tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post1488723319630893172..comments2023-09-29T18:37:14.377+10:00Comments on Eight Acres: The truth about farmingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-61797081258289816832013-08-28T14:21:58.053+10:002013-08-28T14:21:58.053+10:00Love, love, love your honesty here. We have a tin...Love, love, love your honesty here. We have a tiny 1/8 acre urban farm and I get tired with our chickens, veggies and bees in addition to our "real" full time jobs in the non-profit world. Thanks for your perspective :-) I still want our own farm someday, but stories like yours help with understanding the reality of it all just a bit more! Bee Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046727605273717050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-28510994508868440032013-08-27T22:55:55.741+10:002013-08-27T22:55:55.741+10:00We work off the farm too and it drastically change...We work off the farm too and it drastically changes the dynamic. We also have 3 littles to coordinate. It changes things, but we thing only for the better! :) Our reality is this isn't a cake walk, but I can't imagine going back to whatever it is we did with our time before we farmed. My worst day now is 100 times more productive than my best days when I was 20-25. Jamie Oliver (@va_grown)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15707846929465671772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-57328204246750077792013-08-27T14:05:35.894+10:002013-08-27T14:05:35.894+10:00People always think I get up early because we live...People always think I get up early because we live on a farm! I just laugh...I am not a morning person :)<br />Great post!<br />Thanks for sharing with the HomeAcre Hop!<br />SandraSandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14643387947219993819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-45802226465168776032013-08-27T07:34:53.272+10:002013-08-27T07:34:53.272+10:00Great post! I loved reading about your daily farm ...Great post! I loved reading about your daily farm life....not that much different then ours!<br /><br /><br />~LLA Muranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00827994015402999638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-47838343038004633752013-08-22T12:01:00.153+10:002013-08-22T12:01:00.153+10:00I don't think I could get up that early. I lov...I don't think I could get up that early. I love my sleep. It's nice that you finish work early too though. That must make it easier to get farm chores done while it's still light. <br />What a funny comment about your lack of organized exercise. Does it not count if it's not in a gym? <br />I'm glad you and Pete have embraced this life. I think you are doing a community service living sustainably, improving the land around you and writing your blog. We can't do everything!Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10894865592266996002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-27415199359350377612013-08-22T06:57:17.077+10:002013-08-22T06:57:17.077+10:00Sounds as if you are getting lots of excellent exe...Sounds as if you are getting lots of excellent exercise as well as very healthy food - definitely a healthy if very hardworking lifestyle! My veggies are rampaging everywhere, I struggle to find enough time to keep them under control, so full of admiration for your ability to look after livestock with full-time work too.Andrea Mynardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125312078255769500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-8789939822561767922013-08-22T06:04:53.783+10:002013-08-22T06:04:53.783+10:00Just loved this post , and I love that a product o...Just loved this post , and I love that a product of a good post is really good comments to read through too . <br />It is funny when I get to work and people are talking about their 'busy' morning which is making school lunches , hanging out washing ....and I am thinking about the cows I moved and the goat I milked as well as the lunches and the washing. When you work and farm (which is work too of course) , it is like fitting two lives into one. But I wouldn't have it any other way ... though the aim is to just farm one day .<br />My husband always has a chuckle at the farm stay visitor who wanted to know why he still had his work clothes on a Sunday and David's reply was , 'Unfortunately cows don't understand this 'weekend thing'.'Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09958193502828236814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-64959811617264871002013-08-22T05:14:26.380+10:002013-08-22T05:14:26.380+10:00"Everyday is exactly the same – and radically..."Everyday is exactly the same – and radically different" - this is our farming reality. Weekends have become an odd concept - the animals still need feeding, there are still eggs to collect, vegetables to harvest, weeds to remove, seeds to plant, bread to bake, meals to cook... We do have two days a week that are set apart - because there is even more work to do. Those are share distribution days - no weeding on those days, it's all about getting the vegetables harvested, cooled, sorted, and boxed. After that 8+ hour day, we spend 5 hours making deliveries.Karl's Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03000863908310198405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-90357072233501611632013-08-21T22:34:36.228+10:002013-08-21T22:34:36.228+10:00One evening recently my parents called for a chat,...One evening recently my parents called for a chat, after a short time talking I said I had to go because my dinner was ready. "What?!", my dad exclaimed, " we ate three hours ago." I hadn't thought about it until then but I realised our evening meal times had slowly been creeping later and later. First thing in the morning and the last few hours of daylight (and often a little bit more) are the busiest times. Its often well past dark before we even think about what's for dinner. :) Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00237535505835764126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-30316296071454600402013-08-21T13:34:16.067+10:002013-08-21T13:34:16.067+10:00It sounds as though you have your routines all org...It sounds as though you have your routines all organized. I suppose working on the farm did not fit into an assigned box on the doctors sheet! africanaussiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660727599623626163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-57218269324056019202013-08-21T10:16:58.234+10:002013-08-21T10:16:58.234+10:00I love this post!
