well my plant budget maybe shot for awhile......

[rattler]

my wife and i are making an offer on a house. unfortunatly its in town and not EXACTLY what we are looking for but its sitting on a lot and a half so i would have a big yard(big enough for a 8'x8' pond plus a small bog and still have LOTS of room). the back of the house faces south and would be REALLY easy to attatch a greenhouse to that i can just walk out the back door into. at the moment their is a nice sized utility room in the basement with a cement floor and drain so i could set up an RO system and small plastic 4x6 or 4x8 cheap greenhouse i could indoor growing till i get a greenhouse built down the road. hang lights from the rafters on wired poked through the plastic ect. plus still have plenty of room for my frogs and a reloading bench for my guns...........

downside is the basement isnt quite finished how we like so down the road we would tear most of it out and turn 2 of the 4 rooms plus 1/2 bath into a master bedroom and bath as between a friend, my father in law and myself we could do 95% of the work.

will keep yah posted

[shokuchuu]

Good luck, rattler! You've come this far, not much is going to stop you from reaching your goals now.

Cheers!
Amori

[herenorthere]

That's the problem with Montana; you never know when a neighbor has frogs and a reloading bench for his guns in the basement.

[Gawd_oOo]

Quote[/b] ]8'x8' pond plus a small bog

I think you have that backwards. http://www.terraforums.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/new/smile_m_32.gif

A 8'x8' bog with a small pond sounds alot better.

[Est]

Quote[/b] ]A 8'x8' bog with a small pond sounds alot better.

True, it does have a better ring to it... Something about it, not quite sure why. http://www.terraforums.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/new/smile_n_32.gif

Hopefully you can make this all work out and have a really wonderful home!

[nepenthes_ak]

or how about a 12' x 12' bog and just forget about the pond?

lol jk!
Cheers

[rattler]

nah i like water lilies and there are none naturally around here so i must plant my own. besideds i am not going to dedicate an RO system just for a bog, the pond i can use city water but a bog with Sarrs cant..............

[Rubra]

Quote[/b] ]well my plant budget maybe shot for awhile......

Funny, I've been feeling that way myself for years...

Well it sounds like a great house. Though what with a lot and a half you could replicate Mike King's greenhouse plan http://www.terraforums.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[little Nices]

I'll just have to say good luck http://www.terraforums.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[rattler]

our offer was accepted..................now to get financed...........to be continued..................

[rattler]

BTW should have pics up over the weekend...im fairly confidant the financing will be no big deal............

[tiffneycase]

Hello ~i'm fairly new to terraforums, just looking through recent posts familiarizing myself,best of luck to you and your familia with the happinings ownership of your own oasis, i was a renter in san fransisco for years ~ ruled by my pets and plants in a tiny one bedroom, i now live on a little over an acre with plenty of room for us all ~ enjoy and good luck.
ps: i put a pond in too ~ 10x10 its beautiful at night with a few lights and the lilly pads a floatn by.i have a small bog garden in the making towards the back yard, natural rocks and driftwood are the compostion so far:;):

[rattler]

sounds very nice, welcome to the forums! im giving up a big yard and tiny house for a smaller, but nice sized yard and much bigger house.