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I'm moving to a small house or cabin somewhere with trees and, ideally, snow, driving distance from LA, where I can garden and keep chickens. Exact location to be determined but most likely in the San Bernadino mountains; top choice is currently Idyllwild.
I've given notice to my landlord, and will be out by December 31 and hopefully sooner. I will move into my parents' cabin for the winter, spend some time investigating possibilities, and move into my new home in the spring, in time to start a garden and raise some chicks.
I will have a flock of six hens. I don't want a noisy rooster. Six will be more than enough eggs, and a small enough flock that I can cram them all into document boxes and flee with them and the cats if/when I have to evacuate due to fire - which I intend to do if a fire gets even the slightest bit close, whether there's an evac order or not. I am taking no chances.
I still love Los Angeles, but that makes it really sad to live here right now. A vaccine is coming, but between slow distribution and refusal to take it, I think it'll probably be a year before it's safe to do most fun city things, and several more before the city economically recovers. In the meantime, everything work-related that I do is completely online, and everything I've been enjoying most lately is really difficult to do where I am. I think living in a more rural area, but close enough that I can easily drive to LA for a day or weekend whenever I feel like it, will be perfect for me.
If you have any suggestions, advice, or commentary, feel free! I welcome knowledge about Idyllwild, other places in the San Bernadino mountains, or other places you think I might want to consider. I also welcome thoughts on gardening in a shorter growing season and/or high altitude.
I require: trees, natural beauty, good internet access, not too many people, not currently on fire, no more than a five-hour drive from LA (ie, south of Yosemite), not insanely expensive, and with a reasonable number of locals who are not Nazis, fascists, or anti-maskers. (Some Trumpers are inevitable - I got a death threat from one in my own neighborhood in LA - I just don't want everyone to be a Trumper but me, or for there to be a local, active, and aggressive anti-mask or fascist contingent.)
I prefer: snow.
Not interested in: Ojai (not enough trees), Santa Barbara (too urban), Santa Clarita (too suburban AND not enough trees), Mariposa (too close to my parents - I want more of a feeling of solitude).
I've given notice to my landlord, and will be out by December 31 and hopefully sooner. I will move into my parents' cabin for the winter, spend some time investigating possibilities, and move into my new home in the spring, in time to start a garden and raise some chicks.
I will have a flock of six hens. I don't want a noisy rooster. Six will be more than enough eggs, and a small enough flock that I can cram them all into document boxes and flee with them and the cats if/when I have to evacuate due to fire - which I intend to do if a fire gets even the slightest bit close, whether there's an evac order or not. I am taking no chances.
I still love Los Angeles, but that makes it really sad to live here right now. A vaccine is coming, but between slow distribution and refusal to take it, I think it'll probably be a year before it's safe to do most fun city things, and several more before the city economically recovers. In the meantime, everything work-related that I do is completely online, and everything I've been enjoying most lately is really difficult to do where I am. I think living in a more rural area, but close enough that I can easily drive to LA for a day or weekend whenever I feel like it, will be perfect for me.
If you have any suggestions, advice, or commentary, feel free! I welcome knowledge about Idyllwild, other places in the San Bernadino mountains, or other places you think I might want to consider. I also welcome thoughts on gardening in a shorter growing season and/or high altitude.
I require: trees, natural beauty, good internet access, not too many people, not currently on fire, no more than a five-hour drive from LA (ie, south of Yosemite), not insanely expensive, and with a reasonable number of locals who are not Nazis, fascists, or anti-maskers. (Some Trumpers are inevitable - I got a death threat from one in my own neighborhood in LA - I just don't want everyone to be a Trumper but me, or for there to be a local, active, and aggressive anti-mask or fascist contingent.)
I prefer: snow.
Not interested in: Ojai (not enough trees), Santa Barbara (too urban), Santa Clarita (too suburban AND not enough trees), Mariposa (too close to my parents - I want more of a feeling of solitude).