The walls were all open /// i would have upgraded it all… i think they would have done most of it themselves (running wire/electrical panel/etc)…maybe get an electrician out there to look it over and finish it…not sure (farm house out in the sticks). End of the day he chose the granite A lot of buyers though will only see those counter tops and that will sell it…as the house burns to the ground because of faulty wiring.
Not a big fan of shiplap…i’ve watched enough fixxer upper to know its the only thing that matters…along with those sliding doors …not a fan of either. My brother (and his family) built a cabin and put a bunch of shiplap up…you can already see the joints shrinking…i didn’t ask, but i really hope the whole vapor barrier thing was done correctly…this is Minnesota where the nights get cold and moisture needs to be dealt with correctly.
I bet all those years ago that guy wondered who would take care of his when he was gone too. We have 3 left standing, I don’t spray them or trim them, I just enjoy the old relics they are and they’ll likely cross pollinate with my orchard trees before they finally succumb to age. I have offspring of all 3 of them grafted but for now I’m enjoying his work.
My kids are very young, I hope in 5-10 years when I have tons of fruit they will eat some and enjoy it enough to at least want to carry the torch when i’m an old man.
I have done the same thing with all my fruit trees. I am glad I am not the only one that has thought to do that.
I had some fruit trees at another house I lived in years ago. I made a map of the trees, no metal tags, for the new owner. One of the first things he did was to tear out all the fruit trees and all my flower beds I had made. I was sick when I saw what he did. I know, his place, he can do what he wants to do with it.
I take refuge in knowing my attitude was shaped by raising excellent children. The trees out back have been carefully thought over, tended seasonally and spoken of highly. Both are testimonies to the man I am becoming, and the good fruit will outlive me in both cases.
One of my sons is a Honeycrisp fan; doesn’t like fruit with “too much” flavor or character. He is in many ways the reverse of his father, who raves about tasting Karmijn de Sonnaville. That’s an apple with flavor that grabs you by the tonsils and doesn’t let go. For that reason I grafted Lamb Abbey Pearmain, which may have a better chance of fruiting well here than KdS, which requires more humidity than obtains in Spokane. Maybe my youngest son will like Court Pendu Rose and Edelborsdorfer if they both fruit here, which are being tried for a variety of reasons, even if they might be milder.
Since KdS seems to require a fair amount of humidity (those I’ve tasted were grown on the bank of Columbia River) I do not consider it worth trying in my very dry spot. Neither will I try Golden Harvey, unless it does supremely well in a spot higher upcountry where I grafted it this season. Suntan (Cox Orange Pippin x Court Pendu Plat) is very tasty - got a sample from Scott Farm, VT last winter. I grafted Lamb Abbey Pearmain last month in hope it proves durable in my conditions. It is Zeke Goodband’s favorite and reputed strongly flavored. Zeke is chief orchardist at Scott Farm.
Oh, and I grafted Brownlee’s Russet next to Golden Harvey because it compares favorably with Ashmead’s Kernel. BR is self fertile, precocious, highly flavored and Nick Botner wrote in Fruit, Nut & Berry Inventory “best of the russets.”
If you’ve ever eaten Goldrush, I have to say KdS has MORE taste than even that. It’s not as hard nor will it keep as long as Goldrush.
My daughter has started finding acorns and other seeds in my grandsons pockets, he is five and has learned that those seeds will grow into plants. I hope he inherits my trees…
Not too much. When I kick off, probably some lady that buys the place will tear them all out and put in new grass so they can mow it each week. Maybe if I was a rare plant collector then yes. But I’m not. I like fruit trees that produce and that usually means standard varieties. I don’t like finicky trees that can’t be wildcrafted with near zero or very low upkeep. My goal is to get fruit to eat and not in rare plant collection.
I do collect lots of things. I’m an archivist, nonprofessional. But I do not collect plants.
i think about this often, I live in a small suburban lot and if all goes well I will eventually move to a more rural location where I can grow more trees. I often wonder if whoever buys my house from me will be delighted by the many trees, native plants, and vegetable garden Ive put in my small space or if they will get rid of it all and replace with sod. I hope they dont, but in the end it wont be up to me, whoever buys it can say they love the trees and cut them down the next day.
Im thinking about putting my land into a trust with some rules about how it is handled, I really want to keep it in my family, with all the work ive put into it. Not sure the best way to do this though, cant really split custody between different parties, and if I have a rule that it cannot be liquidated, it doesnt really hold a cash value. Im not lawyerish so I dont really know how to handle it, Ill have to discuss it with AI probably, get some advice.
as a lawyer, i would highly recommend just working with a trusts and estate attorney. you do not want to mess this up and trusts and estates is a very state specific, complex, language dense, area of law. AI is not trustworthy for this type of thing
If I don’t make any money on the sale of this place before I die, I want my heirs to be able to do so. Placing restrictions on the property will reduce the value. If I’m dead, I won’t care about this property any longer. My $.02
Hopefully we do not need our trees. Like if civil society crashes and burns and we are all standing in line for our wormy crab apples and waiting to bonk a bunny with a club. We will all tell tales of grocery stores and appreciate our luck for having trees.
I will be glad to have the Clark’s crab lol.
Surely better than boiled shoe leather rock soup or unwanted domestic pet stew.
i sort of agree, but i would hate the idea of putting alt this work into a property and then the next person just turning it into a barren wasteland like the rest of the properties around me. They might as well buy one of those
You’re creating what you want on your property (I am too). Maybe the next owner thinks similarly and maybe not.
We never “own” property, we just lease it for a period of time.
If a person is truly altruistic, they can forego any financial gains/advantages for themselves or their heirs I suppose. I am not that person.
FWIW…in the late 1990s, my parents spent in excess of $20K to permanently(?) protect about 60 of the 75 acres I was born and raised on. It did have some historic value for both European and Indigenous people. I won’t go into detail, but since they protected that piece there has been plenty of fighting among the various entities charged with protecting it. At some point, I imagine an interested party with really deep pockets will find a way to go around the current legal protection. Nothing lasts forever
I agree completely. I have been a tenant on this land for 35 years and do to my age can no longer keep up with things.
My kids want nothing to do with the farm so i guess its time to sell it and move on.
Anytime i have had contact with insurance, real eatate people, etc they have always told me that the best value of the farm is bare land. They dont consider the farm business or almost 3000 trees as an asset, probably more like a liability to get rid of.
But thats ok. My 34 acres is subdividable into 10 acre pieces and thats probably all an appraisal will look at. Its fantastic land for growing tree fruit and it may just be that future, smaller farm owners will want to plant a couple acres.
Nope. It is completely wrong to impose crap on descendants and others whether it is personal belongings under a roof or not. As adults we must be responsible for every item we purchase including disposal, and as we all age, there should be period of ‘death cleaning’ well ahead of our expiration date. If there is no disposal plan for a purchase, perhaps the aforementioned purchase or procurement should not take place.
Well, I agree and I disagree. I am the age and financially secure enough, if I want it, I’m gonna buy it and nobody in my family built this orchard up here and Nobody in the family is the least bit interested and that’s just fine. They can just drive by and put a forsale sign on it after I’m gone. I really don’t care Because I’m not gonna do without something I want now just so they will have more money to spend when I’m gone ,That’s just my two cents.
A lot of buyers though will only see those counter tops and that will sell it…as the house burns to the ground because of faulty wiring.