVE US. I SUBSCRIBED. I AM LOOKING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN PENN. NEAR GRAND CANYON, BLUE RIDGE, PERHAPS.
Hey bud look into adverse repossession! You can get land and a house for free. Or even look into sherrif sales or foreclosed homes. I have gotten houses in good shape for 1500 bucks.
You COULD offer to take over the use of someone else's abandoned farmland or just a vegetable garden, and offer to pay them in produce, as nature usually provides generously for anyone who takes good, loving care of it...for more than one person or even one family...depending....
My siblings and I have many spread out pieces of land and I personally would let anyone make it produce in exchange for food from it when we go on vacation. Just waiting for us to divide all those properties in order to start offering it to young, aspiring farmers...on that basis
Who now owns the abandoned farms then - the Banks / Finance companies?? if they do then that will give a hint as to the *cause and effect modus operandii* right there
We've been shopping in the Asheville area and surrounding counties for almost a year. It seems like those abandoned farms aren't on the market, or you have to know the right people because the families don't list them on MLS. I dream of living in an old farmhouse, but it looks like we're going to have to just buy the land and build from scratch. I do feel very fortunate that that is an option for us, too!
Finding an older farmhouse with enough land to have a great garden with fruit trees, chickens and goats is my dream!
That's my dream too!
We had the same dream, but after looking at a lot of properties that would have required major renovations, we ultimately decided on buying the property we wanted and building new. We went with a "modern farmhouse" look and will have the advantage of having a brand new home with all the other perks of country living. Building new takes some patience, and the costs can get out of hand if you're not diligent or budget-conscious, but it may be something for you to consider. We found our land on a recreational land website rather than on a regular MLS site. The advantage of this is that demand is not as high. We also bought in a county that is not in as high demand, so we were able to get a really good deal on 6 acres with woods, pasture and a stream running through for just about $10K an acre -- all less than 20 minutes from our city. The lower cost of the land was key to us being able to build new.
@@McScott76 sounds like a wonderful property. I will look around as you suggested. Thank you!
@@McScott76 Do you still have the website you use? Finding land with water is rare. I am in the desert and water is restricted here. Digging for a well is very expensive and you have to have water right.
Forgive me if sounds awful but the idea of being like Joanna Gaines a RICH homesteader is the DREAM
I ask anyone reading this to please pray that god blesses us to be able preserve our family farm succesfully....
God bless you....thanks for reading.
Prayers going up for your family 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽♥️
Fun Farm site between Wood lake and Echo MN. 4br 7.7 acres, 3 modern electric out buildings, 3,000 hardwoods. 70's home, New roof, New Furnace, new Sump pump system. New Toilet. Ask for a $175,000 close. Best Offer . Call for Text and to qualify for view. 507 530 4088
Will DO.. Family farmers are the REAL heroes. Not people who kill for gov'ts- but people who GROW our FOOD!!!
These are the remnants of farms which have been put out of business by Monsanto and the other criminals. I'm all for returning to the small farm system, in which people own their own business and produce the nourishing things we need. It's a tradition that needs to be brought back.
Hey,, Don't let Monsantano hear you calling them.. Lolol... They might sue you... Lol... Your right tho.. Bayer is a subsidiary of Monsantano and a few other companies.. They make Gylsophate among other very very nasty chemicals... Most of them are Carcinogenic.... Monsantano were sued about 2 or 3 years ago by a couple who contracted cancer from Monsantano products, (Gylsophate).. And Monsantano lost.. About 2 billion dollars... Here in the UK, Gylsophate was supposed to be banned by all the European countries this year,, however its been extended.... Monsantano are not to be trusted in any way. Period.
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Amen!!
Baloney! Like many other businesses, technology changed farming. Blame John Deere. Blame the seed companies for developing higher yielding varieties. Productivity per acre/hectare went way up, margins got tight and smaller producers got squeezed. I have what is, by today's standards, a small farm. The guy who rents it from me told me he wouldn't think of farming less than 1000 acres; they farm way more. They're stable but not rich.
Still very much alive among the plain folk here in Lancaster County, PA.
I love your positivity. Your comment about being blessed to be born in a time when the remnants of a time of rural farming in America can still be found is such a wonderful way to frame these times we live in. Thank you.
I'd love to be the person to love that old house and bring it back to life!!
Let's go!
It might only need alot of TLC 😒😔🤗😇
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Thank you Art for highlighting these old homesteads. I am one of the lucky ones that grew up in NC central part of the state in the 50's & 60's. what a different time.
I hope more people do what you are doing and saves these treasures.
seeing those abandoned farmhouses I hope someone watching this will see it and say "that's exactly the house and the land I'm looking for!"
yes, connections ...
UA-camrs are a great bunch. Reach out to the the ones in the area you want to be. I am in the Upstate of SC
Inge Leonora-den Ouden, How does one go about acquiring the land though with homes on them. Like back taxes would be insane, no? And then what if you get all fixed up and someone comes back and tries to claim it? I am just curious who you have to talk to about land parcels with abandoned homes to see if they are available?
+soaringtractor
that's the long and short of it I'm sure...great advice!
