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| We have three months to go from this to farmland. Admittedly, this is an old picture so the stumps and logs are much mushier now than when this picture was taken. |
We are officially three weeks into our time of under employment. It really isn't something we are going to notice from a financial aspect right away, since we don't get paid very often anyway. However, we know that the time is here and that it is likely to be permanent if we want to keep the jobs we currently have. Our current plan is to keep those jobs, if possible, and also work towards a profitable farm on our land.
There is a lot of work to be done before we can plant our first crop this April. Our goal is to either accomplish one small task each day or work for an hour towards a larger task. Eventually, more time will have to be spent, but for now we are going to make some small steps towards our large goal. I am going to journal our experience here.
For the last few days, we have been researching and ordering bees. MrLivingOurWay has prior experience with bees because his dad is a beekeeper and lives several hours away from us. However, he has not been on the purchasing end of things until now. We just ordered the bees a couple of days ago and were surprised that we had to order so early. We almost missed out! Had a friend not clued me in, we might not have gotten bees this year at all. By the time we got around to looking, many places were almost sold out.
Last night we ordered the hives and other things we need. I feel better about having everything ordered because I'm afraid that we might put off ordering the hives for too long and end up with no place to put the bees. These little critters are too expensive to set free once they get here!
I've been working in our personal vegetable garden. This week, I planted garlic, kale, and Swiss chard. Cabbage is already in the garden. Some sources say we are too early for our greens. We'll have to wait and see.
Today, MrLivingOurWay is going to get a part from his backhoe fixed. Without this important part, we will have a hard time converting our field of stumps into farmland. Luckily, it's been several years since we had our trees cut and many of them are rotting on their own so they are easy to just push over and plow under. Then, it will be on to the next step of adding the right nutrients to the soil.
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ReplyDeleteI had some success last year selling to people who run vegetable stands along the road and farmer's markets. They don't give full price but then I don't have to try and sell it my self. I planted late green beans and cranberry beans (mid to late June) so I had bushels to sell when most gardens had stopped producing. The produce sellers don't always have their own crops to sell which surprised me. Good luck. Gill
Thanks for stopping by Gill. I actually have a friend that runs a road side stand. Some of their produce comes from their farm but some of it is bought locally and much of it comes from a farmers market an hour away.
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