Welcome to the country
Subtitle: things you need to know when moving to rural Virginia
By: Frank Levering
Publisher: Ballyshannon Fund
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Charlottesville, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 77
ISBN-13: 9780615228426
Subjects: Urban-rural migration; Cities and towns; Relocation (Housing); Country life
Description: By the time you finish reading Welcome to the Country you'll know, likely, a fair bit more than you do now about the cultural traditions, unwritten codes of behavior, laws, and farming practices in rural Virginia, with particular attention to the ten-county Central Virginia heartland that straddles the Blue Ridge Mountains.  If you're a newcomer to this region -- or indeed, to any predominantly rural region in Virginia -- this book will help you adapt to your surroundings and live harmoniously with your neighbors. If you're a native, reading this book will offer you a crisper understanding of the place you have longed called home. -- From publisher's description.
Table of contents: title: Welcome; title: Road map to rural Virginia; title: A clash of cultures; title: Making the  move; title: Virginia's unrivaled heartland; title: The tradition continues; title: The code of the country; title: Private property and you; title: Agricultural economics 101; title: Forestry, that "other" agriculture; title: Living the country lifestyle; title: When something gets under your skin; title: Saving farmland: your role; title: Those surprising (sometimes) easements; title: Good fences make good neighbors; title: Virginia's animal kingdom and you; title: Rules of the road; title: Country water; title: Homesite common sense; title: Creating community; title: Full circle.