Thread: Just bought 5.5 acres in kansas...lots of big pictures

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There ought to be a prize winning story here, somewhere. In '39 Steinbeck wrote of the Joads as part of the mass exodus of good midwestern folk that were driven out of their farms by the drought and depression, headed to the better life of SoCal. Now 80 years later here you are reversing the trip, abandoning the life of SoCal for the simple country life of Kansas. All we need is a good first line.........

Welcome home! You're out in the middle of the state around Larned, and there's lots of ground for tornados to choose so you may only use that 'fraidy hole for a root cellar.

I even got the farmall like Green Acres.....
I dont dare try and use the hand crank though....

Seems like alot of people are doing just that ,moving out of the cities and into the country. I have not soo happy in a long time as I was covered in sweat and cutting grass out there for 2 weeks . Seems odd as I have owned a few houses in town before ,but working on them is not the same as having land out of town....maybe thats just me though.




Hey those pictures look like the state alot of those properties end up for some reason ,I actually saw quite a few that had stuff everywhere from being deserted........I guess thats a common theme.

I am getting ready to put a roof on out here ,then will be headed back to Kansas to get the power on and burn alot of the trash there ,cut more grass,only this time with a rider and clean more junk piles,hopefully get them off the property and sold as scrap.

I have talked to a few people now and there seems to be alot of interest in those old planes for some reason.....It looks like I might get all my money back on just the planes,the guy I purchased the place from was right when he said there is enuff stuff out there to get all my money back.Just alot of work involved to do it,but my time is free and I enjoy doing the work for some reason.

Thanks for the goood coments guys,I will keep you up to date on my progress and snap more pictures when I go back,like I said it looks nothing like those pictures now and will look even better after this next round of cleanup !!!!!