RE: First Seed Order Of 2018 HAS ARRIVED
That is awesome! We moved from NC to MO in August and my ultimate goal is to have a large garden. We bought a 10 acre farm. In October I plowed our future garden area. Turns out it is about half an acre in size. It will be a huge jump from growing in 2 separate 4'x8' raised beds.
In the beginning of December I ordered a ton of seeds from Baker Creek Seeds. Once they arrived my wife halted my excitement and told me I could not open them until Christmas morning. Talk about a bummer! Well when Christmas morning arrived I was able to open the manila envelope and out poured sixty different packets. The smile on my face stretched from ear to ear!!
Since we moved here I have been saving empty toilet paper rolls, yogurt containers and 1/2 gallon milk cartons to use them as growing containers. If February I get to finally start sowing some of the seeds indoors! I am so excited and I know my wife and children will be excited to see the new growth and then when we get to transplant and direct sow in March and April. Big steps at becoming self sustaining and reducing the cost at the grocery store!!
Thank you for sharing and I hope that we are all successful and prosperous this year with our gardens, farms and homesteads.
Kenny
Pfeiler Family Farm
Baker Creek should pay me for all the free advertising I do for them! It’s a little bit of a drive, but you should look into attending their Spring Planting Festival. We live about two hours away, but I wouldn’t miss it, even if I had to walk. lol
I hope you’ll be posting the progress of your garden this year. I’ll be watching for it!
Thank you. Yes I definitely want to post the progress. A digital record of sorts.
YEAH... I am so jealous of this! But one of our goals in 2018 is to find our property.. so... hopefully we will.
I have seen people who use empty TP rolls and the little coffee K-cups for seed starters! SUch great ways to reuse and not waste!
I, for one, am tired of relying on BIG companies to keep me alive. My husband can hunt, I can shoot a gun and grow a garden, then preserve the harvest.
I raised chickens, ducks and pheasants.. we can do it!
I was jealous for the longest time, dreaming of owning a farm so I can pick up the trades and skills that my Grandfather had achieved when he was alive. From farming, to gardening, to bee keeping, to making his own maple syrup and wine...it was paradise for me as a kid. When we visited the farm we could pick apples, grapes, blackberries, and all kinds of vegetables and just enjoy it all with my cousins. I want our new home to be like that. In August we got that. Now for the baby steps in making it our reality...just wish I had some maple trees to make our own syrup!
As for seed starting, I am tired of wasting money on seed trays. Granted it does not cost too much, but season after season it does add up. At least with TP it is a guarantee that we will have rolls, and enough for the spring sowing season. And yes, I am all about reusing and not tossing it into the trash. For the yogurt containers I line them with newspaper that way when its time to transplant I am not breaking the fragile roots.
Our garden is our first step at saving money. In March or April we will get a few chickens (layers and meat birds) to start out with. Then some rabbits and dairy goats. But first I need to build the infrastructure. Again, all baby steps.
I hope you find your property! We got 10 acres and I think we will be just fine with that size.
FYI, being that you said your husband hunts; when looking at properties be sure your are out in the COUNTY and not within city limits. Our farm is in the city limits, and we live next to a subdivision. Long story short, I cannot hunt my own farm. Missouri law says I can, but the city says no! I am too close to a subdivision. And this is what I am missing out on....UGH!!! The only joy we get is my girls naming all the deer. Ha Ha Ha (I am crying on the inside!!)
Have a great and blessed morning!
Kenny
Pfeiler Family Farm