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Do you have any overly ambitious plans?

Asked by tedd (14078points) July 13th, 2011

I was talking with a friend of mine today about things we want in our eventual yards, and I realized I have some pretty grand plans for mine. At the moment I don’t own a home or property, but I figure within the next 5 or so years I’ll be settling down and getting one (come on housing market crash lasting til then! :D ) .... Anyways I have always been a big fan of alternative energies, and have been long studying solar panels and wind turbines (going as far as to do a project on how scientifically solar panels work in college). So one thing I for sure have wanted was self-made solar panels on my home, and self made wind turbines in my yard.

Thinking further I’ve recently been getting into the idea of setting up my own “garden.” But more than just a small garden I want to set aside as much as an acre for summer gardening (though probably less as I’m only so motivated lol). Going with that I also wanted to set up a green house so that I could garden in the winter and still have fresh fruits/veggies.

Arguably most ambitiously I want to install an in ground pool that has a waterfall. Honestly it seems easier than it sounds, once you get past the cost/installation of the pool itself. Just have a regular pool at ground level, and then on a hill adjacent have a smaller pool. Have the filters collect from the lower pool and empty into the upper pool, and a waterfall equaling the water back out.

After talking about it all with my friend, I realized this is an incredibly ambitious back yard plan, and it hasn’t even gotten into what I want to do with my garage :).... lol

Do you have any overly ambitious plans for your future? Not restricted to lawn ideas.

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