Growing food

>>40969829
I bet money you have a beard and a pair of those Velcro hiking sandals.

>>40969848
I do have a beard, but I wear boots when working outside. Sometimes I like walking barefoot in the dirt though.

>>40969829
Why not raise chickens, instead. They are probably a little cheaper, take up less space, and they have more eggs, which means that you can eat more eggs and more chicken.

>>40969894
I just like turkeys. I find them to be adorable and I think they taste a little better. I normally hunt partridge and goose most of the year so I normally have a ton of poultry in the fridge.

>>40969936
That's cool. Could you give me a quick rundown on what plants you plan on growing?

>>40969829
this lifestyle actually sounds pretty nice...

>>40969894
>raise chickens
How much does it cost to feed chickens?
Is it cheaper than buying eggs?

>>40970007
After a while, they just feed themselves. They eat bugs. In the long run, it's probably cheaper, yes.

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>>40969976
Beans, peas, carrots, beets, asparagus, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, summer squash, zucchinis, potatoes, tomatoes, hot peppers, sweet peppers, potato bean, cucumbers, yams, winter squash, pumpkins, various herbs. I'm probably forgetting something but I like to grow a diverse amount of stuff, keeps dinner from getting boring.
>>40970006
It's a peaceful and slow life. It's nice being able to raise a calf into a steer, playing with it's ears and knowing exactly what the animal eats. Every year I sell one and butcher one.
>>>40970007
If you free range them, they don't cost anything really. If you grain them, it really depends on what exactly you feed them, I give them and my cows my extra vegetables, they seem to enjoy it. The eggs are essentially free if you plan on eating the birds.

>>40970120
Nice, man. Good stuff.

>>40969829

Raising your own food makes you really appreciate that you have to kill in order to eat.

Most people take for granted that things have to die for you to survive.

>>40970007

Raising chickens on proper pasture costs next to nothing but your own time.
Can't find pasture raised eggs easily where I am right now, I do miss them. The difference is night and day between factory eggs. Pasture eggs can be a deep orange-gold, flavor is intense, nutrition is like 2x better per egg.

>>40969829
Comfy desu. How far from the closest city/town do you live? Do you ever miss some things that are difficult to acquire with your current lifestyle? Thanks desu

>>40970007

Raising chickens is dirt cheap.

>>40970629
The nearest town of more than 500 people is about 20 minutes awhile, while the nearest place with around 10,000 is about an hour.
>Do you ever miss some things that are difficult to acquire with your current lifestyle?
I'm not really deprived of anything.

>>40969829

I've considered just going to live in the woods for a year. I'll still go out and visit people and stuff but I want to have a sanctuary away from things and to hve distraction free time to read, exercise, grow food and raise animals. It would be great to learn as well. All the time in the world to go over math and physics texts I have.

Make your own compost/natty fertilizer, don't till your beds after the first year, let 25% of your crop go to seed and then collect seed

Permaculture baby

Living the dream. What do you do for work (if anything) that allows you the time and freedom to take care of all this?

>>40970695

You can sometimes get long house sitting gigs for people who own small farms etc and can't tend to it for a while, if you want something low commitment. Google it, there are websites dedicated to hooking people up.

>>40970776
wwoof and workaway are pretty good, i wwoof'd for about 6 months

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>>40970759
Blacksmithing. I have a workshop and do odd jobs, sell some of what I grow and harvest. It's like I have one foot in the 19th century and one in the 21st.
>pic related, chainsaw damascus hammer I made

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>>40969829
HAHAHA GUYS GET A LOAD OF THIS KEK

I HAVE A SIX FIGURE SALARY THAT DOESN'T STAT WITH A 1 HAHAHA

STEM MASTER RACE

SURE I WORK 60-80+ HOURS A WEEK AND DON'T GET OVERTIME BECAUSE IM CERLERIED

BUT AT LEAST I DONT HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE, ENJOY THE SUN, FEEL CALM AND CONTENT WITH A DAYS HARD PHYSICAL WORK AS I TEND TO MY CROPS THAT TASTE SO GOOD EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE SMALL, THE SOUL, AIR

