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This happens to be the exact property we are going to talk to the about tomorrow. I may not have mentioned this but my husband plans on retiring from the creamery he currently is working at. He’s been there 4-5 years, so we should have many years of reliable income provide the creamery is able...

You opinion is important to me. Maybe my plan is on the grand/champagne but I’m hoping to find some way to at least insure that out family will always have food in their bellies. That is the absote minimum I’m willing to accept.

And as far as crop land goes we can always rent or lease a little bit more land if needed. Plus if we pasture/graze/feed our animals that would cut back at least a little bit of gross/grains we need to grow. That leads to smaller amount of land needed to grow crops. Am I thinking at least...

Kinda hoping we can grow adequate crops to supply animal needs. And breedable livestock to throw us a replacement baby and milk as needed. We will need a mortgage to buy our little farm. But we already have much of the working machinery needed to do small scale farming. We need a planter...

Second part of my idea/plan.

Hello @greybeard , I think I’m going to post my idea/plan. I might have written it wron earlier. But I do have definite goals and objectives. I’ll share them with you and whoever else may be interested. It’s going to take two separate posts as the only way I could figure out to share it is with...

i was wondering if anyone in here has turned their passion of farming into a source of financial stability and means of self fulfillment? I have a really strong need to find a source of “stability” and personal fulfillment for my little household in the very nearby future that can last us...

Pocket change can add up pretty quickly. Especially if it is mostly quarters and $.50 pieces. Pennies are questionable. If you understand what I’m trying to say.

Oh Poo on them for their lack of imagination and waste not attitude.

Good morning @Baymule , In the past you have asked me if I have a plan. Primarily a plan for our goats and livestock. Between this thread and that question it has turned my thinking cap into full gear. I now have a plan. Not only a plan for goats and livestock but for financial security, and...

@Baymule , I found Ox Ranch on the internet. They have so many amazing animals there. I would absolutely love to go on a hunt there. I have absolutely no interest a trophy mount though. If I could afford it I would buy a week long “hunt” to see how many different species I can spot. I can’t...

I bet a black and white jacket would look gorgeous on you. I love you long beautiful hair. Your neighbor with the exotic deer. I didn’t know there was anything there than white tail, mule, black foot deer. I have been hanging out with the wrong crowd my entire life. It has been these last few...

Thank you for taking the time to define these for me. The only terms listed here I’m still confused about are hides, leather, suede, tanned. I guess I’m trying to figure out if for the most part is are they “interchangeable” for most people? Also when processing hides, both sides are processed...

Hi Bay! We don’t have a pressure cooker. I used to do canning and jelly making with my mom when I was pretty young. I hadn’t even thought about stocking up with jars, lids, rings. I do have a food dehydrator and a vacuum sealer and bags. We have a meat grinder, jerky kit, and a large second...

I know this is something I really want to try. I don’t like the idea of letting any useful or worthy part of an animal to go to waste. I don’t believe in killing an animal for the sake of killing either. That is complete disrespect to nature’s ecosystem and disrupts the food chain. People of...

These aren’t the best pictures of my sweet girl Halfy. But they should give you some idea about what she usually looks like and what she looks like now. This is what she looked like moments after she gave birth to her babies. This is what she looks like tonight. Halfy never did get very...

Most definitely be checking that out out. Thank you so much.:weee

I’m going to try and get a couple of pictures of her in this state. It will be good to have the pictures as a reference to her improvements. I do suspect you are right about her possibly becoming on the dangerous to human side with her next litter. I think we can accommodate that if it were to...

@Baymule you have been tremendously helpful. I really do like the idea of soured corn. From what I’ve heard soured corn can be a bit smelly or offensive smelling. I’m assuming it would need to stay in a liquid state and not frozen solid. Our barn isn’t insulated in the least and none of us...

Raw milk is a really great idea. I’m going to have to think on where I can get some raw milk. In about a year I might have fresh whole goats milk available for this type of use. I can only think of one person who has dairy anything. It’s the goat lady that had the Nubian wether and buck that she...