Recent content by Fetz

Thought about explaining that but I wasn't sure anyone would recall. The survey came back a couple acres short but the seller didn't want to move enough on the price so we chose to walk away. I think it's really worked out for the best in the end.

My wife and I are closing on our dream homestead in about a month. It's 16 acres in central Illinois. The property is currently used for rotational grazing and haying. We'd like to establish some small livestock operations (starting with chickens and bees, and maybe add some goats or sheep in a...

Don't have any problems with Stihl. I've used Stihl rescue saws and chainsaws with no complaints, but when I'm not footing the bill for it of course I love a $700 chainsaw. When I started researching the Echo CS590 really seems like a legit contender that outperforms Stihls in the $400 range...

Great advice, I definitely planned to heavily mark my property line with purple paint where it borders the public. I have talked with my neighbor to the south, a very nice elderly woman. She doesn't have any dogs, just a bunch of cats (arguably worse than dogs in my opinion). I'm definitely less...

Hi everyone, If there's a better thread for this please move it. My wife and I just took the plunge and bought 20.5 acres in Central IL. We should be closing in a couple of weeks. I didn't grow up with land, and I have only been hunting for a few years so I would say I am relatively...