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Do you have a farming activity on your wish list that you just haven’t put into action yet? Maybe you’re mustering up ambition to dive into aquaculture. Or perhaps your think adding a donkey to the menagerie would be a worthy challenge. Tell us your farming dreams and what (if anything) is keeping you from them.
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I'm already doing my own version of aquafarming. But I use koi instead of edible fish ... ( so far). I'm hoping to add another concrete pond that will house catfish and create a much more user friendly fish edible wise.
I'm really wanting to obtain a Draft cow, preferably a steer.. but even more a Water Buffalo to use around here to help me out.. but I'm awaiting the lumber to come cut, and I have to restore some old fencing on the farm.
I have started my place up to be a fruit and nut farm but I'm increasing what I can produce. I want to get into a larger laying hen house. Perhaps by later summer or first of spring.
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Forestry related stuff!
I have a spot for it in my farm plan, but other then a spot on my Table of Contents, that is all I have for now. Someday I envision my forests well maintained and logged according to most tree farms you see across the country, but for right now with my main energy being driven into crops and sheep farming, it might be awhile before I even do much forestry planning, much less actual timber stand improvements.
But the key to happiness on a farm is to jot your ideas down in a farm plan, and then look back and cross off all the stuff you do so that you can see you are making progress.
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Tell a welfare recipient they must work and they call their congressman. Tell a farmer he can no longer work and he commits suicide. No wonder 1/2% of the population feeds the other 99-1/2%!!
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| Dairy goats or a mike cow. I would love to be able to produce my own milk, cheese, and butter. We're expecting a baby in September and I would like to be able to feed her (or him) unpasteurized milk from hormone free animals. I don't really have enough pasture on my place for a cow, but I have enough pasture/woods to support a couple of goats. My problem is that I'm gone from home frequently, which makes it impossible to milk goats every day. I have my family feed chickens and rabbits for a few days when I'm gone, but it would not be possible for me to have a milk-producing animal at this time. I'm fulfilling many of my farming dreams right now, chickens, rabbits, geese, turkeys, worms, catfish, sorghum, garden, but I'm afraid this dream will have to wait at least until I'm retired.
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| Well my vision is mixed. I want P2 to have a bond with the land and have memories of raising his own animals with the knowledge of the cycle of life of his animals. People from the start have asked me if P2 was ready to grow his animals and then send them to the slaughter house or to the auction barn. Reflecting back he's not going to be the one with the emotions here (it's going to be me). I've seen the attachment that he has for his animals and how do I say this right, then he moves on to another project not looking back. Once his animals get past the cute and helpless stage he seems less attached. I guess I need to take a lesson or two from him. But I want him to also know that there is a time to plant certain things and that you just can't go out there any time of the year to plant his food (like he can go to the store to purchase "fresh" green beans in the middle of winter). It the quality of life that he needs to respect and not the quantity.
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| The 2 things right now on my wish list are a permanent greenhouse & a bigger more sturdy chicken coop and the main thing stopping both of these projects right now is weather & time. When hubby & brother-in-law have the time we don't have the weather and when we have the weather they have other more pressing projects they are getting done. I did manage to cross incubator off the list a couple weeks ago and as of tonight that is sitting here in the livingroom with 13 assorted hen & duck eggs in it.
Lord keep you arm around my shoulder & your hand over my mouth If God brings you to it, He will see you through it 'The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you.'
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| oh boy where to start. we are so in the beginning stages of our farm. We have a 10 stall horse barn and need to finish so we can rent out stalls. That will give us some money to do other things. I want to have vegies this year but need to work the land so we can. I need a tractor but can't afford one yet. working on the chicken coop right now. I want a greenhouse. but thats down the road still. so much to do.
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| Our dream includes having sheep and a couple of feeder pigs, which is not possible now because our fences are in such bad shape. This winter didn't help, with all the downed trees - which, of course, landed right on the fences! As with all things, nothing is stopping us except time and money!!! Like DB, we keep it all written down and it has been nice to cross more things off our list as we make progress.
M. and D.
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| I have a lot of "dreams" for my farm. First was getting it down to a managable size that I could deal with while working full time. This is almost complete. The other big dream that I have is to get it cleaned up and looking better. There is over 30yrs of junk sitting around that collected thanks to past tenants so theres a lot of cleaning to do, which we are working on. I want to be proud when I drive up and see it. There is also a lot of fence work to be completed which requires a substantial amount of money so it won't be happening right now. We are patching as needed but i would love to build new, sturdy fences.
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I want to add a milk cow and a couple dairy goats, a bigger hen house, a stalled horse barn and a pond for fish and the ducks so thay can move out of the wading pool I have for them. Seems like the list never ends, as soon as I cross something off I add something else. As a farmer of any kind you can never say your bored.
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Farmgirls-better looking farmers with brains.
~~~~~~~~~I dream of a better world where chickens can cross roads without having their motives questioned.
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