Maine, It's Not Like Back In Jersey, Jersey, Jersey.

If you relocate, retire, invest in Maine and move here, let’s establish a few ground rules.

Absitively, postituvelly do not go on and on about back in Jersey, or when you lived in California, etc. You are in Maine now. Some of the earlier references that come up continuously could be because you miss traffic, crime, pollution of your old place on the planet?

If the motivation to do the show and tell and on and on about your old state is to impress someone, that won’t work here. Mainers are down to earth, community and family centered. And not in to being easily impressed, wooed by your new European car, imported this or that. If it is insecurity that prompts the laundry list of your accomplishments, your material and financial wealth, we understand. But slowly, one by one all that won’t matter. You won’t need to be a name or label dropper. The spell from that kind of dog and pony does not cast here.

Maine is simple, clean, real and not spun. It is not man made. Four seasons outdoor recreation with widlife infested woods, less wear and tear on those trails is the rule, not exception. Hiking to places you can not get to by car, where man is not commercializing for profit is possible here. Everywhere in Maine.

So when you visit on vacation to Maine, if you buy property for full or part time use, leave your old over populated state and the ways to survive there there. Maine, she’s simple, healthy, will steal your heart. You are going to find just as long a laundry list of what we don’t have that you don’t need and prompted your consideration of Maine in the first place remember?

Those high property taxes, insurance and cost of living back in Jersey, New York, wherever the concrete urban jungle surroundings should, need to stay back there.

In your rear view mirror, left behind when you skiddadled from wherever you hung your hat last. Remember why you moved, longed for what Maine offers up here in the right hand corner of the country. That is key, and replaces what prompted the move down country.

We operate a lot leaner, simpler, and take money…the need for lots of it right out of the equation in our day to day. Add that to the four season beauty, the fewer people, lack of crime, traffic, pollution and now you get it. Are tuned in to the same wave length, story line, signal and watching the same smoke signal roll by over head.

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Courtesy Of BDN Aerial Penobscot River, American Folk Festival

Bangor Maine Weather For The American Folk Festival Is Hot, Sunny Days, Cooler Moonlit Nights…The Perfect Back Drop For The American Folk Festival This Weekend.

The Maine Potatoes, Spuds Are Thirsty This Summer

Day after day of sunshine, cobalt blue skies and summer weather that could not be improved on for recreation, for growing vegetables, fruit.

But lack of water, a drink for the potato plants of Aroostook County means irrigation is part of the farming exercise this summer. A family farm I own in Houlton Maine has two ponds that came in handy for Michael Hagan who farms potato and grain on this homestead.

This is what the irrigation of the Maine potatoes, spud fields looks like at sunset on the farm.

Those two Maine farm ponds provided lots of extra water pumped at sundown to get maximum sustaining power without the hot sun’s evaporation robbing the plants of moisture they are crying out for, need. This farm field, land outside Houlton Maine on US Rt 2, the County Road. Other Maine Flickr photostream images to enjoy.

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Bangor Maine Musicians Perform On 4 Stages By The Penobscot River.

Warm Maine weather, wandering from outdoor stage to stage to hear the best music, continuous performances, entertainers from all over the country, world converge in Bangor ME.

We’re talking the American Folk Festival in downtown Bangor Maine along the waterfront of the Penobscot River. This year’s musical buffet of national talent in Bangor Maine is August 27, 28, and 29. Music, song, dance, fun with folks from all over that drop a donation in the bucket to help keep this wonderful musical trek to the American Folk Festival happening. The donations keep it free admission.

Volunteers are needed to pull of a musical operation of this size and what better way to enjoy the festival than pitching in a working on it? Maine is famous for its hard working volunteers. There is nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer. That’s the home made flavor not store bought taste of living here in Vacationland, in Maine.

Here is the list of muscians, dancers performing at this year’s Bangor Maine American Folk Festival. If you are traveling for the first time to Maine, here are the directions to Bangor ME.

The music is a big draw and the diversity of performances offered, the enormous amount of talent and choices of watching a little of this cajun bayou sound, then walking over to another performance going on at the same time of gospel mixed with blues. And everything in between heard before the weekend is over for another year. But the food, the amazing array of ethnic foods, everything from around the world is represented along with a chuch’s annual bake bean, blueberry pie spread. Here is a list of American Folk Festival food vendors, crafts offered.