HAHAHA

THANK CHRIST I'M NOT YOU BUDDY

I BET YOU FALL ASLEEP AT NIGHT WITHOUT HAVING TO TAKE PILLS AND YOUR BODY AND HAIR AREN'T FALLING APART BECAUSE YOUR BOSS TOLD YOU YOUR REVIEW IS COMING UP AND YOU NEED TO COME IN ON YOUR FREE TIME

FAGGET GET A FUCKING LIKFE

I BET YOU EVEN HAVE TIME TO SEE YOU FRIENDS AND SICK PARENTS WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT THE RENT TAKING UP FULLY ONE THIRD OF YOUR INCOME AND DEALING WITH VAPID CITY WHORES AND GOLDDIGGERS

I CAN'T BELIEVE PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY WANT THAT LIFE

I'M LIVING THE DREAM THAT I CAN'T WAKE UP FROM AND EVERYDAY IS A STRUGGLE TO GO ON MY LUNGS BURN AND SKIN FEELS DRY FROM ALL THE SHIT AIR AND I NEED ALCHOHOL AND DRUGS TO EVEN ZONE OUT FROM MY EXISTENCE

I CRY EVERY OTHER NIGHT WISHING I COULD BE A KID AGAIN THEN AFTER THREE HOURS SLEEP DRAG MYSELF OUT TO WORK ANOTHER WEEK FOR CUNTS WHO KEEP SPELLING MY NAME WRONG AFTER TWO YEARS

HAHAHAHA

KILL ME, PLEASE

>>40970820
>SURE I WORK 60-80+ HOURS A WEEK AND DON'T GET OVERTIME BECAUSE IM CERLERIED


My retard friend was offered a high paying non-salaried engineering job, and talked the boss into making it salaried, because he didn't want to be forced to stay if he finished his work early. His boss is getting the last laugh, by making him work 60-80 hour work weeks.

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>>40970860
AHAHA IT'S LITERALLY 2017

SO GLAD I'M GRATEFULLY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY

THANKS BOSS

>>40970820

Too real.

Anyone wanna band together and start a hippy commune?

>>40970860

If you're smart, you'll get enough experience to start contracting and pull $55-75 an hour with Corp to Corp payments - pay yourself enough to avoid IRS penalties and you're golden. Though it's a bit of a shit situation now with Obamacare - if you have kids you'll probably be faced with paying $1,200 a month for individual plans and end up having to go back to being salaried.

>>40970910
Well, we're in our mid 20's. He was offered $44/hr starting pay with full benefits. But like I said, he didn't want to be forced to stay if he finished work early. Everyone told him not to be stupid, and to leave it, but he talked his boss into switching it to salary anyway.

>>40969829
What breed of cattle do you raise, OP?
Cowboy anon here

>>40970860

I don't get it, doesn't working 60-80 hours a week mean he's staying for that length of time anyway? Or is he just being given a large enough workload that it takes that long?

>>40970960
If he had left it as wage, the extra 20-40 hours would have been overtime. Instead, he's not getting paid for it at all.

>>40970940
>but he talked his boss into switching it to salary anyway.
Ha! He fell for the Boomer's "It's still the 1950's (but with all the ass fucking 2017 advantages) to me!"

Why would anyone work for someone else these days? I'm struggling to come a with a reason to stay at my job aside from the paycheck?

>>40970959
Angus/holstien mix. I like my cows to not be raging assholes, so I don't raise pure angus. I like to be able to pet my cows behind the ears and rub their jaw.

Hey OP I'm thinking of going off the grid and just growing my own shit and not being a part of everything cause fuck that. How hard would you say it is to maintain yourself? Also I'm vegan if that changes anything.

>>40970997
I lived "off-grid" for two years senpai.
When I broke my leg in the middle of nowhere while chopping wood in Winter, got a staph infection, and nearly died like that guy in that movie where he lives in a bus, I realised there is a reason humans tend to congregate together.

