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How should I use my land?
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I've decided I'm gonna keep it simple. I'll stop when I run out of time.
1. Build a house and do the landscaping. Build a separate garage for a workshop.
2. Put in a medium sized vegetable garden, a few berry bushes, a few fruit trees, flower beds, bird houses, and bat boxes.
3. Add a few rabbits, if I have enough time.
4. Add a few chickens and guinea fowl, if I have enough time.
5. Consider adding a few steers, if I have enough time.
I think I'll make it through item #4 OK. Item #5 is optional. I may just maintain the larger field in grasses and clover.
Thanks for the comments.
Dan
1. Build a house and do the landscaping. Build a separate garage for a workshop.
2. Put in a medium sized vegetable garden, a few berry bushes, a few fruit trees, flower beds, bird houses, and bat boxes.
3. Add a few rabbits, if I have enough time.
4. Add a few chickens and guinea fowl, if I have enough time.
5. Consider adding a few steers, if I have enough time.
I think I'll make it through item #4 OK. Item #5 is optional. I may just maintain the larger field in grasses and clover.
Thanks for the comments.
Dan
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Suggest putting out the fruit trees as soon as possible, it will take them a few years to produce, also suggest dwarf trees, they produce sooner and are easier to pick/maintain. If you are wanting the rabbits fro meat rather tham pets, the filed of clover and grass will provide a number of them, especially if htere are trees nearby. of course they will also help themselves to the garden. LOL
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Cows are fairly easy to keep as long as they have food and water and a salt and mineryl block. We have a farm in the UP we only went up there evey other weekend. The biggest problem is fencing I am now a big on high tensel fensing with a electric fence charger. Four or five strands of wire and the steel T poles are fast to put up and hold up good and are one of the cheepest ways to go.
A very good magizine is Countryside & small stock journal. They have regular articals on cattle, horses, goats, sheep, rabbits, garding etc. It is focused on home steading and making yourself self suffient. It is written with a view of helping peaple move from the city to the country and helping teach those with no experance. http://www.countrysidemag.com $18 per year it comes every other month.
Billy
A very good magizine is Countryside & small stock journal. They have regular articals on cattle, horses, goats, sheep, rabbits, garding etc. It is focused on home steading and making yourself self suffient. It is written with a view of helping peaple move from the city to the country and helping teach those with no experance. http://www.countrysidemag.com $18 per year it comes every other month.
Billy
Take care of your equipment and it will take care of you. 1964 cub. Farmall 100 and 130.
"Those that say it can’t be done should not interrupt the ones who are doing it.”
"Those that say it can’t be done should not interrupt the ones who are doing it.”
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Yeah John. I'm thinking of rabbits for meat.
If the coyotes, bobcats, foxes, and mountain lions leave a few for me I'd rather hunt rabbits to put in the freezer. I don't see a lot of rabbits even though I have lots of clover in the fields and trees and brush around the fields.
I have seen lots of turkeys, pheasants, and deer. And the pond next door is busting at the seems with very large panfish and medium sized bass. Wild blackberries are abundant and there are lots of wild cherry trees around.
Once I get moved I plan on putting a large chest freezer in the basement and spending my spare time filling it.
If the coyotes, bobcats, foxes, and mountain lions leave a few for me I'd rather hunt rabbits to put in the freezer. I don't see a lot of rabbits even though I have lots of clover in the fields and trees and brush around the fields.
I have seen lots of turkeys, pheasants, and deer. And the pond next door is busting at the seems with very large panfish and medium sized bass. Wild blackberries are abundant and there are lots of wild cherry trees around.
Once I get moved I plan on putting a large chest freezer in the basement and spending my spare time filling it.
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Little Indy,
I have looked into Dexters. IIRC, they're a good beef and dairy breed. If I just raise one head it might be a Dexter steer because of the reasonable amount of meat I'd get for the family. If I raise several head of cattle so I can sell some I'll go with something else.
I'm a little concerned that the Dexters are so small and cute that it would soon become a family pet.
They really are an ideal 'homestead' type breed.
I have looked into Dexters. IIRC, they're a good beef and dairy breed. If I just raise one head it might be a Dexter steer because of the reasonable amount of meat I'd get for the family. If I raise several head of cattle so I can sell some I'll go with something else.
I'm a little concerned that the Dexters are so small and cute that it would soon become a family pet.
They really are an ideal 'homestead' type breed.
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John responed: Eugene. The owners husband is buried there, those are grave markers. You just thought you had strange neighbors.
John: In my conversations and dealings with you I have found you to be a decent, honest person. So I will take your word that those two plastic bulls are a grave marker.
Eugene
John: In my conversations and dealings with you I have found you to be a decent, honest person. So I will take your word that those two plastic bulls are a grave marker.
Eugene
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