<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">1.25 +/- acres just across Reserve on 3rd St. in Missoula. Approximately 1 acre available for agricultural lease. Currently rotational grazing Soay sheep with a <a href="http://www.richsoil.com/raising-chickens.jsp" class="api" title="raising chickens article" target="_new" style="border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin: 0px; padding: 0.001em; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">chicken</a> <a href="http://www.permies.com/t/2741/energy/electric-tractor" class="api" title="electric tractors" target="_new" style="border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin: 0px; padding: 0.001em; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">tractor</a>. The soil is fairly good, although it hasn't been tested. The back pastures sit on an old oxbow from the river and the <a href="http://www.permies.com/t/7292/permaculture/replacing-irrigation-permaculture" class="api" title="thread: " replacing="" irrigation="" with="" permaculture""="" target="_new" style="border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin: 0px; padding: 0.001em; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">water</a> table is fairly close to the surface. I have dug through 2 feet of topsoil there without hitting a rock. The property is zoned as county <a href="http://www.permies.com/t/46594/labs/quest-land-advice-permies-homesteaders" class="api" title="paul's advice for being seeking land" target="_new" style="border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin: 0px; padding: 0.001em; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">land</a> even though it sits in the middle of the city, allowing for many options. There is a well for the house and a second well for irrigation. The water level is about 15 feet down the well, the irrigation well doesn't have a <a href="http://www.permies.com/t/2252/homestead/ram-pump" class="api" title="ram pump thread" target="_new" style="border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin: 0px; padding: 0.001em; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">pump</a> currently, but the head is low enough that a surface pump could be used. I currently irrigate with 400' of 1" pvc. There are options for living on site, either in an existing yurt, or a spare bedroom in the farmhouse I am rebuilding. There is a 10'x20'x8' mobile <a href="http://www.permies.com/t/2098/greenhouses/greenhouse-suck-factor" class="api" title="thread: " greenhouse="" suck="" factor""="" target="_new" style="border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin: 0px; padding: 0.001em; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">greenhouse</a> that I move around the property, although it sustained some damage in the 70 mph windstorm we had this summer and several parts of the metal frame needs a rebuild, although there are parts on site to finish that project. The cover needs minor repairs. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">I've got a background in running a CSA for a couple years, lots of work on small acreage farms with livestock and vegetable production, and am currently working designing affordable <a href="http://www.permies.com/t/2549/permaculture/sustainable-means-barely-staying-ahead" class="api" title="sustainable means barely not dead" target="_new" style="border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin: 0px; padding: 0.001em; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">sustainable</a> housing. My focus for the land is working toward some basic <a href="http://www.permies.com/t/2594/permaculture/permaculture" class="api" title="what is permaculture?" target="_new" style="border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin: 0px; padding: 0.001em; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">permaculture</a> concepts while providing sustainable, <a href="http://www.permies.com/t/3679/farm-income/local-vs-organic" class="api" title="local vs. organic" target="_new" style="border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin: 0px; padding: 0.001em; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">local</a> farming opportunities. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">If this interests you contact me for more information. </span></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><a href="mailto:Chris.p.moyles@gmail.com">Chris.p.moyles@gmail.com</a><br><br>Sent from my iPad</div></body></html>