Larsen Poultry Ranch - homesteading journey

[SageHill]

You'll figure it out. But damn another to leave the state.
TN looks to have a long growing season, real-estate looks way less than CA.

 

[murphysranch]

As an electrician, he will find a good job anywhere!! As long as you're secure with the remote job, then I vote go for it!!

(that said that all my siblings, nephews, nieces and Mother are in Calif)

 

[fuzzi]

Now talking with hubby more seriously about moving out of state. Had some road bumps with the projects we are trying to do to improve the property. We might just focus on building a nice garage and getting as much as we can for the property and sell.

Not sure where we'd go though. I don't want snow, we both want a decent growing zone. I think my job would be ok since its 100% remote, but I don't know how the health insurance would change, it's through my job. Hubby would have to get a new job. He's been an electrician his whole life.

We've got extended family in Florida, Texas, Colorado, Georgia, and Tennessee, friends just moved to Pennsylvania.

So frustrating.

Here's a link to the USDA Planting zone maps:
https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/pages/map-downloads

You can put in your current zip and see what your zone is. The only other state that is snow free is probably Florida, but it's really hot and humid, crowded, and gets hit by hurricanes.

I'm in eastern NC, 8a, and we generally only get one small snowfall a year, but we also can go without snow for a couple years. We have hot and humid summers, short winters, long growing seasons, and occasionally hurricanes. Oh, and a lot of rain, an average of 48" annually.

 

[farmerjan]

Northern Ga has decent weather... next to no snow... pretty up near the southern end of the Appalachians... where the Appalachian trail ends in the mountains... some humidity... NC and SC have more humidity but little snow... as @fuzzi says... again, along the western side more diverse land with the Appalachian mountains...
@Mike CHS is in south central Tenn...been there and a nice area... he can tell you much more about the climate.. they do get frost as will most areas that are near the mountains. Tenn taxes are very "friendly" compared to many states. Va is nice, we do get some snow, especially here in the western part along the Blue Ridge and Appalachian mtns... growing seasons have been changing a little... but last frost date is USUALLY early May, to the end of Sept... but we have been going mid-late Oct for last frost date most years. I usually have about 1 month less growing season than @Mini Horses who is on the southeastern side of Va...
Plenty of building and "growing" in the east... so trades like electrician should be much in demand...
Pa is a beautiful state... very unfriendly taxes.... tends to swing blue.... Va has the bad influences from DC and the northeastern cities... although it is somewhat ag friendly...
If I were to move again... it would probably be to Tenn... along the Va/Ky border area... land prices are decent in comparison... NO state income tax...
Again @Mike CHS could help there... they "rebuilt" their house and moved there to retire...

 

[farmerjan]

Also, forgot to add, PA gets snow... quite a bit... and colder temps. And edited my previous post... bad influences from DC not DS....

 

[Baymule]

East Texas is green for the most part, from flat in southeast Texas to rolling hills as you go north. We get snow, sometimes none, sometimes once or twice, but it’s generally gone in 3 days. @Ridgetop moved to Yantis, just south of Sulphur Springs, a larger town. They had electric work done and the youngest electrician in that area was in his 50’s. There’s certainly room for an electrician to open up his own business. When I lived in Lindale, small town north of Tyler, we used Faithco, electric company and were pleased with their work. Plenty of places to go to work for electricians. I live in Trinity county, to find it on a map, look between Lufkin and Crockett. It’s a very rural county, not much here, and I like it . Most people work in neighboring counties. There are a few electricians here and they stay busy just in Trinity county.
No state income tax. There is property tax and home insurance may be high. I have a double wide mobile home, replacement cost and my home insurance is $2200 per year. It’s high because I’m out in the middle of nowhere and it would probably burn to the ground before the fire department could get here. I was told that if I were in a mobile home park or in town, it would be cheaper. No thanks. I like my dead end road in the middle of nowhere. Also if it were a stick built home, it would be cheaper.

 

[Ridgetop]

Hubby would have to get a new job. He's been an electrician his whole life.

As an electrician, he will find a good job anywhere!! As long as you're secure with the remote job, then I vote go for it!!

Like @Baymule says youngest Electrician in Hopkins County is in 60's. He has more work than he can handle. Texas has gotten more expensive on property prices but northeast Texas is still very rural. No permits needed for building in the county, just in the city limits. Lots of good well water in east Texas.

Can your husband look up requirements to get his Texas contractor's license? He may qualaify to apply for his contractor license now. Otherwise no problem getting work here - Texas is still growing.

Not much snow here, heat you are used to, only difference is humidity in summer months. The humidity is much less in north east Texas, we notice that once south of Waco we can feel the temperature difference! LOL

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

No state income tax. There is property tax and home insurance may be high. I have a double wide mobile home, replacement cost and my home insurance is $2200 per year. It’s high because I’m out in the middle of nowhere and it would probably burn to the ground before the fire department could get here. I was told that if I were in a mobile home park or in town, it would be cheaper. No thanks. I like my dead end road in the middle of nowhere. Also if it were a stick built home, it would be cheaper.

$2,200 insurance is high? And that is for whole thing, including fire??

I'm paying about that much for home insurance now but not including fire. My insurance wouldn't offer a policy for fire insurance. We had to get the fire insurance through the state and I think it was about $2,500 when it renewed this year.

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

Just played around on realtor . com and there's an almost 19 acre parcel for sale in Yantis, just have to haul off the non liveable modular and put a new one on, or build a house. It's got a pond, hubby could be fishing every night. Fenced for cows.

 

[Mini Horses]

Wow. Mine is right at $1500., that's house, contents, emergency housing, 2 barns, all type disaster plus farm liability. But I'm not in a "disaster" location. Does not include flood but, I'm high...like Noah's arc flood is only one I'd suffer from. I'm in VA, SE area.