markscastle
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Thoughts and prayers with you brother.Fema is almost ready to clean up my place. I'm planning on moving up the road this year . Might as well make a clean break . The area is stopped to the west from the Ridge and has about an acre before it turns into a canyon and becomes very steep. The easement to my 10 acres runs across the 2.4 acres at the bottom. Dead trees are standing all over and I will be removing them as much as possible . Planning on putting in smart pots along the north side of the upper canyon . Maybe 30 , 500 gallon pots ?
Greetings from Tehama county! After being through hell it’s good to see that you see some light at the end of the tunnel. Sounds like maybe PG&E ponied up. I am guessing you are in Butte County but maybe not. In Tehama county all outdoors growing is prohibited so I have to do my small time thing like we used to back in the 70s When camp Was waging there a war! Greenhouses here are considered outdoors. L O L. Good luck and I think it through. Probably is more money in vegetables!I've been growing mostly indoor and some greenhouse. I might try a winter crop or maybe two of GDP auto if I can get my year round greehouse built. It would be insulated heated and cooled with co2 , lights fans and dehumidifier . Closed system with maybe pollen filtered outside air and muffled exaust as an emegencey backup incase it gets to hot. Veggies in the spring and two crops of cannibis in the winter. That way I'd have fresh crop mid winter and early Spring
Also no neem oil as I can control bugs with the co2.. I'd also use UV circulation to stop any chance of mold . I think I could grow stuff as good or better than what you find in the clubs
All organic as well . Problem is it is expensive to grow this way and I have to be able to get a fair price . I haven't done the overhead figures yet to see about the cost. I'll make my own fertilizer mix myself as always . May raise some chickens and rabbits and make complost and raise earthworms . I'll still need some stuff but I'll buy bulk if that helps . Lights will cost the most to run as I'm staying off grid . Looking into a power system that includes solar and a small diesel generator that would charge the batteries on cloudy days . I would still use a lot of fuel . Heat would be wood fired vented air and the cool air for summer would be vented from pipe 4 foot under ground . As well as the greenhouse would be a lower type over a 6 foot deep floor . This would help keep temps even year round . I'm figureing the cost for a 96×30 insulated greenhose with all the zrimmings to cost around $70,000 +
Love your work Mark. Have some Afkansastan x Talk of Kabul I can’t wait to pop… somedayYep to many big grow operations to make anything on it anymore. Even in the legal market people are going belly up. That doesn't seem to keep some from expanding though. One of the biggest probls in the legal market is the State doesn't have a limit on permits, they just keep on selling them regardless of the market conditions . Prices are so low now and costs keep gping up to grow . Somethings going to happen in the next cpuple years . I think both markets will crash . It's an adjustment just like in the stock market . Consumption is up but to much is being grown . Alot of the stuff that does sell ends up out of state anymore . Even so those prices are down in most markets also . I think in a few years enough peopëe will stop growing for sale or go belly up that prices will become more stable . I don't see anyone getting rich growing but if you know what your doing and have dank you can make a modest income off growing . It's just it takes investing so much more back into it every year also . Costs for everything eats up what little you make . It's also hard work . Easyer to work a 9-5 and you can make more money if you get the right job . I know someone who switched to growing fruits and veggies and did ok last year. They grew a few plants for there own meds is all. I might go that route for a few years . But I'm thinking of doing a homestead . If I can get that going then I won't need to buy fertilizers . I'll be set back up to live mostly off my land so If I don't make that much it won't hurt so bad .
Hey Mark longtime no chat this is Joe from way back early this farmerThis is going to be where I document my adventure on my 10 acres of virgin forest land.I hope to buy a camera soon and will be posting pictures of my efforts. Hope to have a garden in and will put up pics of that as well. I also plan on doing some old school outdoor breeding.
So far I am still working on getting the fallen trees off the road. I had my old saw in the shop over a month now and can`t get all the needed parts so got a newer Husky 350 and picked up a used trash pump while i was there. Water will be one of my first problems to tackle. I`ve been told it has a spring on the upper side of the property and maps show two small creeks in the area but I`m thinking of putting in a water tank on the upper level of the property. If I can`t devert water to it then I`ll need to truck water in to keep it full until I get a well in. But first the road in needs cleaned up and scraped. Later I hope to put some gravel down. The road is about 2 1/4 mile from Forest Service gravel roads and the property is about 4 miles in from the paved road.
I plan on putting in about 48 clones/teens in a raised bed with hoop greenhouse to be built over them along with a vegi garden and maybe some fruit trees this year.I`ll make a pad for my trailor and maybe a cover.An Alaska septic for now is all. I will have a generator for power and maybe a small solor unit for the 12 volt system on the trailor with an inverter for power. This year`s goal will to just have a summer place and come back next year and make it more habitable,maybe year round at some point.
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