midlife crises

[steve dave]

Not sure if this is a mid-life crisis or not, but my wife and I are in the process (under contract) of buying 168 acres in Wilson County, KS. It is primarily a grass property. There are some hardwoods on the southern portion around the creeks. We currently own 80 acres in Wilson County and will likely sell that.

The 168 acres has a house on it and we will move there in the next 3-6 months and sell our current house in Manhattan.

Our plan is to plant a pecan orchard and graze sheep and cattle. We'll probably also do some pastured poultry and pastured pork. The grazing will be done in a Greg Judy-style regenerative way.

In the last 12 months we have also purchased a mature 22-acre pecan orchard that is 15 minutes southeast of Little Rock, AR as well as a retail pecan business that goes along with it. We purchased this with friends of ours from when we lived in Little Rock and they live at the farm to manage the day to day things.

you should post this in the Things That Rule thread pecanboner69

[Spracne]

Not sure if this is a mid-life crisis or not, but my wife and I are in the process (under contract) of buying 168 acres in Wilson County, KS. It is primarily a grass property. There are some hardwoods on the southern portion around the creeks. We currently own 80 acres in Wilson County and will likely sell that.

The 168 acres has a house on it and we will move there in the next 3-6 months and sell our current house in Manhattan.

Our plan is to plant a pecan orchard and graze sheep and cattle. We'll probably also do some pastured poultry and pastured pork. The grazing will be done in a Greg Judy-style regenerative way.

In the last 12 months we have also purchased a mature 22-acre pecan orchard that is 15 minutes southeast of Little Rock, AR as well as a retail pecan business that goes along with it. We purchased this with friends of ours from when we lived in Little Rock and they live at the farm to manage the day to day things.

Seems more like a Brag About Some Stud Thing thread thing.

[steve dave]

Not sure if this is a mid-life crisis or not, but my wife and I are in the process (under contract) of buying 168 acres in Wilson County, KS. It is primarily a grass property. There are some hardwoods on the southern portion around the creeks. We currently own 80 acres in Wilson County and will likely sell that.

The 168 acres has a house on it and we will move there in the next 3-6 months and sell our current house in Manhattan.

Our plan is to plant a pecan orchard and graze sheep and cattle. We'll probably also do some pastured poultry and pastured pork. The grazing will be done in a Greg Judy-style regenerative way.

In the last 12 months we have also purchased a mature 22-acre pecan orchard that is 15 minutes southeast of Little Rock, AR as well as a retail pecan business that goes along with it. We purchased this with friends of ours from when we lived in Little Rock and they live at the farm to manage the day to day things.

Seems more like a Brag About Some Stud Thing thread thing.

yeah, that's a good thread for this

[cfbandyman]

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[Brock Landers]

Is there such a thing as a pecan baron?  Guess you're about to find out!   

[steve dave]

nifty nuthouse going to come for your ass

[Brock Landers]

Start a pecan pie business.  Sell your artisanal pecan pies in every Dillon's store from coast to coast.

[wetwillie]

I need to know how you pronounce pecan before I decide how to feel about it

[mocat]

iirc people in kansas and arkansas pronounce "pecan" differently, Justwin. is this true and followup Q, do you change pronunciations accordingly like you're in a spy novel?

[DaBigTrain]

Pecans? I was listening to a podcast and they said KS might become a meca of elderberry farms soon

[tdaver]

Pecan is my hardwood of choice when I bbq.  Let me know when I can grab a load of trimmings while driving through.

[passranch]

I started the Chum plan about 6 months ago. 

I made a list(no certain order):

2. I want to go see the Northern Lights in one of the Scandinavian countries, Iceland, or something like that.  I want one of those bungalow things where it's dark as eff and just wild space light.

Seeing the Northern Lights is a special treat, and you don't have to go to Europe to do it (but I can respect that you want/need to go visit there for the auxiliary reasons).  I was driving through Northern Maine one night when the northern lights came out and like literally half the sky was green and looked like it was on fire.  Trippiest experience I have ever had.  I didn't know just how extremely lucky I was to witness that.  It was intense.  But don't go anywhere expecting the NL...they are fickle fickle fickle.

3. I want to go on a hike trip in a Dark Sky refuge where we can get the absolute best view of the Milky Way available in the US.

This is legit one of the best places to go for dark sky viewing, and it's not that far away:
https://www.nebraskastarparty.org

[sys]

Not sure if this is a mid-life crisis or not, but my wife and I are in the process (under contract) of buying 168 acres in Wilson County, KS. It is primarily a grass property. There are some hardwoods on the southern portion around the creeks. We currently own 80 acres in Wilson County and will likely sell that.

