Re: Making a living on a small farm!

Posted by jackinok on March 09, 2011 at 08:38:37 from (162.58.82.136):

In Reply to: Making a living on a small farm! posted by bruster on March 09, 2011 at 06:32:30:

Ive done it on 10 acres ,BUT and this is a huge thing to consider,WHAT exactly do you call living?I sold chickens,eggs,raised everything we ate except milk( because I couldnt keep a cow), sold vegetables and eggs on a regular route,worked almost every day from daylight to dark ,been to a movie maybe three times in my life,kids did NO outside activities because I needed them at home,wife canned enough to feed us over the winter..etc etc etc.MY most profitable year was $682 dollars cash money above what we used ourselves(profit).IF i considered the time and wage in this,I MAY have paid myself two cents an hour MAYBE.TODAY, you may do better simply because of the high cost of so called organic vegetables,and you could maybe get a deal to suppy resturants around you.IF and I assure you I wouldnt want to,i were to do this again,I would contact say del monte or one of the other canning companies and try to get a contract for growing say X number of acres of green beans ,peas, etc. its a pain from what I understand ,but it may be more of a steady more profitable income.

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