Your perfect farm would be?

[Sir Loin]

Ouachita

Now that is a new one to add to the long long list of all the things or people I have been called.
Thanks for the compliment, I don't get many of those.
SL

FYI:
There is one word to describe me that would answer all the questions/remarks and all the ridicule I have received over my life time.
I have never divulged that word, on any of the boards I have been on. There are only 3 people in this world who know that word. They are me., my second wife and our daughter.
Perhaps some day I will divulge that word on this board and all your questions will be answered.
Until then I have no fear, asonly a critical thinker would be able to deduce from the evidence that is right before you all.

[jedstivers]

I'll be dang, we have found Elvis!

[regolith]

a) idiot
b) aspergers

now how about we get back on topic. You're welcome to make another thread to talk about yourself. You could even use it to discuss the fact that an asperger's diagnosis is entirely incompatible with an idiot diagnosis if you must.

[donnaIL]

My perfect farm would be:

1. Paid for
2. Good location with good access for hauling cattle or anything else that is needed (feed, hay, fertilizer)
3. Good soil and good drainage. Hay fields already established a plus
4. Water souce, well, lake, creek
5. As much as I hate clearing timber, I would not want a piece of land without trees.
6. A bonus would be to buy something with good fences, perhaps an outbuilding and public utilities available.

We purchased our land about 10 years ago and started from scratch. We still do not have a homesite there but live near by. We have put in a road, utilites, a building..cleared alot of brush & timber. We put up fences and changed corn/bean fields into hay and pasture. Would have been easier if some of the necessities would have already been there.

[Dave]

My perfect farm would be big enough to be a ranch not a farm. Probably something that would run 500-1,000 cows. And I want gentle rolling grass covered hills. I have had enough steep rocky brush covered canyons. But I would also need the 5-8 million it would take to buy this ranch...... Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket.

[Sir Loin]

Dave,
Here is what I want you to do.
turn your volume all the way up loud
Click on the link below then
Scoot you chair back, lean back, and close your eyes.
When it is over open your eyes and hit reply, and watch it this time.
Then get back to me.
SL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5KeGccP9Jk

[chippie]

I am a mother of 5 also (our youngest is 19, oldest 27). We are mostly empty nest now. One son at home and the youngest is away at college. We have a small farm and have our own garden, raise our meat, have the misc farm animals and a couple Jersey cows.

I have a friend who is a small natural farmer - CSA. http://allweneedfarms.com/ You might look into becoming a CSA farmer. (Community Sustained Agriculture). It works well for her.

http://www.localharvest.org/csa/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community-supported_agriculture

http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/csa/csa.shtml

My best advice is to find your farm and buy it, even if you are not ready to start your business. The reason is that if you wait a couple of years to get it, your dollar will not go as far. Something else to think about is that if you decide to have a "pick your own" business, check into liability insurance. Since it is a business, it would be different than a regular homeowner's policy.
The little expenses can add up quickly.