Farm and Garden

[Lefty]

Those are so cool to drive.

I have had the privilege to drive one around a bit and it was very fun. Mine are all the bigger row crop ones from about the same time period.

I thought you might like these. The smaller one was meant to be the parts tractor, but he got a third and kept the two running. My son's farm is just around 200 tillable. That's not much, even for these little tractors.

He's all organic, growing just about every type of vegetable.

Old farm equipment was made to last forever. Everything was made from steel. Broken parts could be welded or fabricated. And we all know that diesels can run forever.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I thought you might like these. The smaller one was meant to be the parts tractor, but he got a third and kept the two running. My son's farm is just around 200 tillable. These two are more than enough to do the job. He's all organic, growing just about every type of vegetable.

Its crazy people are still knocking off those things, you can buy a new one basically just like it.

I have 6 acres tilled, last year was kinda organic because it is hard to get anyone to spray 6 acres. Once they get around to it in mid july the $600 of chemicals are too late to do anything. I got sick of it and just went old school.

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And a new granddaughter... and watching my 18 month old grandson that doesn't have an off button... being my daughters personal driver... part time cook and general gopher... then my own Dr appointments... I've been way to busy to be half retired.

www.therangerstation.com

 

[Lefty]

Its crazy people are still knocking off those things, you can buy a new one basically just like it.

I have 6 acres tilled, last year was kinda organic because it is hard to get anyone to spray 6 acres. Once they get around to it in mid july the $600 of chemicals are too late to do anything. I got sick of it and just went old school.

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And a new granddaughter... and watching my 18 month old grandson that doesn't have an off button... being my daughters personal driver... part time cook and general gopher... then my own Dr appointments... I've been way to busy to be half retired.

www.therangerstation.com

Maybe you might want to become certified organic. Restaurants pay big bucks for fresh organic delivered. He grows a lot of salad greens and heirloom tomatoes.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Maybe you might want to become certified organic. Restaurants pay big bucks for fresh organic delivered. He grows a lot of salad greens and heirloom tomatoes.

Not sure how well it would pay out. I feel like I would need more ground but then I don't know what I would do with 6 acres of anything but corn/soybeans. We have a heck of a time with rabbits and deer wiping out our garden too.

Straight organic is a ton of work, I should have cultivated one more time but we got into a wet spell and by the time I could get back in the corn was too tall... it grows a lot faster than it used to.

 

[rumblecloud]

I'd vouch for what Lefty said.
My wife is more into it than I am, but even the organics sections in the larger chains is pitiful.
We joined a co-op of sorts where we paid a certain amount for a summer's worth of fresh veggies. Every week we'd pick up a large bag full of whatever was ripe. We canned and freeze dried what we didn't eat. I thought it was well worth it.
We have about 19 tillable, but I do not have the time nor the energy to start that "hobby." Hat's off to you guys for sure.

EDIT: I know the regs for getting certified is prohibitive, but you don't have to go that far for most folks.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I'd vouch for what Lefty said.
My wife is more into it than I am, but even the organics sections in the larger chains is pitiful.
We joined a co-op of sorts where we paid a certain amount for a summer's worth of fresh veggies. Every week we'd pick up a large bag full of whatever was ripe. We canned and freeze dried what we didn't eat. I thought it was well worth it.
We have about 19 tillable, but I do not have the time nor the energy to start that "hobby." Hat's off to you guys for sure.

EDIT: I know the regs for getting certified is prohibitive, but you don't have to go that far for most folks.

Just sayin', I don't have any equipment to do veggies so everything would be by hand. I don't have fencing to keep wildlife from making a buffet out of it so that would need redone.

Right now I can plant it in a Saturday, cultivate it on a Saturday and pick it on a weekend.

At some point I might just start haying it, of course now I have two of the wrong kind of balers to sell hay...

 

[Lefty]

I'd vouch for what Lefty said.
My wife is more into it than I am, but even the organics sections in the larger chains is pitiful.
We joined a co-op of sorts where we paid a certain amount for a summer's worth of fresh veggies. Every week we'd pick up a large bag full of whatever was ripe. We canned and freeze dried what we didn't eat. I thought it was well worth it.
We have about 19 tillable, but I do not have the time nor the energy to start that "hobby." Hat's off to you guys for sure.

EDIT: I know the regs for getting certified is prohibitive, but you don't have to go that far for most folks.

My son does the same. He's a subscription farmer who packs everything in boxes then takes the stuff to town. Most of the labor intensive work is done on just 1 acre which is surrounded by a deer fence. He starts most veggies and flowers in his green house. The rest is corn, squash, pumpkins, and potaoes, which are big enough to fend for themselves. He rotates those crops to minimize pest damage. He sells apples and apple cider too. He sells eggs, makes maple syrup, honey; sells Christmas trees come winter.

Still, it's not enough to make a living, He's got a second job.

 

[Lefty]

My son does the same. He's a subscription farmer who packs everything in boxes then takes the stuff to town. Most of the labor intensive work is done on just 1 acre which is surrounded by a deer fence. He starts most veggies and flowers in his green house. The rest is corn, squash, pumpkins, and potaoes, which are big enough to fend for themselves. He rotates those crops to minimize pest damage. He sells apples and apple cider too. He sells eggs, makes maple syrup, honey; sells Christmas trees come winter.

Still, it's not enough to make a living, He's got a second job.

And yes, it takes about ten years to become fully certified organic. A certain amount of time is needed for older chemicals to wash out of the soil.

 

[Curious Hound]

My son does the same. He's a subscription farmer who packs everything in boxes then takes the stuff to town. Most of the labor intensive work is done on just 1 acre which is surrounded by a deer fence. He starts most veggies and flowers in his green house. The rest is corn, squash, pumpkins, and potaoes, which are big enough to fend for themselves. He rotates those crops to minimize pest damage. He sells apples and apple cider too. He sells eggs, makes maple syrup, honey; sells Christmas trees come winter.

Still, it's not enough to make a living, He's got a second job.

With all that, how does he have time for a second job?

 

[Lefty]

With all that, how does he have time for a second job?

He is a Montessori school teacher. The kids come and help work on the farm. They actually slow down the work, but he's getting paid. You might like this picture of a tree "house" which we built. It's big enough to hold classes there when the weather is good.

 

[Snoranger]

He is a Montessori school teacher. The kids come and help work on the farm. They actually slow down the work, but he's getting paid. You might like this picture of a tree "house" which we built. It's big enough to hold classes there when the weather is good.
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Your treehouse seems to be missing the house part of it.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

He is a Montessori school teacher. The kids come and help work on the farm. They actually slow down the work, but he's getting paid. You might like this picture of a tree "house" which we built. It's big enough to hold classes there when the weather is good.
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Ah yes, the old school "cheap labor" method of farming... lots of kids.

 

[Lefty]

Your treehouse seems to be missing the house part of it.

Yes. We didn't have quite enough money.

 

[Lefty]

Ah yes, the old school "cheap labor" method of farming... lots of kids.

That labor is actually more trouble than it is worth...all except he gets paid a teacher's salary. That makes the whole farm venture worth the while.

The kids are very good at some things especially picking crops. They love to make apple cider with a hand press. They are very good at maple syrup.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

That labor is actually more trouble than it is worth...all except he gets paid a teacher's salary. That makes the whole farm venture worth the while.

The kids are very good at some things especially picking crops. They love to make apple cider with a hand press. They are very good at maple syrup.

As Stalin once said "Quantity has a quality all its own"

Kids don't speed anything up, it is fun to watch them learn and do things though.