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More and more men are headed out to the north west. South Dakota is an income tax free state.
For the most part, west of the Mississippi River has more to offer for off grid and "liberty" than east of it.
This view of the USA taken after dark from a satellite is probably the best way of finding areas with elbow room.
I'm sure you could find some cheap land in a market where you could make a living with your skills.
You may even want to look into those "earthship" type of houses and living in a trailer while you slowly
put one of them together as they are designed from top to bottom for "off grid".
On Tennesee: I spent some time in Monteagle and thought it was nice. Locals were friendly. Monteagle is a town in Franklin, Grundy, and Marion counties. Its not terribly far from Atlanta - 161 miles. Its 46.1 miles from Chattanooga, and 90 miles from Chattahoochee National Forest, and its adjacent Cherokee National Forest and Nantahala National Forest, and Great Smoky Mountains National Park. 176 miles from Fontana Village Resort and Marina. Its beautiful country.
One thing about Tennesee, its part of Dixie Alley.
Tennessee averages 18 tornados per year, resulting in an average of 5 fatalities. Counties in a high risk tornado area include Lincoln County, TN, Davidson County, TN and Franklin County, TN. The largest tornado on record occurred on 04/16/1998, measuring a 5 on the Fujita-Pearson scale.
Wild blueberries is about the only thing I miss about the North.
Wild varieties of Vaccinium Cyanococcus are much smaller and tend to have a slightly stronger flavor.
I grow highbush varieties.
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... I really enjoy fresh figs, but here in New England they can be difficult to grow because of the long, cold winters. To combat the deep-freeze time of year, New Englanders often dig their fig trees up each fall, wrap them in burlap, and bury them in a trench covered with mulch for the winter.
I am very active with MOFGA [Maine Organic Farmers / Gardeners Assoc] MOFGA Programs. They originated 'Certified Organic' in 1970 and have led the formation of organic principles decades before the USDA got into with NOP.
I have never heard of anyone digging up figs. In zones 4/5 figs are no longer a 'tree' like they would be in California where I grew up. Here everything above grade dies off, yet the crown survives. Next Spring a new shoot will come up from the crown just like asparagus grows. Each new shoot will typically produce up to 20 fruit. We can grow them in rows a foot apart.
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