Creating an off grid permaculture food forest has been a life long dream of mine.
One if my favorite books growing up was My Side of the Mountain...the story of a young boy who lives in the woods all alone in a hollowed out tree. Tans hides and sews his own clothes from deer skin. Two other favorites were Robinson Caruso, and Swiss Family Robinson.
About 20 years ago, I decided to see if I could find 5 acres I could buy, and try to fulfill that dream a bit, I concentrated my efforts in the central Washington state area as land was still somewhat reasonable there.
My realtor came to me and tells me he found 80 acres for sale. I said, hmm, I don't think I can afford that. He says just make them an offer, all they can do is say no. So, knowing 80 acres at that time was worth at least $80,000.00, and knowing I could only afford about half of that, I told him to offer them 40 grand. I figured that would be the end of that.
A week later he calls me and says congrats, you own 80 acres! I was like.....no way! He says yes way! Wow, I just stole 80 acres! What happened was this was the last parcel of a large ranch that was sold off, the owner was an elderly lady, who at that point simply wanted it sold. She got the offer, they said she did not even look at it, just said take it!
I have been in a love affair with my property ever since. There is something to be said about standing in the middle of your 1/2 mile by 1/4 mile piece of property and knowing you own it.
I did not do much with the property (because of work, and life) for many of those years.
Then as I was finally going to retire from my landscape business at the age of 69, I realized I would have to supplement my income and JustCannabisSeed.com came to be.
This website is what has paid for my well, and everything I have accomplished up there to this point. Now you all can join me as I continue to plant plants, and improve my property to create the off grid utopia I envision.
As we age (I am now 70) I think it becomes vitally important to have interests that keep you enthusiastic, involved, and planning for a better future. Everyone has a passion, and retirement can give you the time to embrace that passion, and bring it to fruition. I get this from my Off Grid permaculture food forest.
You can now join me as I attempt to do just that....should be a fun ride! If your looking for premium cannabis seeds head over to my seedbank...JCS.