Enjoy four musical stages, here’s the Bangor Maine American Folk Festival layout map.

There are well run shuttles so park it once, hop on the bus to save leg wear and tear and make sure you spend more time in front of a Bangor Maine musical stage, less time tramping.

Beer and wine tent, musical cd sales part of the Maine American folk festival too. Heather McCarthy, festival organizer is from my home town of Houlton Maine. Great job Heather and all the Maine support, volunteers that keep the festival lively, growing, better than after year after year.

Chicken pickin’ music from Baileyville Maine’s Johnny Hiland is one example of a native son performing at the American Folk Festival this year too. WLBZ Channel 2 in Bangor Maine does an excellent job covering, promoting the folk festival performers with highlight stories to help draw the crowds needed to donate, fund and underwrite this amazing musical event.

I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers
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Round Bales Taking Over For Square Bail Haying Maine Farming Operation.

Maine is helping your neighbor, the bartering of a job done for another in exchange with something of value to you in return besides money.

Carrying on from the days of everyone being a farmer in Maine. Barn raisings where this week we are at your farm, next week at mine and returning the favor. The IRS is not so fond of trade outs, because they are below radar, not taxed. No money in the picture and sweat, effort the currency. Favor for a favor.

Do you do all your own repairs, home construction, vehicle maintenance? That self reliant behavior is a handy trait Mainer’s possess. Independent, sometimes from lacking the financial resources breeds the handyman spirit. Like the Red Green Show’s advice or desire to find me at least very handy, if not handsome too.

On a Maine farm growing up, use of hay wire, bailing twine, duct tape, vise grips, a welder and hose clamps served the process well.

Not throwing away an old part that could be modified to get another season or two out of weary Maine farm equipment during a lean year.

Or recovery from last year that was a little lack luster financially too come to mention it.

Do you find the situations that give you the most joy are home made and not store bought? Do you desire to grow your own food, can and preserve, eat healthy? To become more physically fit, your financing health rosier and your mental outlook strong, more positive? Maine, it’s in your cards, what the little voice in your head is whispering.

I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers
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Maine Lobster Are Hands Down Better, Sweeter, More Memorable Eating.

Maine, the word instantly makes you think lobsters, sea air and lighthouses along rock bound coastlines right?

How would you like to own one, have friends and family over for the weekend, for dinner? No lawn to mow, lots of fresh air, no neighbors. Out in the surf with waves, the tide to deal with and time. Gale force winds, freezing rain and solitude. Up for this adventure in Maine? Read more….

If you are looking for an island on a lake, Maine waterfront properties, ME real estate that has a wet component, can help you in the search. No matter what the price range, location, we’re connected to the statewide Maine Listings portal. Tap in , sit back, peruse the offerings of Maine real estate for sale with or without water frontage attached. Or how about an entry level Maine farm home, land, barn?

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The Local Flavor, Spark, Taste Of Maine. That's Why Bloggers Do It.

Extra jobs to get the work done, complete the picture means a blogger in Maine has more than one venue he haunts, frequents.

In our effort to promote, get the word out about Maine and beat the drum, create the pattern of smoke signals, many blog platforms, video and imagery posts are created. All designed to support, extend the reach of our day job in selling Maine real estate. My boss at MOOERS REALTY encourages, sees the merit in spreading the word about what a neat state Maine is.

Active Rain blog is one of those frequent haunts. So is Flickr, Youtube.

Please check out our other work on these platforms. In the case of Active Rain, who better than one of over 188,000 members of the real estate industry, entrenched in their local community fabric to post about live like an eye in the sky, at the scene villager active in that part of the world they live, work, play in? Thanks for following us on the MeInMaine blog. I hope you find the visits worthwhile and informational, entertaining helpful.

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Doing His Job, On A Mission Of Honey.

When you live in a small Maine town, that community is vibrant, full of spirit and pride because you are a volunteer.

Working on local events, active in your Maine church, a youth sports booster or coach. The fun is the community, the connection and working together for the common good of the community in the part of Maine you hail from. But whether you are from Bethel or Wallagrass Plantation, West Buxton Or Amity Maine, the same way we roll applies anywhere in Maine.

