It is best to choose the land where it is most fertile, and the climate is suitable. To find out this information, now everything is written on the Internet, where it is best to buy land and at what price. Yes, a friend of mine had land in New Jersey and sold it very dearly. And I bought a new apartment in the city... Recently I came across an article about Angus embryos for sale. And I was stunned when I learned that many farmers now buy animal embryos and grow them on their farms. I've never heard of it. Do many people already raise their own cattle in this way?

In general inhaling something is the worst case, the blood asorbs or can asorb it in the lungs very readily. Also in general the more you heat something and the more you physically break it down the more likely it is to be absorbed. For example, chlorinated water is heated in a hot water tank and then sprayed to a fine mist from a shower head, as you shower you are exposed to chlorine free radicals, in your lungs they are more easily absorbed than drinking a glass of water, due to the physical changes, heat and spraying, they have changed. They are potiental starters of cancer. Hopefully you body finds them and takes care of them, lots of good things you eat help with this, anti - oxidains and the like. Yes, not a good Idea that the chemicals in pt wood leach out, and playground equipment is very obvious, and there are other sources, it may already be in the soil, perhaps. I share every ones concern, believe me I do, you see My now 20 year old son had a very rare bone cancer at age 12, all is very well now, god blessed him, he only had his right leg amputated. I could have and can if I choose lie awake at nite and ask why for a long time, I suspect it was the groth hormones in milk, but there is no proof. so what do we do, wee seek the alternatives, using pt wood where it does not come within a reasonable distance of our vegetables and fruits, being stewards over our land and soils and protecting then and also educating others. How far do we ggo in doing these things? sometimes the choice is yours, other times the choices are made for us by regulating bodies, like if a farm is certified organic, we know certain things, but we do not know all. So fear not and go on and care for the soil, it may be our most presicious resource after the water. remember no ocean, no oxygen. Try to educate others along the way, fight the good fight. and remember most of all, we need everyone, with out the abusers where would we take the fight, with out the exteemist on the other end who would lead the fight. I know this has been long and likely a little off topic at times, forgive me. And do not wory my son is very well and if his pants are on and he is walking down the street you would never know there is a fake leg under those pants Mark

I want to share my experience with flood maps. After a year-long battle with our mortgage company, I know a little about floodplains. They are determined by FEMA, and a local courthouse map may not be accurate. Our property is along the Ohio River. Our house is high on a knoll, about 100 yards from the river. When we built in 1998, we were told we were not in the floodplain. Well that was the 50-yr plain, and after 4 years or so, they went to the 100-yr floodplain. So they said we needed flood insurance. No problem. It was about $300/yr. Then last year, our mortgage company tells us we are in zone A19 and not zone B, therefore we needed to get other insurance for zone A19 or they would provide it at $1000/yr. We had to obtain maps from FEMA, have an elevation study done (at the price of $800) and it took nearly a year, but we did prove that we are in zone B, not the higher risk A19. Now, according to the elevation study, our lowest elevation adjacent to the house was only 6" above the plain - but hey - it's above. (The things is, when looking at the 2-dimensional map, it appears that where our house sits, its completely out of any flood zone, but most of our property is). Now, if we had a basement and not crawl space - its a whole other set of rules. We are perfectly willing to buy flood insurance for our own peace of mind, but $1000/yr on top of our regular home-owners insurance was a bit steep. (and it was $1000/yr EVERY year for the life of the loan - it would not decrease as our loan amt decreases) We are glad we had the elevation study done, not only to prove what zone we're in, but its just good info to have. Enough rambling - bottom line is, if you are going to finance a house, you need to do more than look at the maps in your county courthouse. They may not be what FEMA goes by, which is what your financial institution will use. There are stipulations about the level of garage, the driveway, and even the maintenance equipment (heat pump/air conditioner) Oh, and building a house on stilts does NOT count. And neither does adding fill dirt. Just a couple things we learned from reading the FEMA stipulations. sorry so long - but hope it helped

If you're in an area that requires wells and you have neighbors, odd are you will be able to successfully dig a well too. How hard it is depends on what they need to dig through and how deep they need to go. In my area the depth of wells is public record-- you could check to see if that is true in your area, and then you would know how deep your neighbors had to dig. The water table isn't a straight line, so you may have to dig deeper or less deep than they did, but it ought to give you some idea of what you're looking at. For septic, you will need to be sure your land "perks" (you can require that it pass a test before you close on the lot), and think about where your septic tank will go, and that you have room for the house you want including a pool, garage, driveway, etc... and the septic, and the well, keeping the well at the required distance from the septic. The well itself isn't big-- basically it's a pipe that goes straight down into the ground, but the septic can take up quite a bit of space. Cost varies a LOT by area, but our septic and well together cost $20k. We had to have a mound system, which is costlier upfront, but possibly more reliable long term. Our well was not deep, we paid the minimum the well diggers charge. Exactly what a septic system costs is going to depend on how large the home you're building is. In our area they size the septic based on the number of bedrooms. Code prevents putting in a smaller septic than the home seems like it would need (so if you were building a 5 bedroom home where 4 of the bedrooms will only be used for occasional guests, you would not be allowed to put in a septic system sized for your intended use, but would need to put in something large enough to work if all the bedrooms were permanently in use. )