the daydream fund challenge thread

rozeepozee

Poll: How many acres do you guys have?

Just curious

ViksB

2 acres although would love another 2!!
Sheep are the easiest animals we keep, the weaners we buy in every other year are a very close second.
Thinking further the paperwork associated with both sheep and pigs is getting ridiculous.
Our sheep have never got stuck in sheep netting although the lambs frequently do!! The grass is much taster the other side of the fence!!

alfie_1

rozeepozee wrote: »

Do you have intelligent sheep, Viks? All I hear about sheep is that they are universally stupid.

i have 3 sheep...big FAT useless sheep !! we lost 2 to flystrike 2 yrs ago even tho we put the "anti" on them...horrendous:( we saved the other 3 last year when a friend and i sat on them and spent hours picking out maggots :eek: we discovered they were standing under the gate buckets when hoss's were feeding and getting "bits" of food dropped on thier necks into the wool....then the flies struck !! we cracked it this year by getting them sheared twice...they do have exceptionally dense coats....:D and whacking on loads of the "pink stuff"...:)

fun to own tho...they CAN be quite intelligent if they put thier minds to it:rotfl:

kazschow

I'm seriously considering getting weaners in the spring too

oldtractor

I have 2 paddocks totalling 5 1/2 acres and a garden. The veg patch/allotment is coming along well,we extended it recently and I've spent part of today removing green plants and putting on half rotted compost manure and straw. should be ready for planting come spring.
I have 2 yearling horses. We did have sheep, I loved them,but we sold them this spring,not enough grass to feed everything. Now I have lots of grass,almost too much, and tonnes of hay which I could do ith selling. it never ends.................

rhiwfield

Davesnave wrote: »

Edit: As the weather was so poo today, I went shopping.....and I bought some eggs! :o They were the most free range I could get though....

....And when I returned, I discovered a Toyota load of logs in the woodshed entrance, so that was nice.

We bought eggs as well, none for past two weeks with hens moulting.

Acres? Howsabout sq feet instead

But productive none the less, and I'm happy to leave the serious animal stuff to the more committed.

Still buying, and selling on Ebay/Car boots. Getting to recognise the dealers and I'm told I can have a regular space at the local car boot. But I love the hunt for interesting items to buy and sell, it leavens a frugal lifestyle.

Stopped by at a garden cntre thats closing down with 50% of stock, still didnt see anything I wanted to buy!

Oh, and a footnote, I was given a chinese vase and I spent an hour deciphering the marks on the base. Apparently I'm now the proud owner of a Great Ming Xuande Period Make (early 15th century) :T

I wish!!

rozeepozee

rhiwfield wrote: »

We bought eggs as well, none for past two weeks with hens moulting.

Acres? Howsabout sq feet instead

But productive none the less, and I'm happy to leave the serious animal stuff to the more committed.

My MIL has an allotment and she's incredibly productive Hope I amas skillful at growing as she is one day.

Davesnave

rozeepozee wrote: »

Poll: How many acres do you guys have?;)

We have about 5.5 acres. The house, gardens, barns, yard & chickens take up about 1.5 of them, but it's errr...flexible.

The previous owner had a garden 30' long at the back, but he expanded that beyond recognition, and we've blurred other edges. We'll put a small paddock/orchard back into the garden area and make an ornamental copse on what was once an awkward corner of field that's now technically inside the garden. Overall, we'll be reducing the pure garden space, but it wasn't being used efficiently before.

lostinrates

Davesnave wrote: »

We have about 5.5 acres. The house, gardens, barns, yard & chickens take up about 1.5 of them, but it's errr...flexible.

The previous owner had a garden 30' long at the back, but he expanded that beyond recognition, and we've blurred other edges. We'll put a small paddock/orchard back into the garden area and make an ornamental copse on what was once an awkward corner of field that's now technically inside the garden. Overall, we'll be reducing the pure garden space, but it wasn't being used efficiently before.

How does that work with RPA? I had a random inspection in summer to check I was applying appropriately.

I think of mine as separate but communicating holdings. I keep about an acre and a half for the garden/self sufficientish endeavours, the rest is ''the business''. It feels a bit bigger because its made up of separate areas. But there is crossover. e.g. I'm going to have the geese in soon to graze off the lawn, because no working lawn mower atm, bar the tiny hover which I can't use. so all fruit and veg will have to come from the acre and a half really, (and hedgelines and spare corners)but its also where my flower gardens are/will be. e.g. the garden to the north of the house will have pears and herbs,.....as well as being a rose garden, and atm my soft fruit is in the arden to the south...though it will be going elsewhere....on the banks of the muck heap!! when I can affor to put fruit cages there and sort out the rubble etc etc.

the rest the more substantial bits, are the business...but when planting hedgerows there is no reason not to plant them as food and gate sale generating things.

Even the concrete has been food generating....I have been storing some stuff for a local farmer, and in return have some lamb and beef in the freezer. Probably the most productive bit of the holding this year, rofl.

lostinrates

OS recently linked to us, so I'd just like to say hello to any new daydreamers, hope you all join in.