Hi-I'M ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR 1 but I am having problems finding a realty that deals with this and it's a sad thing for sure
I've always looked at old abandoned houses and thought to myself imagine if a little TLC was put into them it could possibly help with the military vets who are homeless and struggling there are so many I see abandoned and so many people who need a place it just drives me insane
Some military vets are homeless because of PTSD and don't want to be around other people because theyre afraid of what they might do to another person, so they go way off away from others just so the population is more safe...
Thanks hunny. Its sooooo hard as a veteran to fight for nations freedom and then get sent home rewarded with poverty and sent to sleep on the very streets we defended. We pay for the american dream but sadly most of us never get to live it.
@@ThePatrick42044 actually, they are ashamed for strengthening a system that keeps all of you enslaved. Once you're exposed to true freedom outside the system its nearly impossibe to go back without lying to yourself. They refuse to live as slaves and some would rather be on their own. If you cannot survive without the system, you are not free. The system is a security blanket for most who pretend to be strong.
Ronald Strout Do you still have the equipment to build that furniture and do those designs. I realise I am rather "old" in terms of age (78), but I would really like to do those things you mentioned. I know what you mean about having a disability and living in the 2nd floor. I do that myself.
I worry that I’m not competent enough to fix a house
I just love that you saved one of these old farms. I, too, drive by sites like that and just feel so sad. An entire era and way of life gone in practically just one generation. Although I do believe there is a sort of revolution happening right now. Many people are realizing that they've been sucked into an urban and suburban trap and are looking to get back to the "old ways" of a simpler and more sustainable way of life. I know we are.
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As a South African I love the outdoors and are sad to see places like this abandoned. it is also sad to think that the previous owner moved out and although he is not intrested in farming, he is not reconsidering in giving it to ppl that are willing to live there.
I will be so grateful to own a place like that.
You have obvious respect for the land and old landmarks, unlike many of the videos I see, I like the fact that you respect these old abandoned places.
Even old abandoned homes and farms here in Tennessee are still selling for $500,000 and sadly for most of us this is not an option. We found 20 acres on the West Coast and will be moving there as soon as we find a mobile or camper to haul out there.
What part of Tennessee? I am outside of Murfreesboro TN
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Really dang tenn is really hot right know seems like half the country is moving to tenn. I left NY for SC best thing i ever did got bless the south.
@@josephdeffendoll3056 Near Knoxville.
Deprogram very true. People always start with a dream price and then will later accept reality.
This is exactly what we've been looking for and waiting for!!! My husband and I have always wanted to get out of the city and raise our boys on a small farm.
Do it! We talked about this for around 10 years. When the pandemic hit last year and the government reaction was to essentially imprison us in our own homes, it finally lit a fire under us. We sold our house, bought 6 acres in the country and are in the process of building a new house on that property. It's been a long year living in an apartment with a family of 5, but it will be worth it all when we finally realize our dream.
@@McScott76 How is it going in 2022?
@@ToyoteroMundial It’s going great! We moved into our house just over a year ago. We’re loving country life. There’s a lot to take care of with about 2 acres to mow, a woods to maintain, etc. But I’m out there in the fresh air every chance I get and love it! I also work mostly from home now. Being able to take a lunch break and go for a walk in the woods is amazing.
We just found our dream farm house/homestead, we are going to look at the inside this weekend. Then its off to the bank to work our numbers. I just happened to find this house on a whim but it has everything on our checklist, including an additional 80 acres! We pray that this is the house where we can plant our families roots!
In get emotional when i see this ,in tears ...because there are so Manny people homeless and sleeping in shelters....
The sad reality is that the majority of those people are mentally ill or drug-addicted. The solution is not to put them in a home. It's to get them the help they need to deal with the underlying condition that landed them in their predicament. Without the addiction, or with appropriate treatment of the mental condition, they could pull themselves up by their bootstraps, get a job and make their own way in the world. Giving away housing does nothing to deal with the real problem. There are lots of examples of this failed experiment in government housing projects across the nation. I know you weren't necessarily advocating for that, but your comment just brought that to mind. So many people have good hearts and want to help those in need, and that's great... but handouts don't do anything but perpetuate the problem. Individual freedom and responsibility is KEY to the American dream.
you are right about the decline of rural communities, the funny thing is they will be the most well-off when the decline of food, etc starts happening
they will know what to do though
Art, you strike me as a very well put together young man. My wife and I live in an old farmhouse on a very small farm in a small town in southwest Virginia. Unfortunately we are both disabled as I have had an extremely hard time with my heart the past few years and she has had multiple surgeries on her spine. I understand exactly why many of those places on your videos exist. Much the same thing will happen to this house in a few years as we are unable to keep it or the farm up. In fact, it’s already happening. I can understand why people don’t wish to live in this area. But it’s always been home to me. The work is hard, dirty and financially unrewarding in most cases. It’s nice to see someone still getting the best out of their family and home because that’s where joy will blossom and grow. God bless my friend.
Keep praying and believing to obtain strength from GOD. Believe it...And you will achieve it....
I would give my eye teeth for a place to raise some animals and have a peaceful life with no traffic and the ability to walk outside my front door without having neighbors right on top of me. The city life is for the birds.
@@Nowayjose-vd1wm Friend, you said it! I grew up in the Permian Basin, but life and work after the military took me to Waxahachie, TX while I was commuting in to downtown Dallas for work. After my wife and I had our first kid, I started paying attention to the schools and brought my family back to west Texas to a small farming community NE of Lubbock. I could not stand the idea of my kids growing up in a school district where there were over 1500 kids in their grade. I didn't have 1500 people in my high school including teachers and administrative staff! I had to get out of the suburbs and back to a pace of life I am more comfortable with.
