A new shed!

I'm exhausted, I just got back from the land.

4 hours. That's how long it took to set up a canvas shed on our land today. It should have been half that, but there was complications with the stakes that came with the shed, in that they SUCK!
I'm going to have to get some metal stakes and use those instead, I can't get these into the ground, it's just too HARD! Never trust things you buy at Canadian Tire.

We have our first building! It's a storage shed, metal frame with a canvas roof and walls, but it's something to keep the rain off our junk, which used to be in a storage room. Instead of paying 60 bucks a month, why not use our land for something until we're able to move out there? I plan on emptying our garage as much as possible in the upcoming weeks.

Farm credit canada came back with the financing, and they're gonna give us $86,000, which will have to cover the mobile home and services. That still leaves us about $12,000 short for what we NEED to do, and I'd love to have another 10k for some "nice to have" stuff. I hate borrowing money, but there isn't any other option right now. We're gonna be real tight for cash until November, when our lease is up in the city, but I took one of my cars to the auction, and hopefully I'll get a bit of cash out of that. I've also got a big paycheck coming from my old job, all my vacation and banked overtime. I was hoping to get my pension contributions back too, I don't care about a pension, I want my money NOW! Pensions will be worthless when the stock market collapses, so any money I can rescue would be excellent.

I've been trying to raise a little cash off the land by cutting hay, but it looks like the grass isn't really worth anyones time to come out. It's very weedy, and there are tons of thistles. I did have an offer to graze it, and I would like to take advantage of it, hopefully I can make a few thousand bucks. I just need access to some water!

Now, I'm hunting for a rototiller, and I'm going to start tilling some of the weeds and such that are plaguing the area. There's an inspection on the mobile on monday, and I still have to pay the guy for it.

Here's what I still have to do before moving in:
1. Build a road. Unfortunately, all of the stakes I pounded in the other weekend all fell over, and I can only find a few!
2. Level ground for the mobile, gravel and such.
3. Get a permit! I should have put this as #1, since it is very important and could take some time.
4. Build a cistern, about 7-10,000 gallons capacity. Should take about 6-8 days of work and cost around $4,000.
5. Wind genny and solar panels + batteries. Cost=$12,000
6. Greywater system. We're hoping to get approval for a branched drain system that empties into a mulch basin. It's cheap, effective, and, did I mention cheap? Also easy. It involves branching the mobile's sewer pipe into several areas, which will be planted with trees in November. Trees use greywater, grow and make fruit! Fruit = good.
7. Purchase appliances. Everything from fridge to stove, composting toilets, propane dryer, and washer. Everything must be the highest energy efficiency possible. Costs around $5,000. We will eventually transfer all of these appliances to our house when we build it.
8. Prepare mobile for moving. There's a small shed that I'd like to move as well, if it's not too costly. It comes with the mobile, and I'd hate to leave it behind! I'm trying to arrange a truck big enough to hold it.

Lots of work to do, plus I'm starting a new job. I'm in training right now, just finished my first week. It's easy training though, just kind of a refresher for me!