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Post by Jolly on Jun 10, 2020 10:35:22 GMT
If you were a young person, just starting your homestead, what would you do different than what you did?
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Post by TxGal on Jun 10, 2020 11:26:37 GMT
Start younger. Also not starting with un-improved land. I wish we had purchased a place that was more established rather than starting from the ground up. At the very least fenced and possibly cross fenced....and with good trees. A full fledged barn would be helpful too.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2020 11:46:13 GMT
Start way younger, and squirrel away every spare dime.
Infrastructure, infrastructure, infrastructure.
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Post by Ozarks Tom on Jun 10, 2020 11:54:13 GMT
I'd have built all the outbuildings twice their original size, rather than coming back later to double them. I guess that comes from denying my nature that leads me to once started go whole hog into it.
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Post by laurazone5 on Jun 10, 2020 12:24:25 GMT
If you were a young person, just starting your homestead, what would you do different than what you did? Land. Lots of land Plant the orchards first. Multiple energy sources: water, solar, etc. Eliminate digital footprints. No loyalty cards in my name. Cash only, and one credit card for emergencies. PO box, in the next town. Own a Jeep, without a computer, and all the spare parts to fix it. Make it my mission to find like minded elders, volunteer to do what ever is needed around their homestead to learn. Make it my mission to find someone to teach me mechanics, plumbing, wiring, construction, welding, etc. If I was 20, I'd spend 10 years acquiring knowledge, while my orchards establish. As I learned, add: For example, Chickens would be my first animal. Learn, acquire, master, move to the next.
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Post by Jolly on Jun 10, 2020 12:45:17 GMT
Have. A. Plan.
I used to laugh at the old Soviet five year plans, but there is something about planning that allows you to focus on goals. I know that God laughs at man's plans, but without plans we make mistakes.
Even more mistakes than normal.😄
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Post by DEKE on Jun 10, 2020 22:10:01 GMT
That's one of the tests you put to young companies looking for outside capital. Where's your plan? You would be amazed at how many companies have no plan at all except for some dream in the founder's head.
You know the plan is going to be wrong over time, but how do you have any focus if you don't have well defined goals?
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Post by farmgirl on Jun 11, 2020 14:55:25 GMT
Start small, research more, don't settle for livestock you don't really like just because it's available. Put fencing and shelter in place before you get livestock. Focus on planting what you really like to eat, and always use weed barrier and mulch.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2020 17:42:21 GMT
Started earlier. Get the fencing in place before the animals. Double the cost of everything I estimated. Last but certainly not least: Never got married!
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Post by Jolly on Jun 11, 2020 18:00:06 GMT
Started earlier. Get the fencing in place before the animals. Double the cost of everything I estimated. Last but certainly not least: Never got married! Nah, you just need the right man. Take our resident painter... 1. He's french, so I know he can cook. You won't have to do that. 2. If there's a hunting season, he won't be at home. 3. I bet he can dance really well. Especially chankety-chank. 4. Nobody can have fun like a cajun. Nobody. 5. If you put a cold beer at the end of the row, I bet he'll plow. What more could a woman want?
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Post by DEKE on Jun 11, 2020 19:03:44 GMT
What more could a woman want? to be understood.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2020 19:57:33 GMT
Jolly. Lol. Along with all of that typically comes a ton of aggravation. A true partner would be nice, but I’ve chosen to have Peace at this stage and I encourage everyone to seek it out.
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Post by Ozarks Tom on Jun 11, 2020 21:10:40 GMT
This certainly doesn't apply to me, but I've always thought in many cases this old saying is so true: "I didn't know what happiness was until I got married, and then it was too late."
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Post by wildhorseluvr on Jun 11, 2020 23:19:35 GMT
Started earlier. Get the fencing in place before the animals. Double the cost of everything I estimated. Last but certainly not least: Never got married! Nah, you just need the right man. Take our resident painter... 1. He's french, so I know he can cook. You won't have to do that. 2. If there's a hunting season, he won't be at home. 3. I bet he can dance really well. Especially chankety-chank. 4. Nobody can have fun like a cajun. Nobody. 5. If you put a cold beer at the end of the row, I bet he'll plow. What more could a woman want? RE: #4. I know a rodeo cowboy or two who could give a Cajun a run for their money. 😁
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Post by tabitha on Jun 11, 2020 23:30:01 GMT
I would get a few things in writing. I would insist DH get his own project going and not mess with mine. I would practice Joel Salatin rotational grazing. Now, finally after 15 yeas, I got paddocks established. It was like pushing rope uphill. So my head is still spinning. DH sold the sheep. the paddocks need mowing.
And I would insist the DR weed mower is self propelled.
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