Part-time "hobby farming" on 3-5 acres?
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Denim Deb
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Depending on what the trees are, you may want to think about leaving them for shade. I'm not as familiar w/poisonous pasture plants for cattle as I am for horses, and I can't see the trees good enough from the pic to be able to tell what they are. But, if you have any questions about any of them, post a better pic, and I'll see if I can ID them for you.
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Thanks! My next question is grass...how do I know that the grass that's there is any good? If it's not suitable, what could I do to improve it?
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Best way to find out about the grass is to take a sample to your local extension office. They'd be able to (hopefully) tell you what kind of grass is there and if it's suitable for cattle. If it's not, you may need to plow it under and reseed. Another thing you could do is to just throw grass seed on top. Even putting out hay can put out seeds.
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Cattle actually like trees. They provide appreciated shade & wind block for the animals.
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Good point-guess I'm just using to seeing treeless pastures. To Deb's point, I'm assuming the county agent could also tell me which trees are not good for cattle (poisonous, etc...). I am getting a little ahead of myself at this point as I haven't even seen the property house yet (going Saturday), but we're excited because it's been a long winter and this is the first thing that has come on the market in a while.
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Yep, they could. There are also websites that will tell you what's poisonous-as long as you know what you're looking at.
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Haha, where we live now, we bid on it (HUD repo) and hadn't even seen it. Our DD found it, her and DSIL looked at it and said go for it, so we did. We signed papers at real estate office after winning the bid, then went to look at it. We went from a 2500 sq ft brick home with 2 car garage to a 1500 sq ft double wide. We couldn't be happier.
Why don't you check out HUD repos for your area? They typically go up for bid for 9 days, highest bid is the winner. Then the headache, frustration, and crazy begins.
Why don't you check out HUD repos for your area? They typically go up for bid for 9 days, highest bid is the winner. Then the headache, frustration, and crazy begins.
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@McCulloch610 good luck with the viewing today!
Hiya. Trying to do too many things on a small space can turn into too much work and take away the enjoyment. Keep it simple at first. The chickens are easy and then think on selling or trading eggs for other things you want such as milk. Plan the garden around easy to store stuff and then things you can process and store. Fruit and nut trees are also great and low hassle. Definitely go for a pig or two. They can also be used to clear and plow new garden/veg areas.
