Kansas For Homesteading

“How to Find YOUR Dream Homestead Property”

50 States:

10 Provinces:

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About Curtis Stone:

Curtis is one of the world’s most highly sought-after small farming educators. His book, The Urban Farmer, offers a new way to think about farming𑁋 one where quality of life and profitability coexist. Today, Curtis spends most of his time building his 40-acre off-grid homestead in British Columbia. He leverages his relationships with other experts to bring diverse content into the homes of gardeners and aspiring small farmers from around the world. Learn more at FromTheField.TV.

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[BrotherKyler]

One of the best states for homesteading, IMO. Looks of great areas overlooked in this video.

[swiftlytilting]

We bought 11.25 acres in very remote SE Kansas. We don't live there, but keep it for recreational use. Have a small pond with fish. If ever things get too insane, it'll make an ideal bugout location.

[terryrowe]

Ive lived and homesteaded in north central kansas for the last 30 years, yes it is hot but... its not as bad as people think and its a good cheap place to start your homestead life. The east side of kansas is very congested with towns and there is vegitation but its very hard to control this vegatation and it is very humid in this region of eastern kansas I know that the north central is dryer but... along the rivers and lake areas it is very fertile and can grow good crops if you learn how to do it with nature instead of trying to control and do it like most of the internet fads want folks to. if you can get land away from a town you will be happier since the towns are very clickish and klanish and most are never excepted in the community unless you are blood line and lived there your whole life. But I dont miond because folks leave me alone. I can graze my sheep and goats withoput feeding them with fodder and I have very low taxes. So kansas isnt as bad as this video trys to make it out to be I would stay away from the counties ear marked for the Biden 30 30 land grab though and I would stay away from manhatten where the bio lab they moved there to research hoof and mouth disease. Witchita is bad Kansas city is bad and dodge city has been bought up by arabians and india types for tourism and taxes are high. You can still find homesteads for sell for around 120 grand for 10 acers or more. homes in the citiies can be bought for around 5 grand for ones that need work and 60 grand for those that are ready to live in . we do have tornados but only once in a while hail would be the worst thing we have since the modification of ther weather to control crops.

[adamselectricuniverse]

I'm from Kansas, lived in Oklahoma... the real tornado alley is actually rather narrow from the general Oklahoma City area (central Oklahoma) northeasterly through Tulsa area (northeast Oklahoma) into Joplin area (southwest Missouri), and really almost all of the Midwest has some tornado risk. However, to keep it in context, in southwest Kansas we had one tornado come through our area each year during the season, on average. In tornado alley, it is like hurricanes in the gulf. They just keep coming all season long one right after another. Southeast Kansas (where you highlighted) has as many or more than the rest of Kansas does. Thanks.

[carlosortiz]

Being familiar with Kansas, I'm impressed by your knowledge of the area. Good form.

[fragoout]

Thank you. I appreciate location videos. The Baxter Springs, KS area is part or the Ozark Plateau. The ground water has been polluted by mining/ farming so have it tested before investing $. Joplin, MO (52k) is 15 miles, Springfield, MO (170k) is 80 miles.

[cjhawk]

I had to chuckle to myself when I heard you say that extreme southeast Kansas would be the only place you'd consider. Life-long Kansan here...and I have to say that SE Kansas is an area that many of us in Kansas would recommend staying away from. You are correct in saying to stay away from the KC, Topeka and Wichita areas for obvious reasons. Not all of Kansas is flat and dry. There are beautiful areas with plenty of trees and lakes that would be fantastic homestead areas. But, you have to know where the undesirable features are too. As someone mentioned in a comment, steer clear of Manhattan area because of the bio-lab there.

[BILLYBOBB]

Unless you have greenhouses, you're only getting one crop a year. It's very cold in the winter. It's hot as hell in the summer. The heat is that bad. Lived in Kansas all my 48 years. But we have the best Americans in the country.

[kinziekirkland]

Im surprised you didnt consider that huge mining area with your green circle. I just learned that Picher, Oklahoma is the most toxic ghost town in America (from lead and zinc mining) id trade thay circle for one around Fall River Lake 😂

[jennyfox]

I homestead in CO along the front range. The 3/4 acre for sale on my dirt road is $1.2m. Yep, you read that right. $1.2m for less than one acre of land.
The average cost of a home in my city is $1m. The average cost per acre of vacant land in Durango is around $60k.

If you want to homestead here, let me give you some facts. CO is a HIGH DESERT. A desert. Read that again. Its a desert.
You need 30-40 acres dryland pasture per cow. For every 1000 feet of altitude you lose roughly 5 degrees. The rocky mountains contain less than 1% organic matter. The average growing season in the mountains is 50 days.

The eastern plains experience high heat in the summer, high winds, hail storms, occasional tornadoes and lack of water. Most people that "homestead" on the plains haul their water in. The ones that have wells or city water do pay a lot for water. If you build a rain catchment system it wont matter, there isnt enough rainfall to catch.

If you want to homestead along the front range expect to pay a minimum of $800k for a piece of land that you likely wont be allowed to do anything on except build a home, which will cost a minimum of $700k.
If you find a small piece of land for say $200k in the foothills partially up the mountains youll need about $50k to drill a well. But first youll need a paved road to get the drilling truck to that spot, then you need to clear it of trees. But you can only clear the trees and build the road after you've gotten a permit. That takes around 6 months. Also are you aware of the 35 acre rule here? Youre likely not getting that all done without another 150-200k. So your next option is to haul water up to your mountain retreat. Have fun with that when the snow banks are 10 feet high from the 40mph gusts.
Homesteading in CO is impractical. Its a place where wealthy people have businesses and hobby farms.

[brianramsey]

Brought to u by the kansas visitors bureau

[carinrichardson]

Please do Kentucky, North and South Carolina

[woodmagick]

You are very wrong about Eastern Kansas being flat. From I 35 east the ground can get very hilly. South east Kansas is hills and woods with very little towns spread out some even have population of fewer than 100 if that

[thewobblywelder]

I’m homesteading in sw Kansas now. I fuckin love it! Fantastic variety of wild life. Wind sucks. But I don’t care! I’m just a few hours away from awesome mesa’s and mountains. The area isn’t for everyone. I love the desolation! No neighbors and zero fucking municipal governments to deal with!

[juliecox]

Have you heard of life done free? I think he’s more in the northeast quadrant of KS and considers it one of the best areas in the US.

[NerdOsis]

Really need you to do West Virginia and Wyoming.

[ecolocalguy]

The great prairie of the midwest was once one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. Home of the mighty Lakota, who lived a nomadic lifestyle, following the migration of the bison north and south with the seasons. White man came with the plows and fencing, tore up the deep soil and diverse grasslands to grow acres and acres of monocrops, like Canola (rapeseed), corn and soy. Today, the bison are gone, and the Lakota are hemmed into open air prisons called reservations. And this is called progress.

[dathip]

Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.

[rhino]

BRO YOU MISSED A BIG CONSIDERATION...search "TSMD" SE KS/NE OK AND THE GROUNDWATER POLUTION FROM THE MINING FOR LEAD AND ZINC RIGHT ALONG THE BORDER WITH OKLAHOMA...
SW Kansas is ROUGH going. Sand hills in the SW, the north central part of the state is remote AND AWESOME

Ummm ya so the lines is related to land thats had terrace's cut that allow the farmer to flatten the surface dirt consistent with the topographical elevation of that terrace think of it like big oddly shaped stairsteps on hills but we don't cut in drain tile, nor is it clay, mostly just rich dark brown topsoil

[NHamel]

"stay out of the cities" then you highlighted the most populated areas in the state lol