Getting to know the neighbors

The previous owners of the olive property (and our future neighbors) called yesterday morning. I guess they are getting out of farming completely. (Although, I don't know how much into farming they were. We heard that they are both doctors.) At any rate, they are going to be selling off some equipment (tractors, etc.) and wanted to know if we were at all interested. Uh... yes!

It sounds like they have taken very good care of their equipment - and I would believe it to look at how they babied their olive trees. So, it could turn out to be a great deal for us. Everything is suited more for olives, which would have larger spacing than vine rows. However, Greg said that traditionally, vine row spacing was determined by the tractor width. Since we are developing the vineyard, we could make the vine spacing fit our purposes... even though narrow-spaced vines are all the rage at the moment. It is something Greg will certainly look into at any rate.

They also offered to let us look at the house plans that they had designed for the site. They were planning on something like 6 bedrooms, 6 baths. (!!) A bit more than what we would want, but there is an off chance that it might turn out to be something we could modify. Again, definitely something to look into.

It sounds like they are planning to put in rentals on their land across the street. One of these units could be perfect for us until we get something to live in on our property. On top of that, they offered Greg a spare room in case he comes down early to get the ball rolling on our site. There is so much to do. We've been thinking that it might make sense for Greg to go down and get some things sorted before the big move. All of this is just so helpful. These guys seem so very nice - they will make lovely neighbors.

(Fortunately, someone seems to have told them that we are planning to put in grapes. We were feeling a bit sheepish about them finding out how we plan to pull out all the olives that they put in.)