uponroof,
re: "Any images of the farm to share?"
It's not a farm now, of course, except in a tongue in cheek sense. It's farmable. I guess I could call it a "tree farm" since it has a considerable amount of harvestable timber...
I hope I can at least refer to it seriously as "an orchard" within a couple of years. I'll be planting a lot of fruit trees soon after the sale closes.
And perhaps it will be a real farm within six or seven years. It really depends on when I finally move to it.
Why New Hampshire? A veritable perfect storm of reasons. It is consistently rated as the freest state in the nation. It is beautiful, rural and wild. It is cold (I hate heat.) The NH way of life is a good fit with me. The state is affordable. And - a big reason - I have cousins in New England who are Master builders and electricians. That's a huge plus.
The only other places I've given a little thought to are Tennessee and Canada. Canada, in particular... but I was never very serious about either after the first time I visited New Hampshire.
Here's a slideshow of the property - or, at least, of the 18 cleared acres - taken in August. It's pretty long... http://gallery.outel.org/slideshow.php?set_albumName=NH-Large-Property-Aug2011
There are a few pics here that aren't of "my" land - pics of the surrounding area, the town's general store, church, etc.
There are also a number of pictures ON the property showing the pick I'd brought - embedded to its hilt. I got a real kick out of swinging it! It's rare in that part of the country to find land with much dirt. Usually, it's three or four inches of dirt covering rock shelf that spans most of the property. On most undeveloped properties, if you swing a pick, it will fail to go in nine times out of 10. (Take note of the rocky lawn in the final photo, picture #94. That's typical.)
Here's an overhead view...
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