Alberta: My Top Picks For Locations To Homestead
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Peace River baby!!! Which is actually under-rated for the reason of useable summer daylight hours. Im surprised were not loaded with pot growers.
Florida !!
Can you please do Minnesota , thank you.
I hope you can do one of these for New Zealand… eventually!
Highriver is called that for a reason. Flooding is an issue there for sure
You know I really want a homestead someday. But I keep having this thought and I wonder what you think….. If SHTF At some point in the near future, And cash is no longer useful… How are homestead’s going to pay taxes to the government on their land? I just keep thinking about this because Everyone Wants to have a Homestead and provide for themselves.And I am a hundred percent on board with it. I think it’s great. But I also realize that there is the n w o that we have to be considered of. If cash is abolished and we only use crypto/digital currency, Then how will homesteaders be able to pay their taxes? The government will one hundred percent confiscate your homestead if You do not pay your taxes. It’s unfortunate that we actually cannot truly own any land. We only get to rent
I’m looking forward to Virginia
Well water is generally not great East of the QE#2 highway imo and experience
Banff – Jasper drive is exceptional!
Not for homesteading. Skiing and snowboarding, yes.
Are you hiring this summer Curtis? Im in your area. Cheers!
I’m in Alberta and looking for a homestead in the next few years. Thanks for your effort!
A consideration for prairie provinces, well water quality is not suitable for irrigation and surface water is iffy from a quantity perspective. Check out Alberta well water quality reports available online. High pH (8.x), high bicarbonate, high sodium (>200), high TDS (>700, seen some >1600), and some with iron bacteria and/or sulphur bacteria. Average precip in AB is around 14 in. but check out Canada’s drought monitor (online). It’s been a dry time for a while. Another item which wasn’t covered, hail alley, highest hail in Canada (potentially NA). Sylvan Lake area up through Red Deer in particular, but Calgary always gets nailed in the summer (enough to damage any exposed crops). Gets a bit more sporadic as you head north towards Edmonton, but still not immune. Comparing to other growing areas, on a small scale you’re spending on irrigation (probably rain catchment systems with water treatment systems as backup) and crop protection (hail and severe temp “surprises”). On a large scale you are at the mercy of very volatile and inclement weather. As an example: frost free days near Calgary can swing from <80 to >115 from year to year. Another example: mid 20’s (C) during the day and single digit lows overnight are a common environment (warm nights are highly unusual), so plant selection and local varieties are a must (I suppose this applies everywhere, but taking risks on this here is a true gamble!). Sidebar: RO water treatment isn’t cheap and resulting water is so pure it is highly corrosive (all things plastic only!) Another sidebar: hail is bad enough that Olds is home to the weather modification air fleet sponsored by insurance companies (silver iodide dispersion), and home to the best weather radar system in the province 😁.
Thank you for doing this, Curtis.
Hey Curtis, don’t forget to do the YUKON!!😉
Good to know I’m in one of those zones where I’m looking. A big + for the southern ‘good’ zone is that there is a big Mormon population…less woke and if you need to you can escape to Montana.
You were 100% correct in saying not to live between Banff and Calgary as it’s a very woke area with all the backpackers/camping etc and it’s not completely safe with the reserve. Too many strangers passing through for my liking.
looking forward to your new brunswick video, don’t you dare forget about us! haha
How come no love for Rocky Mountain House or Drayton Valley areas (Brazeau county etc)?