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I tried growing carrots once. A man’s got to know his limitations.
Next time you buy carrots in a store, cut them about 3/4 of a inch bellow the place were leafs a starting, plant that part in a pot and water occasionally. If you have a fish tank save the water it’s a excellent nutrient. If you don’t have any then buy some fertilizer (preferably organic)
Carrots are biennials. What you suggest will grow a nice bushy plant that will flower and go to seed.
Oh yeah? Wonder what I’m eating then
We don’t need to worry about food. The government will take care of us. Plus, what are these guys talking about growing food? Don’t they know that food comes from the Safeway truck.
I like hearing the so-called Christians say that God will provide. Do any of these fucking losers ever stop to question what would happen if every farmer the world over felt the same way???
It’s called Selective Reading. Ya pick the verses ya like … and ignore the ones you don’t like. Works like a charm. To those lazy fuckers ask them about these two verses;
“Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. How long will you lie there, you sluggard?”
And ….
” … for even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: if a man will not work, he shall not eat.”
… then watch them run for the hills!! heh heh
The Second Day: Firmament
6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. 8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Working on it as you know, Marc. 3 young children slow the process down A LOT. I just dropped over $750 (with a 20% discount paying with cash) on getting my daughter’s eartubes removed.
It is a fucking con, this entire economy.
Amen, brother. Amen.
Next time, needle nose pliers…
Don’t they fall out on their own? My son’s did right on schedule. Didn’t have to have them removed.
I’m missing the joke.
Joel opens up his operation to the public on occasion. I went to the Polyface Farm a few years ago and it was inspirational and a total gas. It was incredibly interesting and you just gotta love Joel. He’s as vivacious and passionate as he seems. In the afternoon he threw a chicken feed with all the fixins. The area was fenced off where you showed your ticket for admittance. Just prior to opening the gate Joel stood on a perch and, with outstretched arms he bellowed a prayer for all to hear. It was the pope at St Peter’s Square-only genuine. He thanked his Master with a genuine commitment, thankfulness, and humility. There were tears in his eyes. Although not a religious guy I was moved. He meant it! I committed then and there I would become a farmer when I retired.
And that’s what I’m-a-doin.
Thanks for posting this. I’ll definitely view every second of it.
I’m glad you heard the message, I wish you all the luck on the world.
Thanks. I’m looking forward to getting some pointers from your operation on July 4. It can’t come quick enough for me.
I watched the whole thing. So many memories, thoughts, dreams and emotions ran through my mind. Twice in my life my parents moved us to very rural areas. My best memories come from those places. One such place was in Michigan. My father was a logger (he was pretty badass). We lived on a dirt road between a farmer/wood mill and a stone quarry. We were raised like wild animals for 4 wonderful years. I look back now and it was paradise.
In HS I took a career aptitude test and the results told me to be a Farmer.
Thanks so much for the inspiration Marc, just starting over in my new haunts. Will be building raised beds shortly, and a chicken enclosure in the kennel (egg birds). Want to plant apple trees, pear, plum and a cherry tree (although the deer around here are EVERYWHERE, ok venison for all!). Miss NH and miss you man. Just sliced a brick of your home smoked bacon the other day, to die for!! Don’t think I could go commercial at my age, but enough to provide for my family. I’ve read many of Joel’s books, have seen him speak a number of times, and even visited his farm here in Old Dominion (Even bought a t-shirt that says ‘everything I want to do is illegal’. Maybe I will gift that to you). Wish I had the balls to go somewhat commercial like you, but my retirement budget does not allow, as does not my old body. I sincerely hope to see you on the 4th, hope your tilapia adventure is successful, and God speed to you and your family. Don’t know how a young person with nothing to invest can get into farming these days, but God bless them if they try. Am I going to get bitched at for the God references? If so, screw!
I envy you the weather for the fruit trees, but you’re still going to have to get your maple syrup from NH.
Let me know how the fishing is once you hit that river this Spring, next time we head to Virginia to see the family we’ll detour to your neighborhood to check in and see how you’re doing.
Please do! We have a private master bed and bath in the lower level and you are always welcome! Also, if you ever want to enjoy my camp on the pond with your family feel free to do so, just let me know and I will let you know where the key is hidden.
A neg, why? fucking tard.
A neg on that, WTF?
test, i am being deleted, whatever.
With all due respect HSF, I plan on starting to tap my maples, walnuts and possibly some boxelders here in western Iowa in about 10 days. This will be the 7th year for this adventure and I always make enough to last till the next season.
My uncle, long passed, lived and farmed in Saskatchewan near N Battleford area. As a kid we spent the summers on the farm and weekends in spring/fall there too. As much time working as playing and had sq miles of terrain exploration by horseback. Parents had an open opportunity in British Columbia so we ended up moving.
On one of the uncle/aunties visits I mentioned I missed the farm and if I had the money I’d buy me a farm. What I got was “What the hell would you do that for” He hated the Wheat Marketing board, the grain elevator was the whore house where you went to get screwed, you worked hard and long for little. He was still pitching bales at 75 and wondered why his shoulder hurt the next day.
Today… if I was free of some family obligations then I’d certainly be back to farming but not commercially. Just for us and family and what they couldn’t use I’d find someone who could, which today isn’t hard. The farming back in the day was hard work unlike today. We laugh when we go back as its not anything like what farming was. One of the daughters took over the farm and her family runs it today. She related that her daughter, sitting in an climate controlled cab, GPS guided tractor, texted her to ask if she’d grab her a Timmies whatever when she went to town for groceries.
Last time we were out on the farm there where no chickens, no cattle, no garden and about six pampered horses. When I asked about it Lynn says “Oh brian, we don’t do that anymore, to much work. Thats what grocery stores are for” Thats farming today there, and their biggest crop… bird seed.
Would love to do this and have good resources to do it. The problem: Back in 2012, I got involved in exposing political corruption and got put on a list far up the chain. I’ve had a deep state field rat fucking with me ever since. Vehicle sabotage, repeated theft, illegal home entry, vandalism, stripping fruit trees, etc. They know when I’m gone even for just an hour or so. They don’t seem to want to let it go. It’s a gaslighting operation… an attempt at death by a thousand cuts. There’s no way to secure a farm.