Karen Lee Mack wrote:One lesson I learned early, the hard way, is that unless you signed a buyer agent contract, the agent is ALWAYS working for the seller. Always and by law actually. It is VERY hard to remember that while riding around looking at properties with them if they are at all personable. If they are truly honest, they will remind you of this fact often.
This is exactly why I recommend that folks find their own real estate agent. Someone who will represent them during the sales process and during closing.
By the way, if you are planning to buy land with other folks, I would advise going through a Real Estate Laywer to handle the transaction.
That way the land can be subdivided at the time of the sale. This will save a lot of money in the long run.
Another option would be to go the "Intentional Community" route:
Here is an article by the University of Minnesota that refers to that plant:
Clidemia hirta — which have been shown to contain saponins, the active chemical in soap. Subjects’ hands were swabbed prior to and after washing with each treatment.
Abraham Palma wrote: can be applied outside of agriculture. And this idea gives the freedom to people not good with plants, or who specialize in other tasks (as is likely the case in the urban), to also become part of this family.
Maybe these ideas are somewhat similar to what you have in mind.
This is one I did several years ago about applying permaculture principles in the home:
From what I have learned about permaculture, it is about creating a system that works. ... Some of the ways I use permaculture in my home is to use safe products to clean my house.
I was looking for a topic on "permaculture in the workplace" and found this topic, not about the workplace though just spending one hour a day doing something related to permaculture:
While I have no experience with scoria or other volcanic ash, it seems to me that the toxicity in the building with earthbags would be from breathing in the dust as a person is filling the bags.
Bryant said, " The great proponent of Permaculture, Bill Mollison, stated in his treatise “The aim to create systems that are ecologically sound and Economically Viable” as the prime goal of Permaculture.
Tyler said, "The prime goal of permaculture, as I interpret Bill's words, is not economical, but biological - to restore and return the majority of the planet to wild nature. As a means to that end - but not the end itself - is the need for economically viable permaculture systems.
I bought some plants to experiment with growing plants in water.
I change the water often.
I have found that they need to have some sort of nutrition to be productive.
Of course, compost tea would be best, and using that might require the pump to circulate the water. I don't know since I have not experimented with that.
I have never lived among big ag, so I guess I may be very fortunate in that respect.
When we bought our homestead we were looking for something to get out of the big city. We bought 10 acres that backed up to other 10-acre plots.
Our next property after we sold the homestead was bought in a lakeside community.
Then we decided to live near our daughter and found a smaller plot surrounding 100 unused acres and landlocked.
Now we live in the middle of nowhere. The only commodity is deer.
When I lived in Florida, we were amazed that the grocery store did not sell oranges. We asked and they said to ask next door that those folks had an orchard and would sell us some.
It is that time of year again! Go ahead and have some fun!
Bathtub Party Day encourages us all to skip the ordinary shower and linger in the tub instead. On December 5th, add some suds to the tub and pamper yourself.
For the adults, the benefits of a quiet soak in the tub add up quickly.
A steamy bath during cold and flu season helps to clear our sinuses and improve our oxygen intake. It also increases our circulation.
The warm water reduces inflammation, easing achy joints and sore muscles. It also helps relieve stress.
Dropping temperatures outside mean cold hands and feet, or just a chilled body in general. A soak in a warm tub warms us right up.
Our skin loves the steam from the bath, but be sure to moisturize, too. Add bath oil to your bathwater to gain the most benefit from your Bathtub Party.
Enjoy all the benefits of a Bathtub Party and celebrate with bubbles of all kinds!
As someone who has had a business license or permit, I have seen the list for my county.
Maybe she could have applied for a license to raise worms or collect trash. There might have been several others that fit.
I remember as a kid I remember my parents getting all excited about going into the worm-raising business. This was just a pipe dream for them as they never did get into raising worms.
Both of those are real businesses where I have always lived.
For those interested in starting a worm business here are some threads:
Actually, what the county said was she was running a business without a permit.
Unfortunately, the county does not issue permits for that at the present time.
"Saying that I was running a solid waste processing facility without a permit," she said.
“The Authority currently does not issue permits for food waste composting facilities because we have the capacity to manage food waste in our Renewable Energy Facilities," the spokesperson said.
