Mini Horses
Sustainability Master
I would love to have such neighbors move into my area. 
The neighborhood is nice, several new homes, several older. Some of the older homes do have families who were aging and now kids gone, adults retiring or way beyond, a few passed, etc. There are several cropped fields of 20-70 acres along the way, so we have corn, soybean, cotton, winter wheat grown.
Easier to shop in grocery store for most, thus little raised in the form of livestock. To be honest, many of the people who move to the "outer" suburbs/rural do so for simply more room, less crowded neighborhood -- sometimes a horse, etc. I don't see many who TRULY are looking for more than that and a few fresh tomatoes. Those are often raised only for fresh use and not for any preservation.
The evolution of this area became obvious to me when I really looked at my own "community". Oddly, a couple days ago I had a discussion with my daughter -- who lives in a trailer at the back of my farm -- about what she saw as her own future. She has NO interest in this farm, as a farm. Her dogs & cats, 3 or 4 hens, some flowers -- that's pretty much it. I brought this up to her after the recent loss of my own mother and a HARD look at my own situation and the future years. That led me to what/where I felt I wanted in 5 yrs, my DgrD would be graduating high school, etc. Seemed a good time to have a goal set for the "family".
I don't want to be "in town watching TV" in an apartment. BUT I could see myself in a smaller home, 2-3 acres, 2 goats, a doz chickens and a nice garden. I could actually add a small house midway this farm for myself and rent this house with 5-10 acres for some of those horse people.
My mind is whirling. But, nothing like that this year - just thinking 
Blame all this overthinking on Baymule!!!!!!!!!!!
The neighborhood is nice, several new homes, several older. Some of the older homes do have families who were aging and now kids gone, adults retiring or way beyond, a few passed, etc. There are several cropped fields of 20-70 acres along the way, so we have corn, soybean, cotton, winter wheat grown.
Easier to shop in grocery store for most, thus little raised in the form of livestock. To be honest, many of the people who move to the "outer" suburbs/rural do so for simply more room, less crowded neighborhood -- sometimes a horse, etc. I don't see many who TRULY are looking for more than that and a few fresh tomatoes. Those are often raised only for fresh use and not for any preservation.
The evolution of this area became obvious to me when I really looked at my own "community". Oddly, a couple days ago I had a discussion with my daughter -- who lives in a trailer at the back of my farm -- about what she saw as her own future. She has NO interest in this farm, as a farm. Her dogs & cats, 3 or 4 hens, some flowers -- that's pretty much it. I brought this up to her after the recent loss of my own mother and a HARD look at my own situation and the future years. That led me to what/where I felt I wanted in 5 yrs, my DgrD would be graduating high school, etc. Seemed a good time to have a goal set for the "family".
I don't want to be "in town watching TV" in an apartment. BUT I could see myself in a smaller home, 2-3 acres, 2 goats, a doz chickens and a nice garden. I could actually add a small house midway this farm for myself and rent this house with 5-10 acres for some of those horse people.
My mind is whirling. But, nothing like that this year - just thinking Blame all this overthinking on Baymule!!!!!!!!!!!
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