Monday, August 23, 2010

For just a few dollars, you too can be a farmer...

I am in serious farm dreaming mode lately.  I don't know why but every once in a while my desire for some land and some animals becomes an acute ache.  But since I am firmly embedded in suburbia for now and unable to have more the 6 hens(which I have), I go down the street to Thanksgiving Point's Farm Country and talk to the cows, ride in trailers pulled by retired farmers, and feed the ridiculously cute goats.  It helps for a while but like any unnatural stimulant, I crash after-wards and want a farm more than ever.  I listen to Dolly Parton, peruse rural real estate, and plan future orchard placement and animal housing.  Oh well, I'm addicted.  Someday I'll have the real deal.


 ~megan

6 comments:

  1. I'm right there with you. We too live in suburbia, though we scoff at the "livestock ordinances" (at least I think we do as I have yet to find any that specifically prohibit them). We don't have an HOA though (not sure if you do), which would definitely make it more difficult.

    But I want my farm!!!

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  2. You sound like me! I sometimes dream a little too much...like at work...like right now! We even started our Thursday Farms blog as a way of tracking our progress towards our dream!

    Yikes! Back to work!

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  3. Yep. I know exactly that ache. I'm glad you have a farm down the road to at least get a little bit of a fix. :)

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  4. I have that ache also. Someday...

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  5. You all are still more "farmer" than some people, just because they own the land... The desire to know, and learning the skills on a smaller scale are helping you be a better planner on things like what is important, and what things go best where...

    Love your blog! First time here! :)

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  6. We sound so much a like!! I'm a country girl, stuck in the city! We're buying a house & as soon as we get settled I'm gettin' chickens!!! I can't wait! Especially after all this egg contamination weirdness!
    Anyway, great pics!

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