Paul Weir's Blog

Because they make you smile! and they let you know all the hard work is for all the right reasons and that your clients are important and if you don't take care of them, someone else will (OR WON'T as the case so often is in real estate). I love working for clients like Lana & Doug Strasburg. The...

Hi Folks, Keith Crabtree and I are putting on a new all day pond class next month. It will be the first of the new year. It will be held onsite at a local teaching ranch. Are you struggling to evict scum from your pond? Weeds and algae getting the best of you?  Have your fish been failing to thri...

Hi Folks, Been quite busy over the last several months in the world of real estate and been neglecting my blog. Yesterday, my daughter and I had a great adventure driving along the foothill backroads. We ended up spending a fair amount of tinme between Penryn and Loomis and soon found ourselves o...

Hi Folks, Showing & selling rural property in the Sierra foothills puts me in close touch with people and family's looking to be closer to the land and who wish to enjoy a simpler life than they have been accustomed to. Permaculture is one of those topics that comes up often. "Permaculture (a com...

Hi Folks, We have had many many requests for a pasture focused all day class . . . Keith and I are proud to announce our new all day pasture establishment & managment class to be held at Sierra College in Rocklin. "So how many horses can I have on this acreage?" "I am watering like crazy, but eve...

Hi Folks, Nevada County Recycles has a technical assistance program design to help large acreage and livestock owners manage their waste.  Call to schedule a FREE appointment to get help: managing agricultural & wood waste designing a manure management program creating consistently good compost f...

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Hi Folks, I just bought a number of items at last Thursdays Mill Street Market event and was telling a friend about it and she said, "wow, is it that time of year, I have not seen a calendar of the locations & times yet" . . . then I had a similar response from a client on the phone this morning ...

Hi Folks, I have had several recent buyer clients qualify for a special governement loan program that is really impressing me and I thought it would be great to share it here on Active Rain. Sometimes good credit and a steady income are not enough to qualify for a home loan. More individuals and ...

New IRRIGATION DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT CLASS - June 27, 2009 What kind of irrigation system should I design for flood, sprinkler, or drip? This class will cover advantages, disadvantages of the different irrigation systems. We will go through a sprinkler irrigation design, sizing pipelines, nozzles...