We have totally reorganized our lives, taking a blind leap into a project antagonistic with the American dream. Although, this is an opportunity, it is not a privilege. There is no equation that expresses this opportunity with fame or fortune, a life of luxury. That has been attempted, we did not approve of the waste that it developed.
We chose to create, make an example to ourselves, our community, and hopefully the minds of blind opportunists. The tide of current thought has no undertow to our pertinacity. The small farm is a place for the educated to learn and return the products and potential of our knowledge to whomever we can.
Our farm is going to be mostly annual vegetables, but for diversity’s sake we are also including fruit trees, herb gardens, hops, and chickens. Maybe eventually goats. There are multi-year, many layered plans to have a fully integrated farm for both energy input and output. Integration on every level of farm operation seems to be a defining attribute of sustainability, as we have to build a system that runs nearly symbiotic with the natural ecosystem and both human and native ecology.
just wondering where in the GP area you are?
we are involved in trying to get a cooperation going in many ways
between parts of the county
within parts of the county
between all kinds of “thruths”
between “politics” and people
between $$ interests and people
We cannot otherize each other.
all that stuff
and I think that solitary ambition is bound to fail and so are people who know everything (better)
I don’t.
btw. we may breed our three female goats and are looking for takers of the offspring.
If males are castrated right away they don’t get that menacing and can become cart goats.
anyway
stay in touch
We are close to RCC
We have just purchased 20 acres in Sunny Valley, OR. The land is half treed and half irrigated hay fields, but we would like to grow row crops on some of it. Deer and wild turkey are everywhere. Have you found an effective inexpensive fence to keep them out?
We have been doing quite a bit of reading, but still feel very under prepared.
Thank you for your blog. It is very informative and inspirational.
Steve
Hey Steve and Laurie!
Good luck! It isn’t so easy, but man can it be fulfilling…
The deer fence that we use is this:
http://www.us-fence.com/HTML/fenceDEERplastic.html
or another similar brand. Even then, they get in. It just happens, but this has certainly helped. The other thing that has made a big difference is all the dogs on the property. They keep the deer away, but they also have whole sets of problems unto themselves.
Thanks so much for reading, and if you get a blog or website up, let us know about it!
Hi Steve,
where in S.V. ? We are up Placer and then up the mountain a little
and
we are in a similar position . . and should meet and talk and perhaps work together
Also, in terms of fencing, we are trying something as goat fencing which is made of miles of obsolete strapping plastic, combined with one or two electric tapes.
email us at wolfgang@shakti-moon.com
Great to “meet” you
Wolfgang