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my plan: *get the garden fenced in *get as much as possible from the garden *sell extras *get in a permanent herb garden and don't kill it :P *grow as much as possible for the goats hmm..... i think that's all... may add more later... can't wait to start!!! :weee

searched localharvest.com that's a great website, i'm suprised i've never seen it before. found a few farms by me. emailed them yesterday... now i'm off to check my emails. :fl

posted on 4 forums... nothin yet... :/

posted on here, backyardherd, thegoatspot, and i'm about to post it on backyardchickens... thanks

wasn't sure where to post... i need a job. i am 18 and hard working. i have about 8 years of dairy goat experience and am willing to learn. i would like to stay close but i cannot find a farm job so i am willing to travel now. i have two saanen does that are bred to a nice saanen buck for...

i just found this topic and its great! good story pig story! i only have the two girls right now... saanen does for milk once they kid in may :fl and buying a couple angora goats this week. also wanting to get: meat rabbits, scottish highland cows, coturnix quail, chickens, horses, and pigs...

haven't read through all the pages yet... here its bad... used to be half the town lived off SSI and drank most of it. now about 3/4 or more is living off SSI and more are drinking most of it. people in my area live off the system... its rediculous. i'm in the poorest county in the state...

hello! i'm very much a back-to-the-land type of person. i'm trying to become self-sufficient. and i've been thinking about feed... does anyone mix or grow there own feed for any livestock? i'm growing tons of indian corn this year and if i can find somewhere to buy then also soy beans. and we do...

heirloomseeds.com haven't ordered fom them before. i'm getting like 95% of my seed from them this year though becuase it's all heirloom and/or organic and they have almost all the herbs i want.

alright so i'm getting 2 sometime this week... was hoping for 4 but :old says 2 and my horoscope said something along the lines of start small or you will regret it... so fine... 2 *pout* but i'm definitely breeding in the fall! and i can't wait to get some mohair to start spinning! gonna go...

yep... get yer goods while they are there to be got and plan for when they're gone...

that's what i was talking about. i'm goin to plant mine in hills with 4 corn, 4 beans, and 1 pumpkin seed per hill.

well i didnt get them today... :hit i wanted to but dad :old ... :somad they had a very nice set up and they do large animal vet out of there house/barn ( :P ) and all the animals were very healthy and happy. i always look at the best of the herd (and the rest of the herd)to compare with whats...

hello! i'm about to buy some doe angora goats. :celebrate there aren't any in my area... i'm driving an hour and a half to get the does... so i'd like to get a buck. i can't go too far but i realize that it will be a hike to get any angora buck. i'd also like to buy some obers and nubians...

i'm hoping for 4... then i still have enough $ to buy 4 bags of feed! :fl :fl :fl :fl

:weee they are sooo cute!!! :love dad likes the price... they are 2 yr old does for $40 each... and i've been reading that they go for $150. so that's awesome! :celebrate dad won't talk about them with me yet... :smack and now he's sleeping... GR!!! everyone keep your fingers crossed! :fl :fl :fl

i'm doing a seed test on my green bell pepper seeds... i've had them at least two years and of course i didn't label them so i don't know when i saved them... and i'm thinking they are from a store bought pepper so they may not come up at all... i hate when i do that :he i have two pumpkin...

what do turnips taste like? do they taste like carrots at all? i don't like most veggies but i'm learning to hide them in food so i don't taste them but so i still get the vitamins :pop where did you find pop sorghum? my dad saw that and started yelling about he'd never heard of it. :old :idunno

just been reading these and thinkin about when my family had lots of animals... i remember one day i went to feed the chickens and gather eggs. the chicken coop was an add-on to the goat barn so you had to walk into the goat pasture to get to the chickens. well i went in and fed them... got the...

farmerlor: if you don't have much space then you could plant your corn and then when its about knee high you can plant beans or peas or cucumbers or lots of different things. then you get corn and whatever other veggie from the same space. and you can plant pumpkins or squash to grow along the...