I've been looking for a long time for some property to buy for my Moody Girl Farm homestead, and I believe I've found it. I signed a contract on a 1.15 acre property in western central Texas. There's a small older house on it (a fixer-upper), an outhouse, an old well, and a cistern along with city water and sewer and co-op electricity. I signed the contract on November 9th. The hold-up is the survey. The property is in a small town (population 338) and surveys are difficult to get done. Very few properties in town have been surveyed so the surveyor is having trouble finding a starting point. Closing was postponed from December 12th to December 27th (yeah, tomorrow) and now has been postponed until some time in January, the date to be determined. I've been up to see the property several times and I'm so ready to get started fixing it up.
In the meantime, I've begun working on a site plan for where everything will go: the gardens, chickens and bees, and a greenhouse. When I originally composed my Goals in 2011, I wanted 2-3 acres with the idea that I might also have several goats. They're still on my list, but further down now. I suspect the house will take up a lot of my time, trying to get it move-in ready for when I retire, again, in November 2018.
I'll have lots of photos once I close on it. Until then, never surrender, never give up, and may all your dreams come true.
A quick photo from December 7th when we got snow! Big ol' fat snowflakes! We got about 2 inches of snow here in town.