I would love to assist you guys.
You are right no one wants a old house build new and fast with little land. We bought our house a ranch with land but we had to put time and money into it to get it the way we want and it's our little gem so greatful we found it .
Yes! The farm we want is under foreclosure, talked to a realtor about it, she said in our state it will be 3 years before anything will be done with it. The house will be ruined by then. The barn has already fallen down. Such a waste.
I grew up on a farm like that! Dad sold it and we moved into town (hated it) I went into the Army and afterwards came back and got this little 2.89 acre place (wish It were 100 or more acres) But now I'm too old to care for a large farm, but still love the country.
This is sad, I hope that these places are soon filled with families.
I do think there is a movement Art....and it's slowly & gradually growing. Not just living this lifestyle but supporting those that do. I think people are growing more concerned about what they put in their bodies & their overall health, & are wanting & looking for that local farmer that's has free range eggs, organic heirloom tomatoes, pasture raised chickens, or grassfed beef....more & more CSA's are popping up, and farmers markets are getting larger...I really do think there is a movement, & there are opportunities out there....and if this is a lifestyle you want & dream of, well you just can't be scared to live your dream.
Well said ♥
Cog Hill Farm & Homestead definitely! Check out Marshall and Hot Springs, NC there is a huge back to the land movement
Awesome Wild Roots !!!
I agree. I was just think about the last week too. It seems like, in the last 5-10 years, there's really been an Increase in people (typically young families) wanting to move from the big cities to these more rural areas, starting their own small homesteads, or at least having Gardens to grow more of their own food. And also, like you said, people Supporting those type of people. I've been noticing more and more interest in people watching the channels of people who forage, or garden, or homestead, ect.. I think it's Awesome, and it's been really interesting :))
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the problem here where I live (norton va) everything is heavily regulated or restricted. I want and dream of this type of lifestyle. I even day dream about it. but here there is no land, cant get home loans of any sorts.
I love old farms like that. We have a lot here in East Tennessee. Thanks for the video.
Are they abandoned farms or they're just old and have families living on them?
Love East Tennessee! Beautiful country......hope to move there soon. Thank you Hope's Homestead. 😃
Hope'sHomestead any address on those old farm's meigs county,McMinn,
I live in East Tennessee. Johnson City
coffee herbs and other oddities I’m from TN-not true lol. Lots of southern hospitality here
I just discovered ART and BRI last night in questing for more goat info. The first time milking a goat vid=the BEST! (Please tell Bri I said so!). Hubs and I relocated from Northern burbs to Smokey Mountains and I LOVE barns. So, I built one, a small one, on our 1 acre. I can't believe I have learned, worked and built what I have today. Finishing the interior of the barn, then the fencing and it's goat time for this middle age gal...double duty milkers and property/brush clearing. THANK YOU for being out there, loving what you do and SHARING it with converts such as myself...it means the world to me. Pretty sure we are 'neighbors' to some degree...
I respect a man that's proud of his accomplishments, who treasures family, space, land, home, animals - and not lazy. You seem to be that kind.
I love these old farms ! I think a lot of people are doing what we're doing. Having a small homestead on only an acre or two.
Darn, wish there was abandoned farms here in England, prices start from at least 300k. So want a farm!
Wow I could just see myself sat on the porch of that abandoned farm house, sat rocking on my chair, taking in the beauty of the land. Abandoned farms are something your very rarely see here, they are usually developed into separate dwellings, the barns converted into huge houses and the land built on. empty houses are bought up as second or holiday homes.....sad. great video again today, hurry up Lovey we wanna see those beautiful kids. love to y'all xx
Pippa Lane here too (in the Netherlands)
I keep trying to tell Lovey that we are anxiously awaiting her precious kids!
Of course the start will be hard work, to make such a house livable, and make the garden productive. But you can still 'plan in' some time to sit on the porch, for example at sunset!
Pippa Lane If you want it, the time to do it is now. Don't wait until you're too old to be able to handle the work that comes with it.
Where exactly are these homes?
I stumbled across you channel through this video! And you talk with words and not subtitles!
And you have Animals! And real Real little people! I FEEL SO BLESSED! THANKYOU!
Thank you for caring for old farms. It makes me happy to see someone care for one.
It takes a lot of energy to keep a true farm going. I guess that's why people back in the day had big families! I have lived both City and Rural, and both have their place. I do wish that rural areas had true high speed internet, and not just dial up DSL, as that would allow anyone that could conduct business over the internet to live there and make a living. When internet becomes more successfully disseminated I think we will see a big surge in people able to move to the country rural areas. We have found many lovely places that had either no internet coverage or only DSL, so were a "no go" since we both work online. How sad is that, not just for us, but for everyone.
I think alot of the time. at least here, farmers pass away. And the kids have no interest in keeping up the tradition. It does make me sad to see beautiful land that someone worked so hard to build up and farm just rotting away. We would love to just take over an abandoned farm and love it how it used to be loved.
Hope you get a change to do this.
