A LITTLE HELP WANTED.
It's been a couple days now. Although we're finally coming out of the understandable funk losing your farm will render, we're also finding ourselves a couple days closer to having to leave. We have to make a decision soon. Decisions, however, require options and we're writing this in hopes of finding a few more.As hard as it is to ask for help sometimes, we thought it couldn't hurt to see if perhaps one of our dear readers could help. Maybe they have a piece of property not being used, or know someone who'd be willing to owner-finance a few acres––something they don't need and would like to see farmed and farmed lovingly. We hear a lot of stories of small farmers finding their land this way, and thought we'd be bold and go ahead and put it out there...SO, If we had our druthers, things would look like this: We'd love to owner finance / lease-to-own a small piece of property, 5-??? acres, with some kind of water source, tillable land and a small farmhouse. Preferably this place would be within an hour of Lexington, Bowling Green or Louisville. We really like the Danville area, but we would look at just about anything anywhere. Beggars, as the saying goes–––though I prefer the term financially disabled––cannot be choosers. We might be able to borrow enough for a small down payment, if that helps. Again, though, we are considering all ideas, any opportunity, the simplest advice.We have already been presented with a very generous, god-send of an offer, but since it's another piece of land we may never own, we are at least taking a moment to explore some other options. As these friends know, our ultimate goal is to own land, and though we know we'd love it there, we're understandably a little hesitant to get ourselves into another temporary situation.If you have any ideas, any at all, please do not be shy about sending them along. Hannah and I are doing fine, but we're not in the most creative of mind states. Everything is moving slow right now, and we're trying to snap out of the shock, which we must do quickly, but it's hard. Our email is roughdraftfarmstead@gmail.com, if you have any leads or if you would just like to drop a line please feel free. You all will never know how much your flow of support has kept our little boat afloat.- Jesse.