You'll find this out for yourself.

I'd recommend pseudo-off the grid.

>>40969829
>my food bill is essentially nothing
Surely it must cost something to grow vegetables and raise animals. Do you really come out ahead?

>>40971030
What exactly is "pseudo-off the grid" my dude?

>>40970997
I wouldn't recommend it. Living without power sucks balls. My well is spring fed, but having an electric pump is almost a requirement if you need any amount of water.
>>40971051
I sell a cow to buy two more calfs, I have hay fields that I lease out for a portion of the hay. The turkeys only cost a buck or two as chicks, and I already have all the seeds I need. I don't make a ton of money, but it's a pretty self-sustaining system.

what are the easiest stuff to grow? i bought a zucchini plant for $3 lowes today. might go back tomorrow for tomato plants. i live in texas so i should be able to grow anything

>>40970820
who thinks this? both paths are legitimate and praiseworthy if done well
different people should live differently
>>40969829
have you watched escape to river cottage? comfy as fuck

>>40971061
>What exactly is "pseudo-off the grid" my dude?
Basically off the grid, but if you're in an emergency you can get help before you die.

>>40970981
Holsteins aren't very efficient. Have you considered Corriente or a cross? They're cheap and scrubby and you could tame them pretty easy as heifers if you're patient.
>I'm not really trying to tell you what to do, I just never get to talk about cattle on chan

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>>40971155
Brovine.

>>40971078
Zucchinis are pretty easy if you keep the bugs off them. In my personal experience nothing bothers hot peppers or tomatoes. You might actually be able to grow hot peppers year round down south.
>>40971155
When they're bred with angus they seem to do alright. My cows get up to around 1200lbs, which is good enough for my freezer.

fuuuuck so off the grid is a no go, where can I live so that I can grow a decent amount of vegetables year round?

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>>40971213
You don't need that much room to grow food anon. In my neck of the woods and acre costs about $500.

>>40969829
Check out this farming wizard. Here's how to create a self-sustaining chicken coop that makes garden compost.

https://youtu.be/s7AoVu9ql-c

Good luck anon!

How do you pay for all this?

>tfw it still costs money to go off grid

>>40971254
Do you live in the US? What state? I'm in CA rn but might move to somewhere where there's not so many fucking people

>>40971277
Blacksmithing, selling logs, odd jobs, selling to co-ops and healthfood stores. It's sustainable.
>>40971323
St.Lawrence county which is the largest, poorest, and least populated county in New York. Only 100,000 people live here, about 42 people per square mile.

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>>40971254
Jelous, 8,000 - 10000 an acre here in South Dakota. Need minimum 20 to build a home.

>>40971374
Damn nigga, sounds like you're living the life. What made you decide to do what you do? Do you have a family?

I honestly envy your life so much my man, you have no idea. Keep doing you breh

>>40971398
this.

OP you are a fucking hero

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>>40969829
>tfw you dont have an acre of land to farm vegetables for natty gains

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>>40971386
I have 240. I have miles of trails for hiking and hunting. It provides everything I need basically.
>>40971398
>What made you decide to do what you do?
I lived in connecticut, made me realize I didn't want to be around people. I see my neighbor about once a month and maybe speak to him twice a year or if he needs help with something.
>Do you have a family?
They sometimes come over in the summer to swim in the pond, pick berries, and just enjoy stuff. >tfwnogf
>I honestly envy your life so much my man
You can do it too, it's not overly expensive to grow a garden or own a few chickens
>>>40971431
Even in the suburbs you should be able to grow something. People have been growing plants for thousands of years.

>>40971254
That pic is 100% comfy

>tfw already planning to undertake this lifestyle.
It's in the process though for me.

I want to get a 15-40 acre property. Use about 1-2 acres of it for food maybe. Have a log house built on it too. Build my own little stone/wood hut there for thinking and reading and whiskey drinking. Get some chickens too. Maybe other random farm animals, not sure yet though.