Us too. I'm also a counselor and would love to see it used for therapy for many of the populations I've worked w/ over the years n even now. We are going through tough times and I have no idea how to get ahold of someone who knows maybe how we can get into something like this so just praying that we will be blessed with the right connections!
If you are interested in Portugal, you can. Most descendants of the old farmers are not interested in living the simple but abundant farm life...they are still being hypnotized by the big cities jobs and lifestyle
@Tim Haverland I am looking for friends who might be interested in doing country life together in about 4 years, after I retire... interested? Not looking for a partner, though, as I have been married twice and don't think I'm cut for it...I'm too independent to make a man happy...I guess...
@Tim Haverland She is a mom, but she might by single...ask again, Tim!☺
I'm looking for land like this. With an abandoned homestead on the land. Hope I can find something as beautiful
Same here 😂
I don't know how to go about owning an abandoned piece of property or I would own one myself...
@Catherine Buck thank you very much Miss... I will look around. I made a screenshot of your information to keep it at hand...
@@ThePatrick42044 I purchased an old adobe in NM but lost it in the crash of 2008 after paying for it twice over. Don't ever buy on loan or it belongs to the bank whenever they want it. I grew all I needed on less than an acre. With a few chickens and grazing a calf, you can live well. You don't need utilities unless you want gas and electric for fridge and oven. I still had internet by satellite. Very doable and an incredibly healthy lifestyle.
Farm site between Wood lake and Echo MN. 4br 7.7 acres, 3 modern electric out buildings, 3,000 hardwoods. 70's home, New roof, New Furnace, new Sump pump system. New Toilet. Ask for a $175,000 close. Best Offer . very private location , hid By 4000 hardwoods Call for Text and to qualify for view. 507 530 4088
I was born and raised in Graham Co. in WNC been in California since I was 15 and I'm 44 now. I'm coming home soon and can't wait. Cheers from Bay Area.
Your video is so peaceful. Thanks for taking us with you!
This is my dream just to live in a farm house on some amazing land omg im so thankful for you guy's channel ❤
Pure Love do u have Facebook so we can talk im single from Michigan im interested to get to know you
@@Giandoni123 what's your Facebook?
Pure Love Gani doni you will see my arm at the profile
The industrial revolution reshaped the country. It drove the "country to town" migration. I think your generation has the opportunity to reverse or at least mitigate that. Look at you guys, with all the resources of the Net, living in the country. Goats and a minivan, on UA-cam. That's it in a nutshell.
You have different expectations for yourselves and your kids than the 9-5 suburban life. God bless your efforts. I think you're laying out the future of the strength of this country.
I used to teach at Virginia Tech and had a two day lecture for my Family Dynamics course on all this. But that was 25 years ago and before the Web made so many changes. I think the information revolution will have as big an impact as the industrial rev. did.
Blessings!
Interesting. We often think of the irony of spreading the homesteading word through the format of youtube.
Thanks, Art. I think about these kind of things also. This is the end of the old family farms (as we knew them). I feel there is a revival of farming happening now, less stressful in some ways, some things a lot easier than the old days. Growing and selling or trading is a good thing and keeps the community more in touch with each other.
Thanks-People are moving into urban and suburban areas and are getting sick physically & Mentally without any connection to smaller, rural community, farm land areas. God Bless.
I found this video just today. A word on a lot of those abandoned farms----a lot of families do not want to sell them. Experience talking! I found many abandoned homes and contacted the owners in an attempt to purchase it. Nope. Families do not want to sell.
I find these old houses super cute! I want to own a farm for sure when Im older. I never really cared for the city and I hope people still want to live there when I can buy things on my own!
Absolutely Amazing Finds!! I hope every one of them find forever families. The closer to nature we all are, the better life can be. (We believe)
It’s hard work, but so rewarding. We believe we are healthier and happier when we are on our off grid property. Working to retire there in just a couple of years.
Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful video.
Have a Blessed Week
I live in Maine and there are a lot of wild turkeys here you see them everywhere on the back roads thank you for sharing and love your channel ..
I live in the Texas Panhandle and every time I drive by an old abandoned ranch house I think that was somebody's pride and joy at one point in time.
Art, I just saw your video on old farmhouses and properties. Even though I am 73 years old, and grew up in New York City (now living in South Florida) I believe I am still physically and mentally fit, to be able to live on country land and even raise some chickens, if nothing else. I keep watching these videos of the "country life" and I would be very thankful to be able to live that way. Keep making those videos Art, you are such an inspiration to us "old folks". Joe
the original family members died off and the children moved to town. everyone wants this life few want to work hard enough to make a go of it.
totally agree
If I could be my own boss, work on my own farm and make enough money to provide for my family (health insurance,college savings etc.) I would be more than happy doing the hard work...heck, I already do while working 2 jobs for employers. So why not do it for myself.
a person can live on a farm without actually farming ,, its just to find the right person that is not greedy and will let you live on that abandoned farm ,,
+soaringtractor -I agree and that's the main reason why I'm not doing it. Big Agriculture rules the day.
you can live as a small farmer ,, just cant get rich doing it ,, pay the bills and have an extra little bit for fun ,, it beats living in the city with all that noise and those bad neighbors , the type that have a dog that barks for hrs on end , the type that loves loud music exactly at the time when you want some peace and relaxation ,, get it , see my point ,,
If I could afford it I’d buy it in a heartbeat!! My dream is getting out of Nj and moving back to NC or TN close to my family with a couple of acres to take care of!!!
