Easy… This is a G rated blog… PG during the breeding season. These just happen to start with F. The 3 F Reasons you should start a backyard farm 1. Fun- You know you want to live at a petting zoo… Raising chicks makes you feel like you’re back in second grade. Watching baby goats […]
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Possibly the most important thing you can do for your farm business
So you’ve started a farming business. Now what? The first (and arguably the most important) thing you need to do is think like you’re in business. Stop thinking that this is a hobby or that it’s just for fun, or that you don’t care if it doesn’t make money (try not to ever think like […]
Rhode Island Salt Pond Stripers
Every year we venture to the Rhode Island Salt Ponds for some striped bass fishing. We go out early, and fish sunrise. This year the fishing was very slow, but we did manage one striper!
Treestand hacks…
Want to kill more deer? Treat them like slot machines… Killing more deer is like winning more slot machines. The more slots you play, the more you will win. (but don’t… casinos make their money of this principle.) The easiest way to kill more deer… Is to stay in your tree stand longer. Its a […]
How To Never Buy Meat Again… (And still eat steak all the time)
3 years ago I stopped buying meat. Whoa… Whoa… Easy. I didn’t become a vegetarian. Far from it. In fact, Meatless Monday would cost me more than it would save me. Here is how I get my family of 5 (… Ok, one is a baby…) enough meat for a year, without ever buying it from […]
Egg Laying Chickens, farm fresh eggs, the economics of an egg, hens, roosters, and raising chicks on a homestead
Chickens… They are the “gateway” animal. That’s how our farm started. It seems every homesteader and wannabe farmer starts with a flock of hens. But should they be? Do egg layers make financial sense in a world of $2 per dozen eggs? Listen to this months episode to find out! Check out this episode!
