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Conceptually I see the beauty and simplicity of being a self sufficient farmer. Realistically I know that I enjoy my leisure time too much to be working 14 hour days keeping a farm going. I have relatives who are farmers and I have no idea how they do it.There is beauty in it's simplicity and peace. Do not knock it till you try it. There is something special and right about making your living off the land that can not be explained unless you have done it. I hold several profesional licenses including surveyor,civil engineer,appraiser, and upto 300 ton ship captain. I have found farmer and ship captain to be the most rewarding. I find myself depressed when my fishng charter ends and not freeking wait to get up and do it again the next day. I like captain best if I am running fishing charters. As far as farming goes planting and harest are pretty happy times. Animals are a pain in the ass you can never get away from them but they sure taste good. If you have no animals fishing in the keys all winter is pretty nice.No, farming is too hard a life for me.
James and I moved to the hillbilly boonies to be hillbillies in the boonies.
We don't have a farm, we have 7 acres to do with what we will, and after the regs of cali, it's a wonderful sense of freedom.
I have planted a garden each year for 5 years now with varied results.
Some years I get nothing but fat bunnies and deer, some years I get fat racoons and possum.
All years they get yummies and I get paw and hoof prints on my face.