Since I am not really doing too much on my land right now I figured I'd just answer the questions that are in the pinned thread so y'all can get to know me a little better!
1. What state/province/country are you in and what is your climate like? I'm in Northeast Tx, Tyler to be exact. Smith county, the Piney Woods
2. How many people are in your family? Marital status? Living with me is just my Husband and my elderly mom. We have two grown sons, one who lives near here and one who lives in Las Vegas (where we were living before TX). My eldest sister also lives near us and so does my mother in law. We'd like to have a tiny house on the property for both of them.... they aren't thrilled with that idea, not sure why.
3. How would you define your farm? ummm... I dunno, it's 6.5 acres of a mixture of pasture and woods. We have a pond and a bit of a creek/spring that feeds our pond. Our dam is broken on our pond, so it's more of a mud swamp.
4. What would you do with your spare time if you had any resources you needed? have a nice veggie and herb garden, plenty of chickens for meat and eggs, sheep for milk and meat, maybe a pig or two for meat. I'd be making soaps and other beauty products. And crafting! Ahhh retirement sounds really good right about now.
5. Have you ever built a house, barn , or other types of building? Do you want to? nope, but I really want to!!
6. Can you weld? Steel, aluminum, MiG, TiG, stick, Oxy-Acet? hahahahaha, no
7. Who or what inspired you to be a farmer/rancher, hobby farmer? My granny and her family were farmers back in the depression and on. So I grew up with stories of farm life. I visited my great-uncle in Oklahoma when I was about 6 and he had cows and chickens and goats and a strawberry patch. I caught frogs in his little pond and it was wonderful!
8 Is it a hobby or an occupation? self sufficient lifestyle
9. In what areas are you knowledgeable and in what areas would you like to learn more? I've been learning about chickens, growing your own food and sheep. But I need to learn more about everything.
10. In what types of farming will you never choose to do? Probably cows.... they're too big. The idea of a family dairy cow sounds appealing, but we really don't drink that much milk and I can make cheese with goat or sheep milk.
11. Are you interested in providing more of your own food supply? That is why we're doing this. We see signs of a very hard time coming and we want to be as self sufficient as we can be.
12. Where do you end up when you sink into yourself, away from the outside world? Usually on my back porch with a drink (coffee or tea) and reading a book or taking pictures.
13. Can you drive a farm tractor or a semi?the small one we have,yes. My mom could drive a semi when she was younger, but I never learned.
14. Do you make crafts or useful items? Would you want to teach others how to do these? I do! I love crafting! I make junk journals right now. But I've made jewelry and clothes and all sorts of things
15. Can you legally have all forms of livestock where you are at? Do you have any? What kinds? yes and I don't h ave any just yet. Working on getting some chickens and then maybe some sheep.
16. Can you operate a lathe? Metal, wood? I've only used some drills and saws, but we're working on getting more tools, but we need a shop building to be able to store everything in!
17. Do you like to garden? If so, what do you enjoy growing? yes I love it!! Right now I'm growing a bunch of onions and a few tomatoes. I hope to get a winter garden up when my back is recovered.
18. Do you fish? Bait or explosives? I haven't fished in forever, but I want to do that when we get our pond fixed. With bait though.
19. How much space/land do you have or rent? City farm? Country? we own 6.5 acres just outside of a small city, so country.
20. Are you a Novice, Technician, degreed? NOVICE !
21. What is your farm specialty? Or what one would you like to learn? no idea yet
Well work has gotten busy again so I better take care of that before I finish answering the questions. LOL Hope you enjoy!
1. What state/province/country are you in and what is your climate like? I'm in Northeast Tx, Tyler to be exact. Smith county, the Piney Woods
2. How many people are in your family? Marital status? Living with me is just my Husband and my elderly mom. We have two grown sons, one who lives near here and one who lives in Las Vegas (where we were living before TX). My eldest sister also lives near us and so does my mother in law. We'd like to have a tiny house on the property for both of them.... they aren't thrilled with that idea, not sure why.
3. How would you define your farm? ummm... I dunno, it's 6.5 acres of a mixture of pasture and woods. We have a pond and a bit of a creek/spring that feeds our pond. Our dam is broken on our pond, so it's more of a mud swamp.
4. What would you do with your spare time if you had any resources you needed? have a nice veggie and herb garden, plenty of chickens for meat and eggs, sheep for milk and meat, maybe a pig or two for meat. I'd be making soaps and other beauty products. And crafting! Ahhh retirement sounds really good right about now.
5. Have you ever built a house, barn , or other types of building? Do you want to? nope, but I really want to!!
6. Can you weld? Steel, aluminum, MiG, TiG, stick, Oxy-Acet? hahahahaha, no
7. Who or what inspired you to be a farmer/rancher, hobby farmer? My granny and her family were farmers back in the depression and on. So I grew up with stories of farm life. I visited my great-uncle in Oklahoma when I was about 6 and he had cows and chickens and goats and a strawberry patch. I caught frogs in his little pond and it was wonderful!
8 Is it a hobby or an occupation? self sufficient lifestyle
9. In what areas are you knowledgeable and in what areas would you like to learn more? I've been learning about chickens, growing your own food and sheep. But I need to learn more about everything.
10. In what types of farming will you never choose to do? Probably cows.... they're too big. The idea of a family dairy cow sounds appealing, but we really don't drink that much milk and I can make cheese with goat or sheep milk.
11. Are you interested in providing more of your own food supply? That is why we're doing this. We see signs of a very hard time coming and we want to be as self sufficient as we can be.
12. Where do you end up when you sink into yourself, away from the outside world? Usually on my back porch with a drink (coffee or tea) and reading a book or taking pictures.
13. Can you drive a farm tractor or a semi?the small one we have,yes. My mom could drive a semi when she was younger, but I never learned.
14. Do you make crafts or useful items? Would you want to teach others how to do these? I do! I love crafting! I make junk journals right now. But I've made jewelry and clothes and all sorts of things
15. Can you legally have all forms of livestock where you are at? Do you have any? What kinds? yes and I don't h ave any just yet. Working on getting some chickens and then maybe some sheep.
16. Can you operate a lathe? Metal, wood? I've only used some drills and saws, but we're working on getting more tools, but we need a shop building to be able to store everything in!
17. Do you like to garden? If so, what do you enjoy growing? yes I love it!! Right now I'm growing a bunch of onions and a few tomatoes. I hope to get a winter garden up when my back is recovered.
18. Do you fish? Bait or explosives? I haven't fished in forever, but I want to do that when we get our pond fixed. With bait though.
19. How much space/land do you have or rent? City farm? Country? we own 6.5 acres just outside of a small city, so country.
20. Are you a Novice, Technician, degreed? NOVICE !
21. What is your farm specialty? Or what one would you like to learn? no idea yet
Well work has gotten busy again so I better take care of that before I finish answering the questions. LOL Hope you enjoy!