The 168 acres has a house on it and we will move there in the next 3-6 months and sell our current house in Manhattan.

Our plan is to plant a pecan orchard and graze sheep and cattle. We'll probably also do some pastured poultry and pastured pork. The grazing will be done in a Greg Judy-style regenerative way.

that sounds pretty great.

for some reason i thought you lived in nevada or somewhere like that.

[CNS]

I started the Chum plan about 6 months ago. 

I made a list(no certain order):

2. I want to go see the Northern Lights in one of the Scandinavian countries, Iceland, or something like that.  I want one of those bungalow things where it's dark as eff and just wild space light.

Seeing the Northern Lights is a special treat, and you don't have to go to Europe to do it (but I can respect that you want/need to go visit there for the auxiliary reasons).  I was driving through Northern Maine one night when the northern lights came out and like literally half the sky was green and looked like it was on fire.  Trippiest experience I have ever had.  I didn't know just how extremely lucky I was to witness that.  It was intense.  But don't go anywhere expecting the NL...they are fickle fickle fickle.

3. I want to go on a hike trip in a Dark Sky refuge where we can get the absolute best view of the Milky Way available in the US.

This is legit one of the best places to go for dark sky viewing, and it's not that far away:
https://www.nebraskastarparty.org

That looks pretty cool, but I want to do it with just myself and a small group.  My son, my little bro, and probably his boys.  I may look at that location outside of the Star Party.   Thanks for the link

[CNS]

Sys, you should check out r/Prospecting.  I never knew prospecting for gold might be interesting.  Didn't you say you are in Fresno?  Wasn't that the heart of the gold rush? 

[star seed 7]

You could let your pet snakes swim in the stream while you do it

[sys]

Sys, you should check out r/Prospecting.  I never knew prospecting for gold might be interesting.  Didn't you say you are in Fresno?  Wasn't that the heart of the gold rush?

a little north of here, although there was some gold mining in this area as well.


a coworker is pretty into prospecting, has all sorts of semi-industrial equipment to do it.  doesn't seem that interesting to me, however.

[steve dave]

I think I'd like to learn to whip together really good youtube videos. like travel videos, sports videos of my kids, all that stuff. I'm not going to do the work to learn it but I'd like to just have it imprinted in my brain.

[steve dave]

I think I'd like to learn to whip together really good youtube videos. like travel videos, sports videos of my kids, all that stuff. I'm not going to do the work to learn it but I'd like to just have it imprinted in my brain.

on this note you should see my gamechanger set up. very elite.

[michigancat]

I think I'd like to learn to whip together really good youtube videos. like travel videos, sports videos of my kids, all that stuff. I'm not going to do the work to learn it but I'd like to just have it imprinted in my brain.

I learned how to make sports highlight videos pretty quickly. It's kinda fun.

[Kat Kid]

Sys—

I could see you getting in to betting on college basketball or elections. Do you have any interest in poker?

It is far enough off for me that it will probably be very different but I thought spending 40 hours a week playing and or dealing poker a week would be enjoyable for me for when I retire.

The one overarching thing I cannot emphasize enough is that time here on earth is limited.

finding your purpose or what is fulfilling or what will be beneficial to others while here is the most important question you can try to answer. we all answer that question, whether we are thinking it or not, with our choices and actions every day.

I’ve had too many people that I know never even get to enjoy a retirement, I plan on not putting too much off until then but also retiring as early as I can and I’ve definitely changed my ways significantly health wise to prioritize being able to move around should I get to 80+.

[catastrophe]

Great thread. I'm not there yet, but I already know my midlife crisis will basically be confronting whether I can seriously hit a nice retirement early at my current job or if I need to transition to a lower paying, less stress arrangement with a longer horizon. Maybe I need to read more into this mini retirement thing.

[tdaver]

4. I want to hike as much of the Utah national parks as I can before getting bored with them.

There is no getting bored.  Just a continuously growing list of things to see outside the parks and seasonal breaks to renew the fever.

I thought spending 40 hours a week playing and or dealing poker a week would be enjoyable for me for when I retire.

My grandpa farmed his entire life until he physically couldn’t do it anymore.. Then he worked another 20 years at a casino.  If you like people and numbers, it’s a pretty good option.

[Justwin]

I need to know how you pronounce pecan before I decide how to feel about it

pi-kän' (cross between puh-kahn and pi-kahn)

All of the other pecan farmers in Arkansas that I have met say it the same way.

[Justwin]

Pecan is my hardwood of choice when I bbq.  Let me know when I can grab a load of trimmings while driving through.

With enough notice, that really wouldn't be a problem.