by DUST on JULY 29, 2011 - 20 Comments in I AM OFF GRID AND I WANT OTHERS TO JOIN ME
Virginia Commune
by DUST on JULY 29, 2011 - 20 Comments in I AM OFF GRID AND I WANT OTHERS TO JOIN ME
by DUST on JULY 29, 2011 - 20 Comments in I AM OFF GRID AND I WANT OTHERS TO JOIN ME
My female farmer friend sam has started an intentional community in the rolling countryside of Southside Virginia amidst amish farms…very rural…has 84 acres…nearby creek to cool off…large not quite finished cabin and a sharecropper’s shack and a pop-up trailer and an old house used mainly for storage…it’s rough and tumble…not quite primitive…going off-grid one sector at a time…just started hooking up some solar panels…John (GoldMiningGuy) is renovating a shorty schoolbus as living acommodations…there is phone and internet and right now limited electricity…oh, and a well. Sam needs folks who are doers and not dreamers who just talk…especially needs help getting the gardens back up and running as she has buyers for some specialty crops like sunchokes but doesn’t have the help right now. She even splits profits on the crops but it takes work to git’er done. She needs 15 hours a week of real work (helping in the gardens and feeding & watering the critters…the donkeys are a hoot) in exchange for a place to live and some food…if you have some income that’d be best if you’d like to partake of phone and internet and electricity until they’re off grid powered…she has side businesses on eBay and etsy and flea market selling…do you have anything like that too??…also has chickens and donkeys and a rescue horse named Penny. Secluded and very rural. Nearby town of 35,000 has Walmart (uugghh) and Lowes and Tractor Supply and more. Not much job opportunity here. An RVer would fit in great if it’s not too big. Have had 16 people in the last 2 years, most all slowly drift away to the big city lights so prefer no one under 25…just haven’t seen any commitment in that age group…older even better!!!!!
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Can I first off say I’m sorry to hear that you have had such a bad experience with young people. I am myself under 25 and I unfortunately have to agree with you in a lot of ways. There are plenty of people I know my age just drifting through life and if there’s a challenge they are no where to be seen. I myself have grown up in the countryside and have worked in various areas of work. My most recent farm work was in Australia working 12-16 hours a day 6 days a week and I loved it. The openness of the land and the lack of restriction that the city gives. In my view I feel a sense of being almost strangled by cities.
I hope you don’t lose faith entirely on the youth but I 100% see where you get your viewpoint.
Regards,
Jay
hi sam,
my name is steve. i am very interested in what u are doing. i would love to talk to u bout becoming part of ur community. if at all possible can u please email me at delfarmer74@hotmail.com.
thank u, steve
I would like more information about your commune. I have a bit of a green thumb and am a fast learner with most things. You can contact me at michellescion@gmail.com. Thanks!
Please email me. chadnn@yahoo.com
57yo ex navy
all around mechanic,washers,dryers,refrigerators,pumps,ac,heating,piping,plumbing,brazing,fix computers,electrical,etc.
Actually not much I cannot fix with info and the parts(can make those too)
Looking for a community of off grid individuals who can use my talents and the fact I get up everyday(over 40years) at 5am rain,shine, snow and do what has to be done(even if I do not like doing it),into solar,wind,small scale hydro power.
walter-send me an email with your contact info…where are you now and what are you doing?? Chad-did you get with sandra at the farm yet??
mike
sorry I thought the email would show up when entered in the box
matapeake@msn.com
thx…mike
I live in Raleigh and was thinking I would like to visit a farm or intentional community next year. I could offer labor in exchange for lodging. I would be interested in this type of arrangement long-term later, but have to visit first. I can garden, cook, do web pages, and freelance write and online teach. Please send me more information. Thanks.
