“Wells can go dry. Septic tanks can leak. No one likes it when the family pet gets eaten by a cougar or shot by the sheep rancher up the valley. You should also expect some potential annoyances if you move next to an orchard or vineyard. Wind machines as loud as helicopters can blow all night to keep the frost off fruit trees in the spring. And what’s that smell? Sulfur sprayed to control mildew on grapes.” Those are just some of the potential pitfalls mentioned in the new Jackson County Rural Living Handbook. The 28-page guide was prepared by the local Soil and Water Conservation District to remind city slickers escaping the rat race of the realities of rural life.
The southern OR county printed 3,000 copies of the handbook and is reprinting more this month. In the handbook they point out that 70% of the private rural land in the county is composed of small ranchettes of less than 50 acres.
The booklet has been a big hit at feed stores and coops but has not been embraced by the local real estate community.
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