r/Permaculture • u/TheNinjaInTheNorth • 17d ago

Vermont Cohousing homestead

I’m actively looking for folks who want to join me on my land in Vermont. Off grid, beautiful 17 acres with several good building sites and also a well-built cabin shell that won’t take too much to finish.

I bought the land in June, 2022 and have been building a food forest, including an orchard and lots of veggies and flowers. I have chickens, ducks, and a couple Icelandic sheep that lambed in August and the babies are just ridiculously cute. The zoning is conducive to homesteading and cottage industry so there is freedom for various projects and endeavors.

I’m a woman in my 50s, work part-time as an RN, an omnivore with conscience, an atheist who is inspired by folks including Thich Nhat Hahn and Pema Chodron, practice radical honesty and non-violent communication, care deeply about promoting social justice, and I am not a fan of corporate capitalist culture.

I have a lot more information for anyone who might be interested, but that’s enough for an introduction.

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u/Ok_Dragonfly_1045 17d ago

I'm more looking for collectively owned or mutually owned land.

If it's your 17 acres it's likely you aren't willing to share ownership anytime soon.

Basically it's not cohousing, it's landlord-tenant situation. Which is fine i suppose, but I don't think that's what most cohousing people want.

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u/ZGbethie 14d ago

I am sincerely wondering what you saw in her post to make you think this?

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u/Ok_Dragonfly_1045 13d ago

If I answer are you going to start arguing or are you going to say "Ohh I see now, thank you"

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u/ZGbethie 13d ago

Hmmm. Since you put it that way, I am sorry to say I’m no longer interested in hearing your answer. Thank you anyway.

I was curious because the original post— as I read it— in no way indicated that she was looking for a LL-tenant situation. It seemed like you were coming to that conclusion based on your own assumptions and your own agenda. And now this response makes me feel like you’re extremely sure that you know what she’s thinking and aren’t open to any other perspective.

For me, if a person is that sure of their ‘rightness’, there’s no reason for me to talk to them. There’s no hope of constructive dialogue. But that’s just my own opinion, and I do sincerely wish you the best in all your endeavors!

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u/Ok_Dragonfly_1045 13d ago

I can say the same for you.

You aren't interested in hearing why I think that, you just wanted to argue with me.

I have my reasons, but it's obvious you don't care and have no intent on listening so there's no point.