Our farm is much smaller and we...I love this post!<br /><br />Our farm is much smaller and we are never milking cows. We also do not have children.<br /><br />I usually get to work from home for my Day Job, when I'm not travelling. So I wake up, have breakfast and go to work. Then I squeeze in the chores through-out the day and at some point I finally get a shower. ;-)Kathryn Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990925295124938262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-10826875925141633012013-08-21T10:15:02.039+10:002013-08-21T10:15:02.039+10:00My farming truth is a funny one - I don't make...My farming truth is a funny one - I don't make a good farmer, lol. This would have to be the number one reality people face when they move to the country for a lifestyle change. They learn their limitations and how difficult it is to make a living out of it.<br /><br />That's what I mean by I don't make a good farmer. I may want to be one with all my heart, but until we can turn a profit from it to make a living (whether that involves trading for similar valued goods and/or for money) we're not technically farmers. Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-90390472327910365402013-08-21T09:21:49.023+10:002013-08-21T09:21:49.023+10:00Liz - Hubby and I raised 5 children on the farm, a...Liz - Hubby and I raised 5 children on the farm, and for us it was a full time total commitment, no other source of income, (unless you count the year I day-cared two extra children for a working Mom in order to buy a new refrigerator). All our days began at 5:30, many of them ended with night chores at 9:00. Lots of hard work for us and no hired help! Funny, what the kids remember are the evenings they turned somersaults in the grass with Dad while Mom got supper in the kitchen! The kids grew up, we moved to town, and we still miss the farm. It sort of roots itself down in your soul. Hubby always said farming was a hard way to make a living, but the best way to make a life. And we still think so!Patty@inStitcheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18008067462064666901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-52874001329059406192013-08-21T09:15:31.375+10:002013-08-21T09:15:31.375+10:00I'm not sure about organized exercise, could b...I'm not sure about organized exercise, could be that it isn't a natural thing. The exercise you get is probably better as it involves normal human activity. I wouldn't worry about what the doc says.Sunnybrook Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135224259672444423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-11650393201121389522013-08-21T09:12:39.841+10:002013-08-21T09:12:39.841+10:00I often wonder what normal people do with their ti...I often wonder what normal people do with their time. We fill our spare time with chopping wood, cooking from scratch, tending the animals and garden, working on the house extension, mowing lawns and fixing fences. Then there is the worry about not enough rain or too much rain. Its fun though and I wouldn't swap it.Crunchie's Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10561893477545578734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-47538653077759028742013-08-21T08:36:41.950+10:002013-08-21T08:36:41.950+10:00Hi Liz, We are similar to you, time management is ...Hi Liz, We are similar to you, time management is a nightmare for us. Here is a typical week for me;<br />Monday, Tuesday and Thursday; get up at 5am, make breakfast and study for an hour then feed the animals (chooks, guinea fowl, sheep, rabbit, galahs, any animal in care and dogs)then shower and on the bus to work by 7.30am.<br />Work from 9am to 3pm then on the bus back home by 4.45pm.<br />The afternoon chores are, clean house (wash up and sweep floor mostly), chop wood for fire (heats the water for showers) and fit in an hour's study. My daughter cooks tea then we watch a DVD while I knit, spin or sew.<br /><br />On Wednesday, Saturday and every second Friday I do all that but instead of going to work I study (bachelor of education, primary) and try to fit in some gardening or animal work.<br />On Sunday we all (my partner, daughter and me) sleep in to about 7am and then try to do one major job on the farm (such as dig a new toilet pit or move the sheep fencing).<br />I also go to tarot classes every second Friday, meaning I am gone for the whole day as I don't have a car and so take the school bus.<br />It is hard to fit everything into life living in the bush, but it is worth it. I love the quiet few minutes in the morning when I feed the animals and check all the garden beds; there is so much peace there and all seems right with the world for that short time. I think we appreciate those moments much more because they are so few and far between.<br />Living this way is not for everyone, but I love it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16182408012625352004noreply@blogger.com