Thanks for the inspirational video! I've been fantasizing that such rural properties might be out there, so I loved hearing your words. Maybe I'll be able to get myself into a situation where that is within reach.
Thanks again!
Your new subscriber,
Lou
Hi Lou! Thanks for watching.
Art and Bri, I actually got teary eyed watching this wonderful video of your obvious passion and love for home, family, culture, animals, etc....
Here in Missouri there are some farms like this in the Ozarks where employment is minimual, the property is not conducive to intensive farming, and the properties are located miles away from shopping, medical care and other opportunities. It takes a special mentality to love living where the grid ends.
Agreed.
This is how I was raised with my gramma.....would love to have a lease for my life, I do planting at my home ...not to a large scale....but wouldn’t it be nice to grow your family’s food and also help feed the starving. And if you could get family help...go bigger. This would be a dream come true.
I live in the country here in southern Idaho and I get that same feeling you do when I pull up to our place. I hope that this vlog gets people out there and buy or lease some property 👍🏻
Home sweet home.
I would LOVE an abandoned farm, but where do you look? Also, my husband is in school to become an electrical engineer and it seems that most jobs for that, are in the city. I've been doing so much research, but the commute time from country land to city, seems to be our dilemma. Hubby doesn't want to be a "farmer".
Corrina we live 31 miles from our state capital in Idaho and it's not bad at all here. I do the farming and work in a smaller city next to Boise but the commute isn't bad at all it gives me thinking time. Maybe you could find a homestead and take a tour with your family so your husband could see how it is and see the look on your face when it lights up might just change his mind. If he isn't wanting to farm then reassure him that he doesn't have to. You never know, good luck.
Are you volunteering for me to come see your homestead? ;-P Thanks for the feedback
I live in a rural area and decide to make the sacrifice for my family to work during the week in a nearby city and commute home on weekends. Slowly built a 80 acre ranch from the ground up paying as I went. It took 15 years and am now retired in beautiful Central Oregon. I saved and paid $11,000 for the original land in 1985.
Back in 1960, one question asked in a local general store of a sleeping hamlet in the northern Adirondacks -- lead to our family buying and loving an old family homestead that had sat empty for several years. The house -- 20 rooms -- needed renovation but was solid and weather tight. The original portion was built in the 1860's with a large Victorian extension added on later. There was a cooler naturally cooled by the spring run off collected underneath in a cavernous stone room and then frozen solid by the 30-40 below zero temperatures in the winter, garages, and a newer (70 or so years old lolol) horse/hay barn -- acres of hay fields and fenced pastures, several acres of Christmas trees, a wood lot, and 2 small orchards. The older farmer had no intentions of selling it -- it was his mother's house -- but when my mother asked that question to him -- "Do you know of any houses for sale?" -- they just clicked. He was over joyed that a young family brought the property back to life -- that sheep, horses, and eventually grass fed beef cattle thrived -- but could not understand why my mother refused to raise chickens (she thought of them as dirty. If only she had seen Justin's videos lololol). He shared his extensive knowledge with us (he used a crushed garlic rub, lavender soap baths with a vinegar rinse to get rid of the spring time lice on his goats and advised us to do the same to our sheep after they were sheared in the spring). He and the other smaller farmers around us welcomed us into their community and showed us what a real community was -- where everyone chipped in to help someone who had suffered a devastating loss (like one farmer who lost most of his farm animals to a horrendous barn fire). He was also heartbroken when our house burned down just 10 yrs after we moved in but gathered the community together (once the insurance company gave us the OK) with their tractors and backhoes to pull down the ruins and bury them at the back of the property so we could build our new house on the old foundation. We were not called homesteaders back then -- just crazy city people lolol -- but it is a lifestyle I only wish my own children and their children could experience. But like in your area -- up home has seen decades of the younger generation exiting stage right due to the lack of good paying jobs ( heck -- I joined the Army after college -- thus my name -- Combat Boot Wearing Mama lolololol) -- and the older generation is just trying to hold on by their finger tips. Recently, there has been an influx of artists bringing new life to the area but they seem to be concentrated around the larger towns that draw tourists -- leaving the sleepy hamlets surrounding it slowly decaying. There is a future up home for young families -- just like in your area -- if only they ask the right questions..
Cbw Mama wow!! what a dream you are living. thx for sharing your story.
Great story. Thanks for sharing all the details and your passion.
Actually the dream ended in 1979 when my Dad's company transferred him to Iran -- he was held captive during the revolution -- escaped -- came home -- to be forced to sell the farm because the company moved his job 100 miles away. The house and land have been sold 2 or 3 times since then -- and from what I can see on Google maps -- pastures over grown with trees -- land subdivided off -- the only thing that reminds you of it being a farm is the huge asparagus plot behind the garage.
This earth is not our forever home as we are only passing through ! But the best way to live here is to be on a farm and raise your family and animals. It’s wonderful! God bless.
shared it people's abandoned Farm in cuz that's what we're surviving if there ain't no it if there ain't going to be any more farms around then we don't have nothing no more you won't have food we don't have nothing rest of my biggest that is my biggest prayer to get good Farmers together
There are dozens of glorious old "New Englander" farm houses in our area that are abandoned. Many of these are 2 story, 1800-1850 construction. Nice scaled back Victorian, basically with a kitchen ell. I always hope to see someone buy them and bring them back to life. Unfortunately, someone will probably buy them... and put in a cul-de-sac
where id like to check it out
You do have a treasure. You have been blessed...
