Sitemap - 2025 - House of Green
Follow the money: solar "farms" cannot financially stand on their own
5 things I will NOT be doing on my homestead in 2026 (lessons learned in 2025)
The best (and most affordable) states to buy farmland in for 2026
I won USDA grant money... and ultimately declined it. Here's why.
How to make money with rural land: December edition
2026 land buying guide: here's everything you need to know if you've never bought land before
The best land isn’t listed: how sealed-bid sales let regular people buy acreage quietly
Secure land in the future (if you can't afford it yet) with an option agreement
Small town governments can't afford attorneys... and solar corporations know it.
New RAPID Act regulations give ORES unchecked power to destroy sensitive habitats
How natural resources can help pay for your land: timber and mineral income
How you can use land banks to find farmland below market value
Can't afford land? Partner with a church, school, or institution to access it instead.
No, your eyes aren't deceiving you: the location for this solar "farm" is that bad
You can access affordable land through a Community Land Trust: here's how
Where is the DEC? NYS has shut its own environmental body out of solar projects
Land swaps: how to barter for rural acreage or established homesteads
It's worse than I thought: thousands of protected acres GONE for a "solar" factory
Here's where you can find farmland for LESS THAN $2,500/acre
Buying dirt cheap land through tax-delinquent or foreclosure auctions
Yes, land 'bargains' exist... and land trusts know where to find them
Donations-based farmland purchases: using crowdfunding to buy YOUR land
Not everyone sells to the highest bidder: how to end up with gifted farmland
Bridging the gap: using nonprofits to buy farmland from aging farmers
It takes a village: how to buy farmland as a group and set up a community
The total cost: heating my barn and water using propane over the last 12-months
How to buy land without a bank (even with bad credit): seller financing 101
What I sell (and charge) at my farm stand: summer 2025 edition
You can bid on cheap land for sale through government auctions
No cash? no problem: how you can lease-to-own farmland
How to get land with STATE money - if you know where to look
Buying land with a USDA loan: ALL of your different options, explained
How to buy land this year (with no prior farming experience) using Farm Credit
You don't have to sit there and take it: my town said NO to big solar this week
How to avoid picking the wrong town for your homestead
They're coming for farmland: the number of farmers asked to lease land to solar is shocking
How Amish builders save you thousands (and still do better work)
I was very disturbed by this at my town's solar farms hearing
Why I am protesting solar farms at tonight's town board meeting
Exactly how much it cost me to build a 74 x 36 foot barn center from scratch
Yes, affordable land still exists in the US: here's how to find it
The sale of $24 trillion dollars worth of American farmland has begun
No tractor, no problem: how I’m building my farm cheaply
Buying land in 2025? You must book this one service before the deal closes
I applied for USDA grant money... and actually got it?
Why the next generation of farmers won't look like the last
Before you bring utilities to raw land... read this first
When I didn't do THIS to my barn... something amazing happened
How I am funding my farm (without a trust fund)
If I was to buy land all over again, I would invest in THIS before the deal closes
More than half of US farmers will retire in the next decade
3 critical things to check when buying land for farming/gardening/growing food
The pollinator crisis in North America everyone should be talking about
The total cost: adding new parking, a gravel walkway, and fencing to my farm this week
I bought raw land in 2023 and developed part of it WITHOUT destroying the nature. Here's how.
A realistic step-by-step timeline of how I turned my 6.74 acres of land into an almost-working farm
Want to buy land and live out your farming dreams? Call the Amish. They won't take advantage of you.
What I sell and charge at my farm stand: spring 2025 edition
Why I decided to join the New York Farm Bureau
Make sure you buy your land in THIS kind of district
BIG (and unforeseen) changes coming to my farm this spring
How to start your very own small farm in 2025: a beginner guide
I am choosing pollinators over native species and soil health: here's why
How Amish pricing compares to non-Amish pricing
I am willingly adding environmental restrictions to my 6.74 acres of farmland. Here's why.
Here's what my farm stand cost, as well as how I could have paid less in retrospect
So you want a high tunnel for your farm? Here's what I learned in a Cornell course this week.
Here's what the green metal roof on my barn build cost me
We've lost 14,950 farms and 2,100,000 acres of farmland since 2023
Unexpected expenses of starting a small-scale farm: what I've learned
So you want to buy chickens? Here's what I've learned since raising my six chicks
The Farm Credit program that allowed me to buy farmland without prior farming experience
I am farming with the moon in 2025 - and it's going to change everything
What does it cost to have a propane tank buried and filled?
Agrotourism: how small farms can massively improve their revenue
Here is what my septic tank and leach field cost me
If you want more money, beauty, and farms, plant wildflowers
I had a large water filtration system installed at my farm - here's what it cost
America's farmland is changing hands: here's what it means for you
How to choose the right land for starting your farm or homestead
Rabbit regenerative farming: how I plan to cut my gardening costs in half for 2025
How I plan to open my farm without a special use permit
I plan to farm my land with no tractor this year. Here's how.
Yes, the Amish brought electricity into my barn... here was the total cost