The land around the farm is mush and rivulets. The natural interruptions of woods, knolls or creeks creates privacy for every residential quarter. Income and land is owned communally at Alpha. The commune owns the Alpha Bit, a bookstore and coffee shop in nearby Mapleton, which provides work and generates some income for members. It also contracts three mail routes from the Post Office.
Some members work outside the farm.
On the farm, the garden, the buildings and sheds require constant maintenance. But individual income is minimal. It's not unlike the Army, or a monastery. During that time the longest I've been gone from this piece of property was three months. I feel incredibly blessed, incredibly blessed to have lived in one place for so long.