We are desperately.looking for a farm or off grid place to homestead and do a farm to table. Unfortunately we are on the west coast and it just isn't available here. May be time to shock those pioneer ancestors and go east. As my grandma once said "when the men came back from ww2 they knew the farming days were over" Time to reconnect with the land
There is vacant Land and farms near Alturas Ca. We just bought 20 acres there.
@@EvaWright thank you! Good to know!
There is definitely a revival in small family farms and self sufficiency. This is a positive direction for America.
OMG how timely your video is for me. Been dying to get down to TN to view land and my BF says the best way is to just drive around like you did. Thank you so much for the information and video. Oh and your two little ones are adorable!
Wow. I can really tell this is filmed in the mountains of NC.
Glad you're still young enough to enjoy your lifestyle. I always wanted to do something like that, but now that I can afford it, I'm too old to work the land ... whuddaya gonna do?
Team up with some young folks who need your resources and wisdom. Just an idea.
Dear God,
Please can you take all the properties away from all the bank's and give them all back to people for free 💖
This way everyone else can have a Good Home and Good property 💖👍
Thank You God 👍🍯💖
Amen 👍🍯💖
Please!
You have to be willing to work and pay for what you get. I'm a Christian, but I believe in earning and paying for what you have.
Those properties belong to the banks because people tried to buy more than they could pay for, and lost the property. The banks more often than not lose money--a lot of money--on the properties they have in their sole possession, so you want to ask God for them to lose even more?
What angeni wells asked is exactly what is going to happen.
@@42lookc Right people get what they can't to pay
Amen
where I live there are ALOT of abandoned farms. unfortunately, most of the time the owners refuse to sell or even rent the places out. it's very rare to find someone that will sell or rent.
Loved this! Every time we spot an old abandoned house, I always have to pull the car over and take a picture. Because around here, old houses get bulldozed far too frequently and then that's just one less glimpse into the past. We were fortunate to find our old farmhouse when we did- it had only been empty for a couple of years, but the roof was in need of serious repair (basketball sized holes in part of it), and it wouldn't have been long before the rest of the house would have been just as bad. Old houses and farms are indeed a treasure! I just wish more people could see that.
Discovered your channel a few minutes ago and instantly recognized the area you were driving through as Western North Carolina! My wife and I are planning on moving back home (to our much beloved South Carolina) from Maryland in the summer of this year and establishing our Forever Home. As much as we love the area you live in we simply can't justify living there due to North Carolina taxes. As retirees we simply can't afford to live there anymore than we can continue to afford to live in the only state that taxes God for making it rain I hope the best for you and yours and will be subscribing to your channel in just a minute!
Thanks.
Two words: tobacco farming - that is the reason for all the abandoned properties. Once "backer" farming went on the decline, people lost their income and moved on. At least that is the case for Madison County, though there is a huge rise in back-to-the-landers and property prices are rising.
Someone owns them, usually a grandchild of the original owner, and they have no desire to do anything to the land. "Land rich" ☺️
Love seeing all the old properties!!
Wild Roots well they should grow weed now
Yeah, someone with no clue usually owns them and when someone comes asking to buy it, they see dollar signs in their eyes and ask way too much for it. When the buyer refuses, they're left right where they were before: yearly taxes paid on an unused property that few want to buy. Land in rural areas is not the same value as land in urban areas. Rural areas tend to lack a lot of amenities found in urban areas, like job availability.
Here I am dreaming on a farm house and people just abandoning their farm houses 🏡
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I know the area and used to know some of the folks who used to own some of those homes. The river always brings back the memories. Memories of farmland and tall tales. Storytelling like the farmsteads are both almost a memory now.
It's a SHAME that so many homes are rotting and so many homeless people it dont make any sense. When are we going to have a government that really cares for the people or at least the less fortunate.
One side benefit to the world about abandoned farms is that they are being overgrown with trees.
Nobody really considers this form of passive reforestation in many areas.
I would LOVE to move down there... I want to sell this BIG 6 bedroom 3 full bathroom house... I'm retired and some what handicapped due to a motorcycle wreck back in 2012... But with ATV and a mid sized tractor I could do a lot... I haven't worked on a farm since I was 16 but I grew up working the land with my grandfather in the summer time in N/W Missouri... Then my folks dragged me back up here to Wisconsin when school started every year... I REALLY DISLIKE Wisconsin it's just to cold. And since the wreck the cold weather REALLY hurts me... I've tried to move away from here my whole adult life, but I had a good paying job when I wasn't laid off from it... Every time we planed on moving back to Missouri when I was laid off they'd call me back... And now my wife is to young to retire with me and our grandkids are here so she's pretty well set on staying here... I told her we'd just move the kids and grandkids down with us... LOL...
The only thing I got really holding me here besides my wife is the biker church I helped start back in 2008 and my addiction recovery groups I've started and been work with since 2002 but I've got other people running them now since I've been laid up BC of the wreck... But I'm getting where I can walk again pretty good now...
