Itd be great to find a mini milker but i doubt i could find one or a good one at that for reasonable price. Oh well goats will due for now. I been thinkin on it and here is my time line
by Dec 2012
established a small garden
begin work on an orchard
have plans on a barn for my animals
by May...
We d love a milk cow, but space don't permit right now. We eat a lot of peaches, apples, and if we had cherries we'd eat more of them. A few pears, and plums. Then blackberries, strawberries, and blueberries.
thanks for help
Hey all. I aint been here for a while, sorry been busy. We havent been doing ss much lately. We need to expand our land to the back to have room for hard core homesteading. I aint to sure how big our property is now.
My questions are for a family of five
1 How many dual purpose chickens...
since i was last on here. i have been thinking lots on planning my homestead. i understand that to eat primarily from my animals and garden, i will need to put up lots of food. im gonna grow a bigger garden and drag my old canning jars. ive been tryin to find some at yard sales and such too...
wow, thanks for all the great info and welcomes. ive really been thinking about this in the past days. ive had time to research and ive come up with some goals here to do by the end of next year.
1. get my garden in full swing with stuff we will eat and lots to can and preserve
2. get a chicken...
thanx for the warm welcome. that helps a lot, ive had my eye on the buff orps, they seem really nice. for my garden id like to intercrop some, so i save space.
hey. im a newbie to this self sufficiency stuff and i stumbled on this forum and i wanted some avice on how to perfect a self sufficient homestead. i know that economy is bad so i have a few questions. . . .
for a family of five how many laying hens would we need? we eat eggs pretty...