Fellow Farmers Chat

serenity920

Hi all, if you grow ANYTHING at all i consider you a farmer, I have a postage stamp sized yard that i have converted to an urban farm - Serenity Farms - and it is what keeps me motivated to eat well and to exercise. I just spent 2 hours wrestling mutant tomatoes and squash onto supports, weeding and searching for hidden cukes and squash (they are very sneaky veggies)
I would love to hear from other people growing their own food for fun and fitness.

Kimmer2011

We've grown vegetables in a tiny plot in the back yard in past years (NOTHING beats a tomato off your own vine!), but this year we just got a few seedlings and I let my 12 year old daughter take over. We'll see what she gets out of her farm!

smex14

Hello! We don't have a very big garden but in our conservatory we have atm tomato plants, peppers and sweet potato. These are my dads plants really as I still live at home but it all started when we rescued 3 chickens! We haven't had to buy eggs since and it's lovely knowing they are free range. we also have a pear and apple tree outside but we leave those to fall cuz the birdies like them

serenity920

Kimmer - I love that you gave the garden to your daughter. We have an 8 year old boy and he wanted his own garden too. Since we do alot of container gardening here, i let him start tomatoes and morning glories from seed and he got his own container and they are growing beautifully. of course he is now in Florida with his grandparents for a month so MOM will be tending his garden but he was very responsible up til he left.
Hope you get some tasty 'maters from your little farmer. :happy:

MuchMovement

Thank you!!! I consider myself a farmer, but many people don't because I don't live on a farm. (I live in a 100sq ft off the grid tiny house that I built.)

Mommawarrior

I don't own a farm, I work on a farm.
My deep freezer is full of beef from the farm and sweet corn and berries from the farm.
Our veggies come from the farm garden, we eat eggs from the farm chickens.
When my husband retires from the Army (he currently has in 21 years) I want to own a "mini farm". Not one that is ran to sell crops and cattle, but one that will sustain us. I want to have chickens for eggs and to eat, a HUGE garden to grow all our veggies, fruit trees, feeder calves to butcher. Pecan trees and walnut trees would be great too.

MuchMovement, I also want to live in an off the grid tiny home on the land that we have our mini farm. (not sure my husband agrees with this, but I can always pray.) I don't need much to be content and I can tell you don't either!

jessradtke

I have a "mini-farm"...just a few acres with a little copse of woods and a couple of small barns. I have a small flock of hens and a very large garden, plus fruits trees, walnut trees, berries, and an ever growing assortment of flowers. We don't have a cow here, but own a share in a grass fed dairy farm, so we also get fresh milk. I love my lifestyle...hard work, weeds, and all.

Mommawarrior

Jess, there is nothing better than working hard, weeds and all.

Nanadena

We have 200 acres. I have my garden, which I down sized this year due to children leaving home. I am growing tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, corn and cantelope. We also raise chickens, turkeys and beef. We have never butchered a cow for ourselves. We hunt and eat mainly wild meat. It is a wonderful way of life.

MuchMovement

Ma Warrior- Since I built my own home I know you can too... he'll love it by the time it's done. Ever hear of Tumbleweed tiny homes? My house is like that, but recycled. It took me 2 months to collect the materials and 3 months to build, and when I started I couldn't even use a screw gun. But it worked out. I got almost all of the parts of free, except for the 6X9 trailer I built it on. ($350) It even has a stained glass window. Obviously I'm very proud... lol. but It's very tiny, tiny enough for a parking space. Cost me less then 2 months rent to build at the last place I lived... So it's affordable to build, and incredibly affordable to maintain.

Budget, home, possessions, waist, I guess I'm trying to shrink most of the areas in my life!!!

curvygirl512

I just have a suburban sized plot (10 x 20) and some big pots on our deck. It is big enough to keep me busy. Lettuce, peas, tomatoes, a sweet pepper, zucchini, green beans, broccoli, leeks, and several different types of herbs. Today I found potatoes growing out of the compost pile. I've never grown potatoes before, but I'm going to let them go and see what I get. I also found several volunteer tomato seedlings, which I'm going to keep and donate the extra product to our local food bank. I picked some lettuce and snow peas yesterday and today, and I should have zucchini by the end of the week. I'm never happier than when I'm in my garden.

ace175

My boyfriend is the grower...he's working on strawberries, potatoes, and pomegranates right now. I'm TRYING to grow parsley, cilantro, and oregano. The oregano isn't growing though Since we're moving into an apartment, we won't have a yard (right now everything is in pots because they're just starting), but my boyfriend is working a few different ideas, such as hydroponic farming. I really want to grow tomatoes to make homemade marinara sauce, but we'll see!