Okay I'll shut up now I'm just rambling... LOL,LOL,LOL...
Sounds like you have a lot to stay for. Biker church. Would like to see that. Some of my friends have been involved with a local one here.
You are exactly where God himself created you to be right now, friend....I retired from working for a Harley Davidson dealership and I will be the first person who is to say that it's been the most exciting and rewarding employment in all the years...the brotherhood and bond that exsists inside of a common love for riding with others IS something most people who have never witnessed . Like I said, God has put you right where He needs you most and may you find comfort in knowing that your sacrifice hasn't been forgotten by the Almighty...Take care brother and friends may the Lord's blessings be upon you.
I enjoyed the ramble. You seem like a cool dude to have started a biker church and addiction recovery groups. Best to you and your wife, and good luck. Maybe the kids and grandkids will all wanna transplant somewhere more southerly!
I'll say a little prayer that you get back to where you're meant to be.
Love youre story,
Dont lose faith!
That's exactly the dream home we always dreamt of. We are currently homeless staying temporarily with family in a tiny one bedroom. My 13 year old daughter and 11 year old boy yearn for their own rooms. we are eternally grateful for a warm place to sleep and to have a roof over our heads the idea of a remote ranch that we can build for our future is magnificent. A ranch its I imagine, almost a living thing that you mold and expand upon as time goes on. To pass on the legacy for generations. Goodluck and thank you for instilling hope and rejuvenation of that dream .
so are you guy's living situation different now?
You're lucky! I wish my husband and I had even that!
Thank you ART for sharing your video, 🐔🐓🐥🐔🐓🐥🐐🌱🎥👍👍👍
Oh its coming back, even if in small numbers..were trying to get out of the city and live an amazing life in the county,working off our land! Goals!
I love that kind of life.! beautiful farm!
very peaceful ...
I used to work in a grocery store and I really saw only two types of consumers, those who are very caring about what they eat and buy for their families and those who blindly trust a mass market food industry. Those in the latter group are typically taking more than 3 types of pharmaceuticals to “improve” their health. And they are becoming more infirm by the day. The farm life MUST return for the health of the next generation. Healthy grown nutritious food makes healthy babies mentally, emotionally and physically. But this involves a lifestyle revolution. The laser focused will of a couple who vow to love, cherish and grow a lot... together. 🙂
.....Lot harder to find than one might think. Lol ✌
I agree Cassity!
Medication weakens the people. It part is population control!
Meditate, don't medicate
Cassity, you are so right! Just left the medical profession working with the elderly in a "physical rehab" unit. They're sick and ruined from wrong nutrition and pharmaceuticals. But they won't listen!!! They want someone else to fix them, they want a pill & are angry pills don't cure them. It is too late & they are SO stubborn. Obesity is going to crash our health care system, we are all paying for their bad choices. I'm studying Organic Farming now...did you know it's hard for plants to grow in soil that's filled with pesticides? What are we eating if the poor plant can barely grow as it is? Feels good to get this off my chest!
Thanks so much for doing all that you do. You definitely didn't have to do this but you did and this is why more and more blessings and gifts will continue to come to you in one way or another. ME AND MY FAMILY are all grateful to you and yours. Please keep doing what your doing... Thanks again,
~Ray
Probably like alot of old country houses around here where the old people died off and the kids won't sell it but also won't live in or rent out the house, so it sits empty for years finally falling in for lack of care.
Art Here in NW IOWA the "abandoned" farms are snapped up by ever larger farms so we have fewer but larger farms every year. The old farmsteads are bulldozed to add a few more acres to the tillable. Established trees are pushed into a pile and burned, Fences are removed, pasture land is drained and plowed up. The same things are happening as there but with different results. I live on the farmstead established by my great-grandparents and so have deep roots, but I would love to live where there are trees and hills, and a less trying climate. The land here has been valued far above it's ability to pay for itself, and is being bought by speculators who expect that the price of land will continue to increase. It is almost all highly productive land. The small towns are dying due to the lack of children; the average age of "farmers" is about 59 years. There are few job prospects so the few remaining young folks move away. I am a retired and broken-down old farmer myself and none of my family can afford to continue when the cost of the land is so high that they can't compete with the older established farmers. I am one generation out from the last generation that could expect to be able to continue, My family farm is now being split into small inheritances, none of which can be expected to support anyone, and to valuable to keep. About the only things left here are medical jobs to take care of our ever smaller aging population, and huge business concerns that support the current farmers. Technology has advanced so that fewer operators are needed to farm vast tracts of farmland. I would love to live in an area of trees and hills and I have all the skills and knowledge but my kids/grand kids need to make a living. the current political climate supports continuation and an acceleration of these policies that make this possible. The current 1% will soon b the 1/2% then 1/4% where will it break down? What will become of the next generations?
Echo Grove Farm the, Consoer Homestead yeah I hear you on the old farmsteads getting eaten up. my grandparents had a dairy farm in SE minnesota and just after the got all new equipment he had to shut down cause he couldn't keep up with the mega dairies to keep money in his pocket. that farm has been in his family for generations, and all the farm land arround him is getting bought up buy housing development, but he's holding onto his land. 😟 125 acres and he can't make money these days how sad.
echo grove.. it really pisses me off when these farmers rip down 300 year old trees for subsidized corn and soy beans..
