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Two-time Prometheus award-winning hard science fiction author. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JPPMS6  Learn how to homestead https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093BC3K1T 

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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 19 Aug 2018

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted XDMCP

      Animals require (1) fencing in summer (2) feed (hay or grain) in winter Both cost money. Fencing in 500 acres in Texas is drastically cheaper than fencing in 1 acre in New England bc (a) economies of scale, (b) perimeter-to-area ratio, (c) rocky soil, (d) amateurs vs pros.https://twitter.com/xdmcp0/status/1031204873449234433 …

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      XDMCP @xdmcp0
      Replying to @MorlockP
      Highly hypothetical (I'm a city dweller, so 100% fucked in advance anyway): if you have the land, like you, wouldn't it be better to focus on animals/cattle?
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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 19 Aug 2018

      2/ Can / should a hobby farmer have a few pigs, a few sheep, and maybe a cow? Sure. ...but scaling it is very hard. Let's say a cow requires 1 acre given the stocking rate (forage replacement) in your area. To double that you need to clear an acre of trees, fence it in...

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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 19 Aug 2018

      3/ And in New England you're zig-zagging around weird property lines and your house and your garage...so you've got the opposite of a circle - you've got something weird and hinky. Very high perimeter to area ratio. ...and expenses go up w the perimeter, not the area.

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    4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 19 Aug 2018

      4/ The way I fence I have three pressure treated 6"x6"s at each corner, with 4"4 horizontal crossbars, steel rope, and turnbuckles. Kinda like this:pic.twitter.com/RZ6gu60xOy

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    5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 19 Aug 2018

      6/ Each corner is about $200 in materials (3 pressure treated 6"x6", 4 eyebolts, 2 turnbuckles...) and another $200-300 in labor (use the tractor PHD to dig down 18", find a boulder, have two guys dig it out with digging bars for 2 hours...) In TX 1 mi^2 has 4 corners.

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    6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 19 Aug 2018

      7/ In NH I've got a 1 acre pasture that's shaped like a boomerang or something and it has 11 corners.pic.twitter.com/bp8VAB01O4

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    7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 19 Aug 2018

      8/ A square mile of pasture with 500 cattle on it is much easier to manage PER COW. You take out your $250,000 category three tractor a few times a year to fertilize. You have two such pastures and rotate the cows back and forth, etc. On 1 acre a livestock drive is a hassle

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    8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 19 Aug 2018

      9/ Wife and I take an hour or two off from work and try to shoo a bunch of sheep from one pasture to another ...which are disconnected, bc weird New England layouts ... and 13 of 15 sheep go where desired, and 2 others make a break for it. Result: hours of time lost.

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 19 Aug 2018

      10/ So, anyway, if I can either double the quantity of sheep I have...or plant a nice little garden plot where I can grow potatoes ... why should I double my sheep hassle? Also: (a) potatoes are tasty (b) this is a hobby (c) and finallypic.twitter.com/zZTlQ0AFGB

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        2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 19 Aug 2018
          Replying to @randointerneter

          you can grow just about anything 1/3 of an acre is HUGE limiting factor is not land; it's your time follow Urban Farmer Curtis Stone on youtube

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