24/ Now it's harvest season. How/ when to harvest? What to do w all the cukes? Learn about pickling! So many pumpkins! Time to get chickens
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25/ (I had far more pumpkins than I actually wanted. Turns out that chickens love them!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BvarqasvGY …
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26/ Every third person I meet wants to buy eggs. I don't bother bc opportunity cost...but there's some beer money to be made there!
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27/ So w a quarter acre, you could grow a shitload of pumpkins etc., feed them to your chickens, and be selling dozens of eggs per week.
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29/ So, anyway, that's my advice. Jump in SOMEWHAT over your head. Don't risk your life savings, but commit yourself a tiny bit.
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30/ And you take baby steps. First thing I killed was a chicken. Then goats. Within 24 months I was processing 1 ton of pork.pic.twitter.com/WBsLc4pnoA
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31/ One trick is to have funds available: either savings or free cash flow from work. ...bc when you get in slightly over your head...
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32/ $500 in the bank is the difference between "garden needs water; let's buy hoses" or "garden is dying...and, yep, now it's dead. !@#$"
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33/ ...or "I need a block & tackle and a set of butcher knives to process this pig" vs "OK, pig is dead...and what the hell do I do now?!"
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34/ It's been hard work, to be sure. And I've had a lot of good luck. But it's worth it. 3 yrs in, and now we mention when we have a meal
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35/ ...that DOESN'T have at least one component we raised. E.g. breakfast: bacon & eggs (both from here). Lunch: quiche w eggs & sausage...
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36/ We ran one 4' underground water line from house to greenhouse. Cost about $4k, I think. https://twitter.com/BrowningMachine/status/849282099865694209 …
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