I bought this place in 2004 and even with a 35 mile drive to work, I don't regret it one bit. Nothing fancy but it works for us.



The previous owner had let the CRP and weeds grow inside the tree row and it looked like hell so I tilled it all up and planted 240 new trees.



I try to keep them clean with this:

What's that green stuff,....laying flat like....?

GTC

The wife put this flower garden and fence in while I was on a fishing trip last May.



There used to be two large evergreens in the front yard and once I cut them down this Ash took off into this:



Old Glory is represented:

That would be grass. It's pretty cool and feels good between your toes.

Lot's of mowing:



And tilling:





And grilling:

Just enough trees in the yard to keep the zero turn fun:

Well that's what I got for now. Let's see the place you call home.

This is where is spend time in the fall...



This is my summer home...

I've seen your pics. That some pretty fancy tile floors you have in your "summer home"

Our 1/4 mi lane road into the house is a PITA to maintain summer and winter but we could never go back to town after living out here since '83.

Nice place Woody. I couldn't go back to town either. No way.

The IH240 is protected by this vicious beast of female lab:

this is what the general area looks like


Here's the backyard looking towards the garden


Here's the front yard looking towards the two creeks that intersect by the house (not shown)

Spring turkey pad...

As I've said before Ryan...livin the dream man. I love that part of the country.

I like solitude....
Here's my little shack....



Looking back down my drive.....



It's not always snow covered....this is what I see from my back door....



It's not always quiet either.....on this particular day my view from from the deck was interrupted by the forest service scooping up water to fight a fire across the river.....



It ain't much but it's paid for and the dogs like it.....

Good lookin place and nice looking hounds. Thanks for sharing!

Nice looking places! We live at the edge of a small town..
Quite for a town.. Little traffic.. I thought of getting a place out of town, but we travel quite abit, and it is nice to have neighbors who keep an eye on things while we are away..

Field, some spot you have there!! The view of the Clearwater is great.. The dogs awesome!

Another summer home, near a lake...

Do you lay the gun safe on it's back in there?

ttt

Where I reload and get my laundry done...

Great Looking Country

Beautiful place

Very Nice Place

What do you all do, shoot frozen turkeys?

On occasion we actually do...

About 15 miles from town.



Looking out either the great room or master bedroom.



Looking out the kitchen.



Summer.

Great places here. Working on getting mine up to speed. That black dirt in MN has me a little envious. Ours is sand and clay, very little compost materials in it.

Not rural, but almost. It is located on a golf course in Arizona and quail run through the yard. This is our second home, but not so much for living in, but as an investment...

Well shrap, looks like you dont have to spend much on weedeater gas or string!!

Gotta love the southwestern landscaping...

view from my pad.

Dam...

Hillybilly Bear...Thank you.

Awesome stuff guys! Some really cool places shown so far. Let's keep 'em comin.

Don's place is actually nicer than the picture shows. Unreal out there.

My home in the foothills of Talkeetna.

MM, I remember the pics you posted a few months ago. It's beautiful out there.

I really like that 240. I looks a lot shorter than the 230 I spent many hours on as a kid on the farm. Of course the 230 had the two point quick receiver, as opposed to the three point hitch. It is the predecessor of the 230 and it brought back some fond memories. Glad the old tractor is still performing

This 240 has the two point fast hitch as well. Someone modified it and turned it into a 3 point. Neat little tractors. They were made from '58 - '62.

Let's revive this one.

A few changes since the OP.

We got lucky and they ran natural gas down our ditch so we were able to tap into it. Got rid of the ugly propane tank.

We remodeled the house and planted 140 lbs of grass seed in the 'new' trees. They were getting too big to get by with the tractor and tiller.

House:

New siding, windows, garage doors, eave troughs, doors, stone, blow in insulation in the attic, patio door, concrete patio, new sidewalk out front, etc. etc.

Let's see the places you call home!

I live in a barndominium...

It works out well for a ranch here. Lots of them on rural properties.

It sure ain't the ranch house like seen on "Dallas" or "Yellowstone"... But most ranchers that I know are living in modest homes... Not show places.

early summer out my back door............Podunk Utah

winter.........out the back door

That is nothing short of SPECTACULAR !!!!!!!

Here's our "work in progress"

thanx !

have put a lot of time & $$$ in my property

wife has 3-4 years more to work......then on the market.........

heading south.......

Nice place, and ought to be worth good $$.

Florida?

Florida ? hell no.................

S Utah........N AZ.......even NV maybe

gotta be west of the Divide that's certain

jeez........after thinkin'


that 600' of 3 rail split rail fence set me back.............

Nice!!!
Lots of those being built in this area Barry. Probably what I’ll do if I ever build again.

Nice, keep the pictures coming! About to make the move out of the city. Just not really sure where we will end up......