5 Reasons to Consider Buying SLOPED land for your Farm/Homestead

Troy, if you were buying more land for your family which would you choose? 35 acres of recently clearcut hilly land with a SSW slope, or 12 acres of mostly flat land that was strip mined 30 years ago? Assume the 35 acres is cheaper per acre. Both of these options are contiguous with property you already own.

In my opinion, it all down hill from there.

I know the Lords word says not to envy, but wow, you guys have it! My dream....

Sloped land is really nice to build on. If it's rocky also, it's an added bonus.

#1. It is cheaper.

Enjoyed your video!
My new place in etex is hilly but not as severe(except for a gulley) as yours. Has a 6 to 9month spring that runs thru a gulley. Sandy loam soil so a bit nervous about making any downward channels/ruts that will wear by rain. Hoping to keep a good grass cover to protect soil while clearing small 4yrold trees that are everywhere after tree harvest. Thx for the idea on a trench to channel water. Hopefully can channel to 2 or 3 future pond(1or2or5 in the gulley.. .like rice patties in mtns of Vietnam). Thx again.

I agree with you, we bought raw wooded sloped land as well

About ten years ago I looked for some cheap land. As a result of that search, I'm now familiar with every slope in middle Tennessee.

That's no mountain, wow

looks like kelly is wearing herself a fine pair of pants

How many acres is your property? Thanks for this informative video

MICRO-HYDRO??????!!!!!!!! : )

Amen
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Great video! I have sloped land (but I'm in the city) and it's been very helpful when I needed to get water from my backyard to my front, because water was seeping into my basement! So I'm glad I have a hill to dig my ditch into to create a flow in big storms. It's since grown in and so the water seeps in even better, into the rain garden at the end of the ditch. Your video is true!

My wife and I have a house in West Virginia as well as a place in Michigan. Houses and fields in south central Michigan on a rainy day have alot of standing water. At our place in West Virginia we don't have any standing water issues. Alot of the farms in michigan have long drainage ditches and sometimes thats not enough and of course alot of standing water breeds alot of pesky mosquitoes. I'm planning water catchment off of our barn and with the slope it would alow for good irrigation with no pumps.

sloped soil is typically poor

Your all’s little “disagreements” are so cute

The beauty of your property is you can’t stand in one place and see it all you have to explore it. 2.2ft. Of drop = 1 psi.

My point exactly! You made him run and now he is hot and thirsty.

Wait… you made the dog run? Where is the water for him? Please don’t drive over him.

Sloped land is ideal for hobbits to hide under tree roots

#1 you can't find any flat land in wv lol

Great video again, learn some thing all the time from you, Where were you in 1980 when I had my hill Farm LOL now I m on flat land just a acre , with chickens and geese

Sloped land = Overtime ... 1 leg shorter than the other:)

PREPPERNURSE1 Just moved to WV too.He is from Upstate NY.hope you all can become friends...he bought 25 acers of sloping land

Great video!! Great info about microclimate.

I live on a slope and in order to have a garden I won't roll off of, we have decided to terrace a section in the back of the house. It looks like it had them when the house was built(1880). I hope we can get them done before season is over.

I have been eyeing off property that is quite sloped....this video has given me ideas.
Thank you for sharing.

Actually, you get almost 5 psi per 10 feet

Thank you. This was great content.

How does the coal industry that cut down most of the mountain tops in W.Virginia effect the spring water and soil? I loved working in that beautiful state but felt a little bit sad watching the mountain tops dredged off.

I'd rather run a fence line on a steep slope than the impossible brambles of Florida... Electric fence is rendered useless every week...

thanks a lot very usefull info with limited budget thats a good way to start home stead stay safe.

Great video, slope in some form is definitely a better option vs completely flat property.

I just got back from a family funeral in WVa and the dinner afterwards was at Bible Center. I saw yalls pictures on the wall and asked my cousin(Vicki and Reed Hess)if she knew you. and she said yes. I feel like we are all friends. Thank you for sharing your lives with us. We are excited about your lastedt ministry.

My grandpaps house is gravity fed water from a spring on top of the knob above the house

In my opinion, sloped land is more visually interesting than flat land.

Love to see some detail on that root cellar! Would happily share it with a FB group of > 18k too.

Who ever gave a thumbs down must be a very jealous person

Thank you for the video

I think you're just making a virtue out of necessity. On the other hand: If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Think that a few trees out the retreat for sun light to get to the ground . The slope if it's not extreme can be enjoyable .. Best of luck gonna be fun watching it develope. Please don't stop showing us the hogs añd there progress and babies

Don't over look the joy of sled riding, and easier to get fallen trees down.. Looking for land in WV as I type. Enjoy your work and outlook. kev

Really great to have both of you sharing in this video. Gives the channel an added dimension. Keep it up! Tim

2.31 feet of head pressure of fresh water = 1 psi, so 60 ft of head will yield about 25 psi, even better than you thought!

Great info I wish I’d had when I bought some land back home in 2008. Wasn’t able to do much other than build a small cottage due to financial constraints, but ended up selling anyway when I got married - and now live on flat farm land. As you said, good for some things - not so good for others.

I have friends in the mountains I will pass this along to.

One side note: we keep all our keys on carabiners so they can hook onto a belt loop or purse. Can’t lose them that way! 😉

Pipe your shower with zig-zagged black pipe and you could accomplish some solar heating of the water.

Great topic. Definitely advantages to sloped land which is what I have. I use it for rain barrel gravity feeding the garden area and have more ideas for the future

You are not wrong! We love the sloped land we just purchased in Arkansas!

You can also have a bunker Wich it may be useful know days with the nations flexing their military muscle all the time.

When I bought my land in Roane County WV, the realtor said “if they could flatten out WV, it would be bigger that Texas “. lol