>>40971454
Breh I want to, it's just I'm in my second year at a kind of expensive uni and I feel like it'd be a waste of money if I just left now. BUT, the longer I stay the more money is being spent on my education and the harder it'd be to leave. Fuck this indecision but also fuck how expensive uni is.

Anyone else here waiting for WWIII to start? Trump do ya thing, at least if war breaks out I can leave school and live by myself somewhere until my time comes.

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>>40971470
It's supremely comfy. I sometimes like going into my cow pasture and just playing with them, they're just like big stupid dogs.
>pic related
>>40971481
If you're planning on living out there, I'd recommend building a root cellar and growing potatos. You can grow a shitload of potatoes on minimal land.
>>40971509
I'm afraid it would probably be too late by then my friend.

>>40971454
>You can do it too
Im not that anon, but man, how you started? like you need a good amount of money to start. to buy a big enough property, to buy all the tools/animals/seeds, having contacts to sell all the stuff you grow...

I always liked the rural way, but again, Im pretty poor and thats just a no-no

>>40971454
>I have 240. I have miles of trails for hiking and hunting. It provides everything I need basically.
What's the point of that exactly? Rural land, it's like they're giving it away, why is it the standard for one person to own so much vs many people owning just enough? Just low demand?

>>40971454

So do you interact with people outside of occasionally your neighbour and family? Does it get lonely at all?

>>40971519
>It's supremely comfy. I sometimes like going into my cow pasture and just playing with them, they're just like big stupid dogs.
Do you feel bad about selling and killing them?

>>40971535
>how you started?
I bought this farm for virtually nothing. The owners needed the money really quickly and I was in the right spot at the right time. Only paid $70k for 240 acres, a barn, wood shed, and 2 store house. The contacts is the easy part, you just contact restaurants, co-ops, health food stores, and ask them if they want to buy what you're selling.
>I always liked the rural way, but again, Im pretty poor and thats just a no-no
A few acres and a small house costs almost nothing up here. You can make it brah.
>>40971557
Basically, NYS fucked up the local economy by regulating factories and mining out of the state for the most part, which completely destroyed the local economy. The population of my county hasn't changed in over 20 years. The reason why things are cheap is because people are dying or moving out of state.
>>40971580
>So do you interact with people outside of occasionally your neighbour and family?
To the people I sell stuff too, I have a lot of acquaintances and friends that I see maybe once or twice a week. I like my privacy.
>Does it get lonely at all?
Not really, I have two dogs that keep me company.
>>>40971592
>Do you feel bad about selling and killing them?
Not at all. They get hand fed grain once a day, they get brushed and pets, all the fresh grass and hair they could eat. For 2 years they live like kings and then their time is up. Sort of like Logan's Run, but for cows. I name my turkeys and pigs too when I have them, Don't even think twice about shooting them in the head and butchering them.

>tfw just want to live in nature with my gf and start a family there away from everyone
>tfw also want kids to get a good education
>tfw will definitely miss family members and so will gf
>tfw dream can never be a reality
Such is life

>>40971643
>Only paid $70k for 240 acres, a barn, wood shed, and 2 store house.
Dayum. No catch? Why doesn't everyone do this?

Thanks for sharing your knowledge, dude. Did you grow up in this sort of world, or make a change from city/suburbian life?

>>40971374
>only 42 people/sq mile
>only 100,000 people in the county
Holy shit, you East Coasters have no idea what depopulated really means. Come on over to Montana, we are the 4th largest state, with barely over 1,000,000 people. 6.5 people/sq mile. It gets hot as fuck during summer, and cold as balls in the winter, though, and the whole state is basically either mountains or desert or both.
>tfw the US army acclimates soldiers for the conditions in Afghanistan here

>>40970120
Corn sweet potatoes?
I'd eat those over squash.

No fruits?

