Homestead in Missouri

[Mama Dragon]

Hello, Im new to this forum and slightly new to the "lifestyle"

I live in rural Missouri. I'm a college student, studying Art and Theatre officially, but sustainable agriculture and local wildlife off the books. I've been a practicing freegan for 3 years, and a vegan for 5. I've hitchhiked around the midwest, but have never gone too far from home. I like camping and "living off the land".

Recently I got burned by the rural landlord I was renting from. I'm currently couch hopping, trying to get through this school year, but no one will let me keep my rescue animals (I steal chickens from factory farms and rehabilitate them, plus I have a very big dog).

I realized, while rambling through the rural area I live in, that there are hundreds of acres of unused land, BEAUTIFUL land, around here. A quick search through county records found over 3,000 acres owned by private persons living out of state. Many of these areas have abandoned and crumbling historical farmhouses. Why? Why does no one live there? And who will notice if i ignore all their buckshot "no tresspassing" signs?

I discovered the "squatter" movement online while researching the possibility of moving myself into an abandoned farm and fixing it up for me and the critters. Though I'm more of a farmer than a traveler, I think the spirit of freedom is the same.

So I'm looking for a farmhouse. I have several in mind (so if one doesn't work out, Ill just hop into the next one)

That's a pretty lengthy intro, and it may be my only post since i'm a terrible lurker....but Hello everyone! Once I get my farm established, if you ever find yourself in Columbia, MO, look me up! We'll have a bonfire.

 

[compass]

Awesome! Welcome! Hope you can find some useful info on the site. There are some really good folks, but it's a mixed crowd here, so be smart about who you invite to your squats. Good luck!

 

[Apples]

Welcome to StP. I totally support what you're doing. Maybe when you get yourself situated I'll swing by sometime to help out on your farm.

 

[Hollywood]

nice to meet you. you and i seem to share a similar ambition and i agree the spirit of living off the land and traveling are the same. best of luck with your farm!

 

[oldmanLee]

Luck,young one!I had the feeling that eventually someone would start looking in the Empty Quarter,and you sound like you might have one of the best ideas yet.

 

[Smallredbox]

I look forward to seeing your progress on the homestead!

 

[Mama Dragon]

thank you all so much for the warm greeting!

That is very encouraging, and exactly what i needed.

 

[tsoloc]

Whats up mamadragon. We be neighbors. I am just outside columbia in a small town, and I too have been checking out the scenery. I guess message me if you want to chill sometime.

 

[RobHASboots]

Hello, Im new to this forum and slightly new to the "lifestyle"

I live in rural Missouri. I'm a college student, studying Art and Theatre officially, but sustainable agriculture and local wildlife off the books. I've been a practicing freegan for 3 years, and a vegan for 5. I've hitchhiked around the midwest, but have never gone too far from home. I like camping and "living off the land".

Recently I got burned by the rural landlord I was renting from. I'm currently couch hopping, trying to get through this school year, but no one will let me keep my rescue animals (I steal chickens from factory farms and rehabilitate them, plus I have a very big dog).

I realized, while rambling through the rural area I live in, that there are hundreds of acres of unused land, BEAUTIFUL land, around here. A quick search through county records found over 3,000 acres owned by private persons living out of state. Many of these areas have abandoned and crumbling historical farmhouses. Why? Why does no one live there? And who will notice if i ignore all their buckshot "no tresspassing" signs?

I discovered the "squatter" movement online while researching the possibility of moving myself into an abandoned farm and fixing it up for me and the critters. Though I'm more of a farmer than a traveler, I think the spirit of freedom is the same.

So I'm looking for a farmhouse. I have several in mind (so if one doesn't work out, Ill just hop into the next one)

That's a pretty lengthy intro, and it may be my only post since i'm a terrible lurker....but Hello everyone! Once I get my farm established, if you ever find yourself in Columbia, MO, look me up! We'll have a bonfire.

I'd like to learn more...
thinkin about pullin-up stakes, perhaps before winter creeps in. I'd love to head south...
you still around?

 

[RobHASboots]

Hello, Im new to this forum and slightly new to the "lifestyle"

I live in rural Missouri. I'm a college student, studying Art and Theatre officially, but sustainable agriculture and local wildlife off the books. I've been a practicing freegan for 3 years, and a vegan for 5. I've hitchhiked around the midwest, but have never gone too far from home. I like camping and "living off the land".

Recently I got burned by the rural landlord I was renting from. I'm currently couch hopping, trying to get through this school year, but no one will let me keep my rescue animals (I steal chickens from factory farms and rehabilitate them, plus I have a very big dog).

I realized, while rambling through the rural area I live in, that there are hundreds of acres of unused land, BEAUTIFUL land, around here. A quick search through county records found over 3,000 acres owned by private persons living out of state. Many of these areas have abandoned and crumbling historical farmhouses. Why? Why does no one live there? And who will notice if i ignore all their buckshot "no tresspassing" signs?

I discovered the "squatter" movement online while researching the possibility of moving myself into an abandoned farm and fixing it up for me and the critters. Though I'm more of a farmer than a traveler, I think the spirit of freedom is the same.

So I'm looking for a farmhouse. I have several in mind (so if one doesn't work out, Ill just hop into the next one)

That's a pretty lengthy intro, and it may be my only post since i'm a terrible lurker....but Hello everyone! Once I get my farm established, if you ever find yourself in Columbia, MO, look me up! We'll have a bonfire.

hey. do you feel like a mama dragon when you watch chicks hatch? like, they're similar to lil dinosaurs... kinda... no? ok.

 

[Andrea Van Scoyoc]

Welcome and best of luck!

My mother (and so, by extension, me) are a couple of those terrible people who live outside Missouri, but own property, there.

My grandparents left her some farmland and she's 1000 miles from Missouri, in Florida.

But...after 46 years in Florida, she's getting ready to move back "home" to my grandparent's home, which she got after they died.

My brother and I split the farm land we have awaiting us and out of respect to my mother, I'll wait until after she's gone and then take my half and turn what's fallow, into a commune for free spirits.

But...my land isn't in Columbia, it's in Southeast, MO.

 

[Turbo]

Hello mama dragon I will be out in Missouri all this week if you would like to meet up for a bite to eat or go exploring while I'm out there send me a message