This is exactly the lifestyle I want. Just have to convince my husband to uproot! I live in central VA and although I've lived here my whole life, it does not feel like home. People are not friendly here.
Amazing video, Art !!
Fantastic video. Thanks for making and sharing this. Wishing you and your family all the best.
Thank you so much for taking your time on letting the world know of how you feel about abandoned houses. I am looking for a little piece of heaven just like the one you have.I live in NYC but my mind of a farm boy never goes away. Again, Thank you so much.
if I could get internet cable out there, I would move out there. Never lease anything though; always buy!
satellite cable and internet has worked well for me
I wouldn't need anything like most people do. If I knew how to go about owning an abandoned property I'd make it mine and live out the rest of my days the way people use to, without technology. I actually hate technology. But I'm disabled and hard for people like myself to become owners of properties. Pretty sad in thought. I'd think disabled people could own properties as long as they could remodel as best they could to make something like good again and take care of the land. But too many people worry about credit scores. And abandoned homes stay abandoned...
I have done a few lease options, you need to understand them. Never say don’t this is a good option for those who can’t come up with a huge DP or have the credit to purchase.
Are you looking for a partner?
Yea that house in the thumbnail is so far back in the sticks we have to pipe in the sunlight.
Check the water in the 'wonderful stream' first. That might be why no one lives there.
There are many possible reasons why the farm has been abandoned.
Buyer Beware.
Why would someone drink out of a stream? Leave that for the cows. There should be a well and a septic tank somewhere. Maybe the well point is stopped up. If so, shoot a .22 rifle down the well once or twice.
I want to do this! I just feel like I am so young, I am so broke, and I have literally no idea where to start. 😭
Places like this are just what I'm looking for. Thanks!
You've done well and your seeing things clearly in my opinion. Many people wouldn't like it cos there's no one to show off to or on a more positive note aspire to. But hey why not be yourself and just live your one precious life with your family in peace! Ps homeless people take note if you see this. Leave the drugs behind and start again. You owe them nothing!
another reason there shouldn't be any homelessness...
Well, I mean, you can't just Give these properties to people. They're not owned by the state, but by these older people, or banks if they've been foreclosed on. And if some of these older farmers are unwilling to Sell these
properties, they Sure As Heck would be resistant to just Giving them
away. People living there Still have to be able to have Some type of sufficient income to be able to pay water and utilities, and property taxes and such. We aren't a socialist society, as sad as it can be to see the state of some of these small farms, that's just not the way it works, you know?
Or hungry. Agreed.
No, the control society needs to end. This planet was given human beings so that all we would need would be provided by the land, not controlled by alien states.
Laurie Flood agreed i am half native american but lets be honest the land gave back what you gave in the old days people like mountain and men and native americans were expert trappers and hunters but todays society couldn't trap a snail with a saltshaker they are too dependent on modern conveniences like stores and such
Not all, some of us learned to trap and hunt as part of living. Have no use for so called modern society. Internet is about the best thing about it. Other than the convenience of being able to buy somethings needed and real news, try to stay clear of so called modern society.
Thanks so much for sharing 💖 From Texas. Where are theses farms at? God bless you always brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus name amen
I wonder if it's because of an empty nest, that houses are abandoned. When the children are gone, there is nothing left but the walls to talk to or yell at. That's when it's time to find a different plan. Farming is for the young. So sad.
It was great to look at all those places ,but at the end of your video &u said it was getting cold ,well, that capped it for me a true born southern,,,
YOUR DEMEANOR SAYS MUCH ABOUT COUNTRY LIVING. YOU ARE A GENTLE PERSON WHO APPRECIATES THE SIMPLE THINGS THAT GOD GAVE US. I SUBSCRIBED. I AM LOOKING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN PENN. NEAR GRAND CANYON, BLUE RIDGE, PERHAPS.
Ya i agree lots of small slices of land arenjust sitting but being young and broke i cant really afford to buy land lol
crumb9cheese maybe you could rent it?
I live on my parents land for free so maybe one day
Hey bud look into adverse repossession! You can get land and a house for free. Or even look into sherrif sales or foreclosed homes. I have gotten houses in good shape for 1500 bucks.
You COULD offer to take over the use of someone else's abandoned farmland or just a vegetable garden, and offer to pay them in produce, as nature usually provides generously for anyone who takes good, loving care of it...for more than one person or even one family...depending....
My siblings and I have many spread out pieces of land and I personally would let anyone make it produce in exchange for food from it when we go on vacation. Just waiting for us to divide all those properties in order to start offering it to young, aspiring farmers...on that basis
This us exactly what I want.
Who now owns the abandoned farms then - the Banks / Finance companies??
if they do then that will give a hint as to the *cause and effect modus operandii* right there
Possibly the city/county/state/federal government, warren buffett, oil companies, sometimes billionaires, etc. Abandoned doesn't mean free living.
@@livewire3449 Depends where it is. Believe it or not there is still open land in some places. Lived on it for awhile.
This man is bless to be able to enjoy such peaceful place.,
We've been shopping in the Asheville area and surrounding counties for almost a year. It seems like those abandoned farms aren't on the market, or you have to know the right people because the families don't list them on MLS. I dream of living in an old farmhouse, but it looks like we're going to have to just buy the land and build from scratch. I do feel very fortunate that that is an option for us, too!