>>40971763
>Dayum. No catch? Why doesn't everyone do this?
You need to live in a place where the economy is basically in ruin and everyone is fleeing
>>>40971769
>Holy shit, you East Coasters have no idea what depopulated really means
Most of the people are centered in two 'cities'. Most of the county is basically empty towns.
>>40971812
>No fruits?
I have over 200 apples trees spread all around my property, probably from a couple hundred years ago when several farms were on this plot. I also grow black currants, raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, and blueberries. I make a shitload of money selling blueberries to people, I get $6/quart

>>40971894
>You need to live in a place where the economy is basically in ruin and everyone is fleeing
Could that happen to you one day?

>>40971984
That's my current life. I'm pretty well insulated because I just need to pay taxes and utilities for the most part. I don't have a mortgage or any debt.

Will I leave? Maybe if it gets too bad or if NYS does something super retarded.

>>40971061
pretending to get off the grid to cultivate your hippie mystic, while largely posting on social media about your rustic living.

You know,

Good ol' American honesty

>>40969829
Do you make money or do you pay for taxes and shit out of savings?

mirin OP. got inspired.

nice /outfit/

>>40972040
>Do you make money
Not a lot, but I don't need much anyway.

>>40972030
so....

>>40969829
where do you live? sounds comfy.

>>40969829
How do you deal with ticks, mosquitoes and other bloodsucking insects , OP?

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>>40970820
>I'M LIVING THE DREAM THAT I CAN'T WAKE UP FROM
Anon, I...

>>40971078
zucchini grows itself, but most things depend on the soil composition
>last summer grew tomatoes and bell pepper because wanted to try it out at parents'
>ended up forgetting about watering them some days
>was too lazy to weed out shit
>was a dry summer
>tomatoes and bell peppers were beautiful and bountiful, even tho you could taste that the bellpepper was more spicy from lack of water

all of this was because my parents land was good

>>40971454
>tfw my country cheats its farmers out of their money so that they can buy their land
I think Id be too lonely too, but it really sounds good.
>>40971519
>they're just like big stupid dogs.
that must sound fun as fuck

>>40971519
>they're just like big stupid dogs.
Y'all should look up that video of cows prancing out of their barn after winter and rolling around in the grass like hyper puppies

>>40972478
New York. The state is beautiful, you just have to deal with NYC
>>40972584
Mosquitos don't bother you during the day. Horseflies and deerflies are the worse fucking things on the planet, but if you wear a hat with ducttape on it they'll genocide themselves.
>>40972765
>tfw my country cheats its farmers out of their money so that they can buy their land
I applied for tax breaks because I'm a 'farm' I pay almost nothing in land tax because of it
>I think Id be too lonely too
Think of it as self-reflection, not loneliness.
>that must sound fun as fuck
They love being brushed and rubbed. Sometimes when I go out to give them grain they get so excited they prance around in circles.

>>40972857
anon we'll probably never meet but just know that I love you. I feel like crying reading your posts and idk why, but I love your lifestyle and everything you do. Thanks for taking the time to answer our questions. Who knows, I might end up following your path in life.

full homo

>>40970820
kys

>>40969881
>Sometimes I like walking barefoot in the dirt though.

Absolutely peasant.

>>40969829
This is the dream

>>40971643
Any particular reason you feed your cows grain instead of healthier options like grass?

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Hunter grower mastereace reporting in

>>40969829
Literally living the dream. I would have to live somewhere a little more developed for my future career (if it pans out like I hope it will after uni) but I could still make it work. Even in the city you can still grow a decent amount of food on a small land if you own a house, no animals except chickens and only if your neighbors don't report you to the police or whoever regulates that.

Right now I have a small garden I'm working on growing things so I can possibly live of my own produce in the future without downright killing everything. I always struggled before but this semester I started to volunteer at my uni's arboretum and I basically copied their edible garden design on a much smaller scale. It's working fantastically. Now all I have to do is convince mummy we need another 8by8 raised bed so I can grow more stuff for now...

Also weeding is great for your spinal extensors.

People often talk about how hard this sort of life is, how farmers are some of the most stressed out and suicidal people out there, how those who dream of this sort of life are often kidding themselves and bound to give up. What would you guys who are living it say to that?

