During construction of the mini-cabin we planted four small Colorado Spruce trees, primarily to see how well they would grow. I think they were about $15 each. We took some soil from the property to the nursery when we went to look for trees and Mike (of Mike's Nursery) assured us they would grow. Mike smelled our dirt and pinpointed the location of our property right away which was a neat trick so we tended to trust his assessment.

After planting the trees I got tired of hauling ...

In January of 2009, a friend and I proceeded to purchase a parcel of undeveloped land in northern Utah. We both planned to semi-retire in the next 5-6 years and wished to establish a location upon which to establish our retirement homes/cabins.

Affordable acreage is available in many locations in both northern and southern Utah. Unfortunately, much of the cheap land is entirely unsuitable for actually building a permanent residence either due to zoning, lack of services, harshness ...