Re: small farm fun

Posted by Charlie in NY on November 08, 2006 at 20:20:19 from (170.215.213.6):

In Reply to: small farm fun posted by tmay on November 08, 2006 at 17:45:34:

Good on you.

In a similar situation myself. Wife and I purchased 20 acres, mostly wooded, in the foothills of the Appalachians back in April. Had a nice 24 x 30 pole barn that was only used by the prior owner to store firewood and a lawn tractor.

First thing I did was to build a chicken coop. Just slaughtered the last of 19 of our April brood of Buff Orpingtons (culled the rest a month ago and left two roosters and six hens to over-winter) and have been hauling horse manure from a nearby stable to work into the silt/clay of the "crop" sections. For 26 years we've made do with a 40 x 60 ft garden. Only cleared and plowed about three times that now, but am having a ball working the soil with a '56 Ford 640. Actually didn't do too bad for as late as we got the garden in this spring.

When I was growing up Grandpa, a retired station master from the D&H Railroad, had what was then called a "gentleman's farm". He died when I was only 11, but I like to think enough rubbed off that I am following along as best as I can and he would approve. Each of us grandchildren had an apple tree in his small orchard that was ours and we were in charge of the groundskeeping and harvesting. Sure wish I could sit down with him now and get some tips on growing apples, among other things.

Hope to stumble across a couple deer in a few weeks, which will be the first time I've been able to hunt on my own property. Ah, life is good.

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