>Do you actually work out?
>How do you fit it into your schedule?
>How much farm work do you do a day?
>Does it effect your gains?
>How much sleep do you get?

thanks in advance

How do you start to learn how to grow plants and look after land? I used to do gardening around my neighborhood as a teen, but that's about it. Should i read any books or go to any events to learn?

How often do you get to eat meat? Like twice a week? In what quantity?

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i've always thought it'd be cool to purchase a couple hundred acres and reap the land. add a skilled manly craft like carpentry or guitar playing to your daily routine and ur talkin real nice lifestyle

What's your average daily routine?

Also do you think it's possible for me to build my own cabin with little to no carpentry experience?

P-please respond, farmer b-bro

bumping with another question:
How did you learn blacksmithing? apprenticeship or something of the sort or did you just teach yourself?

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>NO LAND LADS LISTEN UP

You can grow at least something in small planters. I have a smallish garden but still have 3 little beds similar to pic related that I built with leftover from re-roofing one side of the house, plus a compost heap tucked into the corner. It's not much but that homegrown shit tastes fantastic and nurturing your plants is comfy as fuck.

You can make compost out of a lot of your waste food like teabags/leaves, eggshells fruit peels, offcuts from your veggies and pad it out with cut grass if you have a lawn plus any weeds you have.

Eating rice and chicken cooked with homegrown tomatoes and chillies on a warm September evening is a feel that everyone should feel at least once.

>>40969829
Post photos.

>>40974251
I give them eat a scoop of grain as a treat each day.
>>40974416
As I've said before, there isn't any money in this unless you get lucky. If you need to support a family or have bills to pay you're in for a bad time.
>>>40974426
>Do you actually work out?
I do a lot of cardio and biking. Cutting firewood, stacking firewood, digging, moving rocks, blacksmithing all are pretty intense workouts by themselves
>How do you fit it into your schedule?
I'll sometimes feel like taking a bike ride through the forest. Early spring and in the fall is the best time for it.
>How much farm work do you do a day?
In the winter? Virtually none. I feed the animals, check the fence line and occasionally cut firewood, so maybe an hour or two a day. The rest of the time I do blacksmithing and fuck around. In the summer I'll sometimes work 12 hour days, sometimes more depending on what I gotta do.
>Does it effect your gains?
IN the winter I get a little pudgey, and in the summer I get fit as fuck..
>How much sleep do you get?
Normally around 6-7 hours of sleep.
>>40974509
>Should i read any books or go to any events to learn?
Both. Stay away from anyone that looks like a hippy though, they don't know what they're fucking talking about.
>>40974512
I eat meat 7 days a week and for every week. I hunt year round so I have deer, partridge, goose, woodcock, and turkey in my fridge. I also raise cows and chickens. I literally have more meat than I know what to do with.
>What's your average daily routine?
I don't have one. On a farm you do different shit all the time because different things need work. Normally bodyweight exercises if I'm bored though.
>Also do you think it's possible for me to build my own cabin with little to no carpentry experience?
Absolutely, I'd read some books and maybe take a class before you try though.
>>40975262
>How did you learn blacksmithing?
Mostly self-taught but I took a few day classes for some of the stuff I wasn't getting. It's a lot of fun

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>>40975533
These pictures are from last year

This is my little greenhouse that I start all of my seedlings.

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>>40976518
These are summer squash, melons, and in the distance beets

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>>40975878

Da doggo looka ratha nice. may i hav some whittu piggu

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>>40976534
From the other direction, more squash, hot peppers, and on the brown construction paper are tomato plants.

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>>40976562
A zucchini plant. You'll be able to pick an almost infinite number of them from a single plant.

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>>40976578
Tomatos are in the cages, hot peppers are the little shrubs, and cucumbers are climbing up the trellis in the background.

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>>40976597
Jalapenos and Habeneros. I like hotpeppers because they're easy to can and don't offer a lot of calories.

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>>40976615
Cabbage and broccoli, in the distance you can see my woods.

