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Where is the best place online to learn about buying land?

Where is the best place online to learn about buying land?

1. looking to buy land in the U.S. and build an art school & community. 2. looking to buy land outside of the U.S. and do the same. Just wanting to learn about what to look for and some other advice and education on the subject. Thank you in advance. As an investment, I would [...]

Fundraiser tonight for community gardens » Local News » SalemNews.com, Salem, MA

Fundraiser tonight for community gardens »
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SALEM — Salem Community Gardens is hosting an event tonight to raise money to build storage sheds and purchase gardening tools for the local community gardens. The event, called Celebrate the Harvest, is set for 7 p.m. at Pamplemousse on Essex Street. There will be garden-fresh treats, an organic wine tasting and raffles to benefit [...]

What will really happen if marijuana is legalized?

What will really happen if marijuana is legalized?

I was just thinking the other day, if marijuana is legalized, won't that make more farmers to to growing weed in place of other, less lucrative crops like corn, tomatoes, etc? it seems to me that a farmer is going to grow what pays him the most, and if weed is the US's biggest cash [...]

Accessible community garden welcomes walkers, wheelchairs

Accessible community garden welcomes walkers, wheelchairs

Hidden by wild-looking shrubs and trees in an industrial neighbourhood, the Cottonwood and Strathcona gardens have a new addition to get people with mobility issues planting. Seniors and people who use walkers, canes and wheelchairs can now garden alongside other green thumbs at Vancouver’s first accessible community garden at Raymur Avenue and William Street. The [...]

Buying land? – Yahoo! Answers

Buying land? – Yahoo! Answers

Is buying land the same as buying a house? I mean do you have to wait 4-6 months to use it after down payment or is it any faster? I have found some land I want to buy, I don't wanna wait forever to use it after I make a down payment and I know [...]

Community gardens yield benefits for Cascade County

Community gardens yield benefits for Cascade County

Montana’s urban residents are beginning to play a more active role in the state’s harvest season, as community gardens have multiplied in recent years.the plots are minuscule compared to the far-stretching landscape of Montana farms, yet they’re still opening eyes to the emotional ups and downs of going homegrown. Friday’s snow flurries in Great Falls [...]

Rural property to rent in Cumbria?

Rural property to rent in Cumbria?

I am trying to find a rural proprty to rent in North Cumbria. we need either 4 bed, 1 reception or 3 bed, 2 reception room. we would also like about 3-5 acres if possible, although we can cope without the land. we have 3 dogs and a cat, but they are all well behaved [...]

Project NICE brings flowers to Brookfield

Project NICE brings flowers to Brookfield

With the help of more than 100 community and student volunteers, the Brookfield Beautification Commission hopes to brighten up the town with the addition of tulips this spring. at the third Fall Project NICE event Oct. 16, volunteers from the community, Riverside Brookfield High School and other area schools will plant tulip bulbs at Jaycee/Ehlert [...]

Iowa Farmer Today

Archives > Top Stories Thursday, July 6, 2006 11:39 AM CDT Organic farm a model for beginning farmers Wende Elliott holds her 3-year-old daughter, Eleanor, as they walk through a sheep pasture on their farm south of Colo. IFT photos by Gene Lucht      COLO — One agricultural myth says it is impossible to start [...]

Fun mathematical word problem?

A farm is being divided and sold. the farm is 435 acres total. three-fifths of the farm has some wetlands area and sells for 245 an acre. One-third of the farm is buildable ands sells for 450 an acre. the rmaining acreage is prime land and sells for 910 an acre. What is the sale [...]