I am very interested in this. I can fish, hunt, craft and build various things, i’m a very artistic sort and i’m a hard working person, and this is my dream. I am a survivalist and have spent numerous nights in the woods foraging, scavenging, and improvising. I’m a talented sort of person and am willing to do whatever it takes to live off grid. Email: alex.sexton96@hotmail.com
hi there, i would live to speak you you at some point. i am in kalamazoo mi. and looking to go ‘off-grid’ by spring, in a warmer climate. maybe ky or u-r state , been there before, very nice. i live off-grid 6 months out of the year now. i am 46, a hard worker with a lot of skills. look 4-word to hearing from you. thanks -ron
hi first i must say i agree with you Jay most young people are like that. i myself are also under 25 and i too feel constricted by the big city, i dont see the big attraction to it, too clustered. if youre still looking i am a good farm hand. ive worked on a family farm throughout my childhood so im a pretty good handyman and have worked in barns with horses and cattle. i also have some building experience as well as gardening and crop tending. if your interested please email me at joebreece1994@gmail.com
WE are interested in your community! could you email us at weplay3or4@gmail.com PLEASE!
copied our profile info below…
23/27 year old married couple. Both with 3 years of college education.
We have been together 5 years. We have a 3 year old son who is our absolute world.
Erica has worked for the family furniture business for the last 5 years. Josh was raised in the country grew up working on his teachers farms to make money. Josh served in the Air Force 2003-2006 as a military police officer. After the military he has dedicated his time to college horticulture classes and environmental science.
We do not claim any specific religion. We do not close the door to the idea but still remain open to science views. Therefore, we welcome all people of religions that are non violent. We very much respect everyone’s right to practice their own religion peacefully.
Our Ideal OTGC would be an Organic based farming, horticulture, and eco friendly energy production. Possibly explore financial endeavors in selling organic produce or products only as a means to support the OTGC.
The “GOAL” of the community would be self sustaining and supporting of the entire community as a family.
Grow Organic And Live free!
Life to us is not about how many rooms we have in our house or how much we paid for our car… as it is to appreciate our Bodies and the Earth from which we came from and return too.
In layman’s term short and sweet…. Beautifully located OTGC, self sustained community, lots of work, lots of social activities without the overwhelming rat race of society…
There’s obviously a tremendous amount of planning that needs to be outlined… that’s where we are open to suggestions ideas… to help lay out a OTGC that would work for other like minded people.
How do we contact you? Me and the Mrs. are in our mid20s and hate this dreadful city and all it’s illusions. We are ready, willing and able.
(not a valid email and obviously not our site)
Please e-mail me. I live in virginia beach. I need to get out of here, its too much stress for me. I love being outdoors, I love working. I am not a slacker. Im extremely intersted, Please e-mail me @ joshuabarnardj@aim.com
Hi my name is jon, I am 20 but that doesnt mean im like all the young you’ve had in th past. i’ve moved past my ignorance and am still leaveing it in the dust. i want a real life off-grid with like-minded people. i love learning(especially about nature and living off the land) I will put effort in and will help you with anything. I’m not just looking for a place to stay i want somewhere to live and this is perfect. if i have to ill set up a debris shelter on the land nearby(just want to be close to nice nature love friends) please send me an email and we can talk about our views and you can get to know me, and that i will be a productive member of society there. i hope your not turned away just cause my age, my mind is far past my body. i have never had trouble with anyone and i try to see everyones side of the story. Please reply soon i’ve messeged many communes but yours looks the best in my eyes and i want to join.
Keep it going guys, I will be there for a while once I finish my Doctorate in Psychology. Much love, and keep your heads up. I have my own camper and have TONS of agricultural experience, along with many survival skills to pass along. Keep up the good fight.
I’m a healthy farm raised 60 year old who would like to come and see you. Please send email so we can make arrangements if that’s ok.
Please, do not come to Va. There are no Amish here and the shack he speaks of is either tobacco or smoke house. Sharecroppers? Oh, we had slaves once. Anyway, you that have lost your jobs and homes, do not come here.
I am very interested! I have a Ph.D. in physics and have just recently been made aware of many free “vacuum-energy-dvices” and alternative techniques for gas engines. Please contact me. Thanks
everything on this site is great !!! i am extremely interested into going off grid (been wanting too ever since i was a kid) i am 24 and well educated, lived in france for 15+ years and graduated over there with a bachelor in design. the reason this sounds so appealing (i dont know if this is still true at the time i write this) is that your still in process of getting everything off the ground, and i definitely love a hard manual job far from a desk and out of the city.
and the fact that you are so close to where i live (roanoke) just makes it that much better. im an extremely easy person to get along with, i work smart and fast and never complain about anything. i am looking forward on hearing back from you because this sounds very enticing, exactly what i was looking for.
keep up the good work and take care.
thank you
-Angelo
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