B. Line

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I really appreciate all the replies here! Lots to think about and learn for sure.
And just to address the antelope thing, I’d definitely not go shoot one without a tag, i don’t fish without a license, so couldn’t imagine taking a large animal like that without the tag.

I’m really glad I found this website though, it popped up as I was searching around hugelkultur online. Everyone here is helpful so far, I like it. Thank you all. We will be going there late April/early may to probably get a dose of reality that winter is still there at that time of year!
3 years ago

elle sagenev wrote:Have you experienced the wind yet? The ground animals? I'm not sure where you are in Wyoming. I'm in Laramie County. It's an experience. Living here is an experience. I'm interested in what kind of surface or ground water you have set up. Water rights, big deal here. HUGE! At the same time there is a lot of freedom here. It's a type of personality that just minds their bizness.



I think we picked the perfect few days to be there when we looked at the property. Not terribly windy and the weather was nice, was I. Late July if I remember right. I quite honestly was worried the world might take a bad turn and I wanted something that I could call mine and eek out an existence on if I absolutely had to.

It’s outside of Casper, so the loads of antelope I saw there helped seal the deal.

If I’m honest, I think we jumped the gun and bought without doing our due diligence, but it was less than most cars cost, so it’s not like we sunk our life savings into it. So now my plan is to see if it’s something we can work with and decide if the juice is worth the squeeze, in such a harsh climate.
3 years ago
Thanks for the replies, now I’ve got more reading to do. My wife and I will be making a trip there in the spring and I’ve ordered some black locust, honey locust, and hackberry seeds to plant while we’re there, kinda just to see what happens to them to be honest. If they grow, wonderful. If they don’t, seeds are cheap. I’ll be reading up on how to give them their best shot at getting started in the poor soil. We are a few states away currently, so more than a couple trips a year there will be tough for now, but if we can get some movement in the right direction in the next few years it’ll be a big jump start.
3 years ago
Hi all, total newbie here with a piece of land in Wyoming that’s totally been over grazed, wind blown, etc. it’s very silty clay. Won’t be living on it for quite some time if at all, but I’d like to come up with some sort of “10 year plan” to see if we can get anything growing there.

Am I insane to think about throwing a bunch of “wildflower mix” around just to see if any of it takes and could start the process of getting the soil broken up a little and as they grow and die start getting some fungus and little dirt critters going?

Also thinking of burying some logs/sticks/mulch/whatever we can find where we may want a wind break eventually to start breaking down.

Am I nuts?
3 years ago