Category: Homesteading

Notes for Ohio Land Leases

OSU provides a summary of different requirements based on the term of the lease:
  • Up to 1 year –  Verbal can be enforceable
  • 1-2 years – Must be in writing and signed by both parties
  • 2-3 years- Must be in writing, signed by both parties, notarized,  and recorded in the county where the land is located
  • 3 years or more- Must be in writing, signed by both parties before two witnesses, notarized, and recorded in the county where the land is located

Legal references:

O.R.C. § 5301.08 creates an exemption for land leases under 3 years from notarization and recording requirements in O.R.C. § 5301.01

Ohio CAUV Notes

Land used exclusively for commercial agriculture can be valued, for property tax purposes, based on the gross proceeds from the agricultural use. To qualify, you need to have used the land for agricultural purposes for three years producing an average gross income of at least $2,500 (or, if you have 10+ acres, there is no income requirement).

Once you qualify, file DTE Form 109 with the county auditor. You need to re-assert the commercial agricultural use each year to continue CAUV status. If the land ceases to be used for agriculture, three years of “makeup taxes” are owed — however much you would have been taxed minus the amount actually paid.

2023 Hatch – Turkey Hatching

We’re setting up the incubator tonight to get our first dozen turkey eggs going.

I need to leave the incubator sit overnight to get the temperature and humidity regulated. Tomorrow, we’ll be putting the eggs into the incubator.

Notes:

General:

Pointy end down, may need to leave empty space between eggs so they fit

Temperature
Forced-air incubator, so set to 99.5 degrees F (monitoring for temps between 99 and 100 F)

Humidity
First 25 days, relative humidity 50-60%
Final three days, increase humidity to 65-70%

More Sprouts (and chicken chow!)

The tomato plants are starting to get big — still a few weeks before we can plant them outside, but we have plenty of healthy plants.

I had basically given up on the asparagus (they were older seeds), but I finally have five plants sprouted — this is part of my endeavor to get more plant once / harvest yearly stuff growing.  

And then there’s the chicken chow — this is Bocking 14 comfrey. It doesn’t go to seed, but provides a high-protein leafy food for chickens and turkeys.