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>>40976631
Last picture I could find on my computer. This is kale, lettuce, and swiss chard. All of it is pretty easy to grow and great for you.

Hope you enjoyed anon.

>>40969829
I want to, sounds great.

>>40969829
What kind of guns do you have OP? How much ammo and how often do you need to get more?
Thanks

would you recommend wwoofing as a way to start experiencing/learning farming?

>>40977547
I have maybe 6 shotguns of various different models and gauges. Bolt action rifles from small .22s to k98s and SMLEs, a few lever actions, a few revolvers and automatics, and more than a few muzzleloaders. I probably have around 40 in total.
>How much ammo and how often do you need to get more?
I probably have about 10,000 rounds of .22, and a couple hundred rounds for everything else. I basically buy cheap stuff at gunshows like PPU
>>40977552
I think it would. Basically treat it like a short internship.

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>>40969976

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I have plans to settle down like this breh

>Live in Texas
>All the land is gobbled up
>$1,000 per Acre

Not too bad but the Housing is shit

>$900,000 for a two story middle class 2 college degree family with one bread winner
Shieeet

I'm practicing for one acre and even now I'm trying to set up a aeroponics system to grow potatoes carrots beans as a main crop in a series of "Bleacher" rowed tubes and a modified filing cabinet for smaller crops that can provide multi vitamins

My hunting ground is 1 hour out and I really have to justify it to my parents as I am 20 living with my parents. One parental unit just lost her job and I'm hoping I can get the go ahead to till up with whole back yard for food or convert the garage to a "Green room" with solar panel fed pumps and lights.

Its shit right now because i made a HD bucket proof of concept which worked but it didn't grow too big because i don't have potato specific nute mix

Wish me luck though I envy you

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>>40977931
Also I heard one to two acres cna feed a family of 12. Can you verify that?

>pic related

My all around rifle that I homebrewed 100 gr .223 at 2800 FPS and subsonic 40 gr rounds that you have to manually cycle.

I use my dads old Rem 870 wingmaster riot for birds

>>40969829
You're living literally the most ideal life I can imagine. Is there a catch?

>>40978014
Not op but here:
You still have to work

>>40978014

Most women will not be interested in that lifestyle

Less in the way of modern amenities

Comes down to what you want from life.

Sounds nice anon. I want a farmer bf.

Wife and I grow all our own veggies, raise chickens for eggs, turkeys for meat. It's a genuinely great way to live, and over the years it gets easier as you improve and learn.

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so i should be good with this and a big container? plan to grow okra and zuccini in a few containers

>>40969829
You know what i love about having a job?
I don't have to grow my own food like a peasant.

>>40969829
No, I buy all my shit from a store cause I'm not poor.

>>40970007
You can buy a chicken for next to nothing, so yeah.

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>>40977955
>Can you verify that?
Probably. An acre is 66x660 feet, and you can grow between 24,000-60,000lbs of potatos on a single acre. If you plan correctly you'd more than likely be able to have a nice balanced diet for 12 people. I grow enough to sell to hundreds of people.
>>40978014
>Is there a catch?
Not a lot of money in it.
>>40978122
>Most women will not be interested in that lifestyle
You'd be surprised. There are plenty of hippy chicks out there that are into farming, you just have to go to all of those bullshit organic workshops.
>>40978192
Y-you too
>>40979169
I'd make a raised bed, in my experience plants don't do very well in containers.
>>40979190
>>40979246
>pic related

Thank you OP for making my dream a reality.

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>>40973210
>mfw I love walking barefoot and smearing the good soil of my plot all over my face

>>40979169
Don't grow fucking okra. You'll have bushels of it and realize you only like to eat it deep fried, and once or twice a year.

Herbs are good in containers.

Raised beds with hay bales are the best from what I've found over the years. What you can grow really depends on your climate and the time of year, but I recommend trying to get veggies like potatoes, kale, chard, spinach, cabbage, tomatoes, peppers.

>>40979190
Enjoy shelling out your hard earned money for chemical and diseased peasant hand germ infested "food".

You're living my dream. I wish you well bro