'The Rural Life, Small-Town' thread (Raleigh, Wallace: appointed, neighborhoods, high school)

[SunnyKayak]

Some of it just knowledge I have about this state and for instance I had to order 500 pne tree seedlings for my dad's land from the co op since he no longer farmed it to get get tax breaks. It amazing watching them grow about a foot a year. It would make a cool pine forest except the under brush is getting kinda thick. Winter probably be a good time for me tackle that issue. I sale the pine cones from my mom's for the holidays since they are more established for pine cone production.

You can find many things by just google what you are looking for. You will cross useless sites as well.
I know I dont mind searching for what you need to know . I enjoy it and give me a chance to look into areas that I normally would avoid so it kinda exciting

[RuralCoastalGuy]

Originally Posted by SunnyKayak

Some of it just knowledge I have about this state and for instance I had to order 500 pne tree seedlings for my dad's land from the co op since he no longer farmed it to get get tax breaks. It amazing watching them grow about a foot a year. It would make a cool pine forest except the under brush is getting kinda thick. Winter probably be a good time for me tackle that issue. I sale the pine cones from my mom's for the holidays since they are more established for pine cone production.

You can find many things by just google what you are looking for. You will cross useless sites as well.
I know I dont mind searching for what you need to know . I enjoy it and give me a chance to look into areas that I normally would avoid so it kinda exciting

I google for just about anything that interests me, but I always go to NCSU when I want to know about trees and plants @ Planting Trees and Shrubs

[Macrina]

Mikey, m'lad, might it not be be a bit late for ya? Or early, as the case may be...

[RuralCoastalGuy]

Originally Posted by Macrina

Mikey, m'lad, might it not be be a bit late for ya? Or early, as the case may be...

Macrina: You caught me!!!!! We were out sorta late and just couldn't get to sleep so my Wife watched TV and I posted

Even this country air didn't do it last night.

[tnt2nc]

Hi! My husband and I are desperately seeking a town to relocate that is quite rural. We live in an area that is country with lots of farming - animals, crops and sod. It is a 20 minute drive to Walmart. Very recent we had a supermarket move in town which was exciting news. It seems to be a gathering place at times for the locals...especially after church. We are hoping for kind, polite neighbors, but don't want to see them or hear them when we walk out the door. Houses here are spaced out pretty far, with a few acres dividing the majority of them. Most neighbors wave to one another and help each other out, but things are changing and new crowds are moving in. A high school that is about 15 minutes away, same school district, but not our high school, recently had information sent out discussing gangs in the school to be aware of. My daughter is in her junior year and we want to move when she finishes in 2009. I have been looking for work in the Hickory area for my husband and son. Husband runs an auot body shop and son is a mechanic at BMW, but was recruited by Ferrari while in school. There is a Ferrari dealer in Charlotte, but body shops seem to be small and family run so they do not need outside help. Mikey, I think you mentioned St. Stephens. I have also read Chapel Hill and Granite Falls. The process of moving seems to be an almost impossible one - first find a job! but we have to sell our house in order to buy another one and if we find a job and cannot sell, what then??? and while it's a great time to buy a house, it is not a great time to sell. If we switch the process and list the house, sell it and buy one out there without a job, then what happens if we cannot find work (makes my head spin)! So right now we are desperately seeking a good area to look in that is similar to where we live now. Country setting, a few acres of land, close to the mountains rather than the beaches, and hopefully nice neighbors. Thanks for any help in our search & Mikey, thanks for your help in moving my other post.

[RuralCoastalGuy]

Originally Posted by tnt2nc

Hi! My husband and I are desperately seeking a town to relocate that is quite rural. We live in an area that is country with lots of farming - animals, crops and sod. It is a 20 minute drive to Walmart. Very recent we had a supermarket move in town which was exciting news. It seems to be a gathering place at times for the locals...especially after church. We are hoping for kind, polite neighbors, but don't want to see them or hear them when we walk out the door. Houses here are spaced out pretty far, with a few acres dividing the majority of them. Most neighbors wave to one another and help each other out, but things are changing and new crowds are moving in. A high school that is about 15 minutes away, same school district, but not our high school, recently had information sent out discussing gangs in the school to be aware of. My daughter is in her junior year and we want to move when she finishes in 2009. I have been looking for work in the Hickory area for my husband and son. Husband runs an auot body shop and son is a mechanic at BMW, but was recruited by Ferrari while in school. There is a Ferrari dealer in Charlotte, but body shops seem to be small and family run so they do not need outside help. Mikey, I think you mentioned St. Stephens. I have also read Chapel Hill and Granite Falls. The process of moving seems to be an almost impossible one - first find a job! but we have to sell our house in order to buy another one and if we find a job and cannot sell, what then??? and while it's a great time to buy a house, it is not a great time to sell. If we switch the process and list the house, sell it and buy one out there without a job, then what happens if we cannot find work (makes my head spin)! So right now we are desperately seeking a good area to look in that is similar to where we live now. Country setting, a few acres of land, close to the mountains rather than the beaches, and hopefully nice neighbors. Thanks for any help in our search & Mikey, thanks for your help in moving my other post.

tnt2nc:

Try this link to Foreigh Cars Italia in Greensboro, NC:
Foreign Cars Italia | OPEN THE ROAD

Greensboro is very close to the mountains and this is a nice small city. I am certain there are BMW dealerships there too but cannot recall their names

Greensboro has many public parks, some greenways and just enough traffic to keep you on your toes but not cause your blood pressure to rise rapidly. 15 minutes out gets you to the country and in North Greensboro (near the Carolyn Allen Baseball park - 4 fields, picnic area, etc. the country is 5 minutes away.

Someone else must have mentioned St. Stephens as I am unfamiliar with that. I live in an area you described "to a tee" but we are a bit over 1 hour to the beaches and 3-4 hours from the mountains

Perhaps you could sell your home with the option to rent for 90-180 days after closing (that's what we did this past year) and that will give you the money for the down payment on land and home as well as the time to get a home started here in the beautiful North Carolina countryside. I don't know what acreage costs there but it runs about $10,000 to $20,000 per acre in my area...even cheaper as the acreage is enlarged.

Good luck with all your searches and do come back again until all your questions have been answered...after all we country folks are helpful on a continuing basis

[Nims]

Has anyone read any of the (many) volumes of The Foxfire Book? It has a lot of the skills of self-sufficiency and 'way-back-when' before we became such a 'Disposible Nation' and such chasers of The Next New Thing.

[RuralCoastalGuy]

Originally Posted by Nims

Has anyone read any of the (many) volumes of The Foxfire Book? It has a lot of the skills of self-sufficiency and 'way-back-when' before we became such a 'Disposible Nation' and such chasers of The Next New Thing.

Is this something we can access online?

hey, I'm old enough to remember the days before computers, cell phones, digital TVs, cars with "brains"...and when I was a kid we had only black and white TV...ok, there goes my youthful image

[Nims]

Hoping to find some downloaded information from this series, I checked on-line. I didn't find any sizeable excerpts; Amazon (and other used book sellers) offer some copies of these books at low prices (with the now-standard $3.99 S&H). You can buy the 11-volume set for under $150 (plus S&H).

Libraries all over NC must have these books, at least some of the eleven; after all, it was the University of NC which originally published this series, based on skills common in the Appalachians at the time (and in some places, still).

[sunnydelite22]

Hi everybody! Just stumbled in. Looking to move to nc in 2 years from mass. I feel like I died an went to heaven reading thru all the threads. Thank you all your input and warm welcomes.