The fun, recreational outlets here don’t have price tags of different sizes attached to them. The peace and contentment, joy is the natural beauty surrounding you when you are in Maine. Less people mean more space, a guarantee of more of the same day and and out. The community suppers for a cancer stricken local, one you don’t really know but kind of feel connected to thru a brother, or a neighbor related to her. You worry, say a prayer for him or her. Concern for others, awareness of others in the villiage. That is Maine.

And kids. Kids are king.

Smaller population here, but moms, dads, family traveling from two hours away in all directions to be part of the friendly, spirited competition. Family, the great outdoors, work ethic to pitch in. Complain less, do more. Maine keeps it simple, but enjoys so much from the rock bound coast lines and harbor life. To rolling Aroostook County potato fields, to blueberry farming Downeast. And everything in between from Portland’s old port section of shops, the attractions in Bar Harbor, the skiing at Sunday River, Sugarloaf, and a slew of smaller mountains.

Maine, get here quick as you can. Make her part of your day to day.

I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers
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Maine Family Farming...Going With Out To Stay On The Farm.

During lean years on a Maine farm, any farm, means cruises of the facility looking for slack happen frequent, daily.

When the weather is against you, the crop or critter market price low, the expenses can eat you up. And when machinery breaks down, hay wire, bailing twine, duct tape and a welder can patch things together to keep going.

You might ask if a part on a tractor, plow, planter, harvester, hay bailer goes bad, while not just trot to the farm implement store and replace the broker component. Lack of money, low on time to make hay while the sunshines so to speak cause ingenuity, creativity to kick in. I was at a farm I was listing last week and noticed a pair of vice grips, rusted, holding a broken joint on a potato digger together. The owner smiled, said it worked fine and went on to other areas of the Maine farm crying out for attention, repair. Never got back to weld that joint, or replace the missing bolt and bracket lost in the hurry to get the crop out last fall, or the one before.

So when I mow a lawn, or in the case of bushing hogging with an old 1953 Super M tractor this past weekend, the same farm boy trained, engrained instincts are alive. My wiring, early childhood training makes me think, Andrew, start in the most critical part of the chore, operation and assume the machine will break. That there will be set backs. Not pessimistic, realistic.

So if the operation stopped in twenty minutes, what would be the most critical way to spend that 20 minutes while everything was working?

Survial thinking, practical but prepared for anything is how you stay on the Maine family farm. Make it work, accept the challenges. Learning how to jerry - rig.

I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers
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Maine Sunset, This Is Our HBO, Pay Per View.

If you are stuck in traffic, wall to wall, bumper to bumper on say RT 128 outside Boston MA or the Bronx Expressway in New York City, you have plenty of time to think, fume, wish, hope, ponder your life. Where you spend it.

And if we all agree life is short, meant to be enjoyed, Maine is often the dream you visit while stuck wedged in tightly on those multi lane highways. And just sitting, not moving.

Big cities, bright lights, moving and grooving is exciting, a thrill a minute when you are younger. But with families, and realizing the life clock is ticking, Maine is a way way slower pace of life. Lower cost property here too. Crime is the same bargain basement and low low like car insurance, cost of living.

So many folks start out just ordering up a taste of Maine. Sampling just a small side property dish of the place called Vacationland, the Pine Tree State. The attraction is the less people, not crowded or spoiled natural resources. The distance you drive dictates how low cost that piece of Maine property is too. Maine is one big honking state (unfolding, paper rustling sound as map opens up, you study it a tad.)Aroostook County is the size of CT and RI alone with 11 people per square mile. New Jersey is populated with 1000 folks per that same square mile. Ditto the square, Alaska has one lone soul, human living in it.

Dreaming about Maine, being here when stuck there? Time’s a wasting. Grab your coat, tell your friends you are heading to Maine. The time is here.

It’s your life, have some fun, relax and smell some Maine wild flowers.

Follow our other ME blogs too for Maine insight, details, images, video clips about this state way way up here in the right hand corner of the nation. Almost in Canada, bordered by it on two sides. Consider moving, relocating, investing in ME.

I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers
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