Approximately 100 Mature Pecan Trees
The property
is located just north of the
Florida/Georgia state line. It's
approx 30 minutes South from the
farm to the Florida State Line. We
live and work in south Florida
currently and its approx 6 hours
from our South Florida home to the
Georgia Ranch. We spared no money in
preparing this property for our
retirement. We had the entire 3
acre lake cored. That means they go
completely around the lake and dig a
20 ft deep trench and fill it with
Georgia mud and pack it down with a
large tracked backhoe. This seals
the lake and prevents leaking or
break through. The lake was built by
a professional lake builder and
should last several lifetimes. The
lake has a large boat/sun dock and
is 14 ft deep near the dock. We have
maintained the pond in it's low
water level this year. This means
we haven't used the well to top off
the water level during the dry
season. This is because we only
visit the property once a year
currently. It will take about two
months to fill the lake with water
again.
We have an
800 ft packed dirt road that leads
from the entrance across the
property to the rear near the lake
where we had planned on building a
house. We have three electrical
poles installed bringing full
electrical services to the rear of
the property. There is also a
commercial 6 inch deep well with
pumping station. We fill the lake
with the well and this way have
fresh water in the pond. We can also
maintain a full lake this way by
topping it off
occasionally during the dryer
season. The property has approx 75
to 100 mature Pecan trees that have
produced up to 10,000 lbs of pecans
in past years. Pecan production
depends on a lot of things such as
the weather, rainfall,
maintenance and they there are good
and bad years for production. We
always get more than enough to eat
and give out to friends. To
maintain full production you would
have to fertilize and spray on a
regular basis and we don't. they do
produce great shade in the summer
months though. We transplanted
approx 100 mature oak trees (approx
30 ft tall) about three years ago
into an open field on the property.
In a couple more years these
will also be huge shade trees and
produce lots of acorns that the deer
love.
The property
is almost completely flat and can be
mowed with a lawn mower. With the
100 pecan and 100 oak trees there
is shade over most of the property.
The property is completely fenced
for horse or cattle. We also
planted big Leland Cypress trees
(looks like huge Christmas
trees) along the front and sides of
the property boundary for total
privacy. There is very little
traffic on the road by the front of
the property as it is a county
maintained dirt road approx 1/4 mile
from the paved road. Its about 3
miles on the paved road to the small
town of Camilla to and 30 minutes
from a very large city with malls,
etc. There are many
restaurants nearby. The
property is very private and quiet.
The rear of the property has a
buffer zone of large trees that can
not be removed providing more
privacy. The property to the North
is a 3,000 acre pecan farm and we
hardly ever see anyone on this
property except for maintenance
people working the trees.
We purchased
the property approx 10 years ago
from a family that owned it for over
40 years. There is no house on the
property as we planned on building a
nice home to retire in.
Taxes are
about $400 per year and the
electrical runs anywhere from $10 -
$50 per month depending on how
much we run the well to top off the
lake. We recently leased the pecan
grove ( 8 acres) to a local pecan
grower on a yearly contract. The
lease can be cancelled at any time
and the grower will have the rights
to the next crop only.
Below are
some photos of the property. The
trees loose their leaves during
winter as you can see. Below that
is some summer photos with leaves on
the trees. The lake will turn from
blue to a gray green in the winter.
The lake is fed with an underground
river.
