On small farms often see 10% usage rates or even less. If you have to choose, get the pickup truck before the tractor. Sometimes a top-quality used tool is a better deal than the inferior new Using it steadily for 10 years with no problems. I spent a LOT of money on my chainsaw, but I have been If there is a tool that you need and use regularly, buy the best quality Or rent useful but seldom-used tools, rather than tie up a lot of your In the above example, it wouldn't pay me to buy a bed shaper that I Huge savings in time, money and wear and tear on my back. I got a neighbour to do the whole garden with one of these, in just one afternoon. Then I discovered bed-shapers that fit behind a tractor tiller. I used to till my garden with a walk-behind tiller and shape all the beds by hand. Sometimes the right tool is the only way to go. The tarp stayed in place for a couple weeks, and the weeds were gone. Instead, we spread out a large black tarp that we use to cover hay. For example, when we needed to clear a heavily weeded area for our greenhouse, we could have spend hours digging weeds. Most objects have more than one application.
If you have a problem, look around at all your resources for a solution. Small farm living is (or should be) sustainable living. Try to produce as much of your own food, energy and other needs as is feasible.
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Similarly, if you have a woodlot, install a wood-stove. We also use cover cropping to maintain soil organic matter, and we make barrels of compost tea to feed our plants directly. The pigs and chickens are walking weed eaters and fertilizing machines. We maintain fertility and control weeds in our garden and our fields by rotating both plants and animals. We rarely buy in fertilizer or other inputs for our farm. From this it follows that you should start by growing stuff you will actually eat on a regular basis I would start with chicken rather than emu, for example.Įvery time you buy something in, money (and sustainability) flow out. This is a good way to learn to reliably produce food crops. You can't learn about your farm unless you spend a lot of time there. Stay home as much as possible try compressed work hours or tele-commuting if you still have an off-farm job. You can't build the farm if you aren't on the farm. These tips are based on how things REALLY work on small farms, and in farming communities, IMHO. Here's a few more small farm living tips and suggestions, based on my experiences over the last 10 years on New Terra Farm.
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