tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220057250271426855.post6578780223537358132..comments2023-06-08T10:14:58.258-04:00Comments on The Yeoman Farmer: Warning: Become a Yeoman Farmer at Your Own RiskTYFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14507074580402175405noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220057250271426855.post-84594957204599654822008-07-02T21:41:00.000-04:002008-07-02T21:41:00.000-04:00AMEN BROTHER! Preach it! Hallelujah!Seriously, mos...AMEN BROTHER! Preach it! Hallelujah!<BR/><BR/>Seriously, most people with 9-to-5 jobs cannot imagine the sheer amount of physical labor, the stress and the occasional heartbreak. There's also that steep learning curve. And it's not a learning curve for "farming". It's a separate learning curve for goats, sheep, berries, grapes, chickens, dairy, field preparation, irrigation, wells, grass management, machinery repair, horses, weeds, fruit trees, turkeys, beef, etc etc etc. Each is a distinct set of knowledge and each has to be learned, usually all at once and usually "the hard way".<BR/><BR/>The best advice someone could have given me when we started out was to take it slow. Definitely grow a garden you first year, but maybe you aren't ready for livestock yet. Or maybe just chickens. Not chickens and horses and sheep and cattle and goats, all at once.Danbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627270393248813976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220057250271426855.post-12872045304353622822008-07-02T11:24:00.000-04:002008-07-02T11:24:00.000-04:00You know better than most the preperation, the "wh...You know better than most the preperation, the "what it takes", the do's and don'ts... Thanks for this wake up call! To me, a good first step would be finding a farm/land... near a smaller town... where one can work... or, work from home... whilst getting the land ready. If the goal is simply to live off the land for one's own needs... working on the side may work if there is no mortgage... no real debt issues... Love the blog. Read it daily. Lifestyle seems a perfect fit for the Traditional Catholic...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com