Re: Ideas for new barn and property.
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 7:44 pm
It's been a while since an update.
Chickens are doing well, I think everyone I know has benefitted from our egg production.
I did have 2 chickens get taken by Red Tail Hawks.
Had to run a heater in the plumbing room during the -10 degree days.
One of the local grain elevators grinds the chicken food for me, actually convenient and cheaper than buying commercial food.
Looking forward to the spring so we can get back outside.
I shot the last of the ground hogs towards the fall, I'm sure there will be more in the spring.
The cash rent farming is working out well, the farmer is courteous, friendly, neighborly, and pays on time.
The spring stopped running in the summer but starts up again with a major rain. It has been running again for over a month with all the rain and snow we have had.
I would still like to raise something for meat but don't really want the problems.
We will raise meat chickens again in the early spring. Probably 30 or so.
Oh, the gardens produced nicely last year and we are still eating some of the harvest. Good stuff.
The fruit trees although small provided apple sauce, and 2 (exactly 2) heavenly peaches.
Farm to Fork is what we are going for.
My wife Candace is keeping a blog of sorts on FaceBook, Check out Rusty Plow Homestead for pictures of our place and a bunch of good stuff she cooks. Mmmm!
Take Care,
Thackery
Chickens are doing well, I think everyone I know has benefitted from our egg production.
I did have 2 chickens get taken by Red Tail Hawks.
Had to run a heater in the plumbing room during the -10 degree days.
One of the local grain elevators grinds the chicken food for me, actually convenient and cheaper than buying commercial food.
Looking forward to the spring so we can get back outside.
I shot the last of the ground hogs towards the fall, I'm sure there will be more in the spring.
The cash rent farming is working out well, the farmer is courteous, friendly, neighborly, and pays on time.
The spring stopped running in the summer but starts up again with a major rain. It has been running again for over a month with all the rain and snow we have had.
I would still like to raise something for meat but don't really want the problems.
We will raise meat chickens again in the early spring. Probably 30 or so.
Oh, the gardens produced nicely last year and we are still eating some of the harvest. Good stuff.
The fruit trees although small provided apple sauce, and 2 (exactly 2) heavenly peaches.
Farm to Fork is what we are going for.
My wife Candace is keeping a blog of sorts on FaceBook, Check out Rusty Plow Homestead for pictures of our place and a bunch of good stuff she cooks. Mmmm!
Take Care,
Thackery