Our objective was to purchase enough land (3 acres) upon which we could build a handicap accessible home, have a horse (mainly for therapy) and stay close to town where doctors, therapists and friends are located. Other perks would be lots of trees, hills and protective covenants. I also wanted the back of the house to face south so that we could incorporate some passive solar aspects into the design.
After looking, considering and praying for two years we found 76 Sydney Lane. We have 10 acres of rolling hills with hundreds of trees! There are three fairly level fields on the property and a place where a pond could be added later. Sydney Lane runs west to east and our home would be located in the south side of the street (so passive solar is an option). We have the perfect piece of property with the only exception being that it is 20 miles from town.
A friend and I rented a tractor in the spring to repair an erosion problem and we planted about 400lbs of grass seed in the two of the fields (upper and lower) that will be used for horses. The erosion problem is fixed, but the grass seed has not done well and is being choked out by weeds (I have learned that I should have first poisoned the weeds and then waited until we had running water on the property).
The property should be Perk tested (needed for a septic system permit) this week, and I hope we can break ground in the next week or two.
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