Durp
Well-known member
Alright, It's about time I kick this bad boy off. Like the title states I'm going to show you how I plan, set up, and hopefully not die on my god forsaken piece of desert. This is a learning process for all of us
I am going to start with a disclaimer. Farming is hard fucking work, especially if you have limited water. If you are insane enough to try and pull this off (like me) first get some completely necessary life skills. You will be your own doctor, grocery store, machinist, laborer, mechanic, architect, and security, plus many many other roles I am well too lazy to list. If you can not build things, weld, metal work, wood work, drive heavy equipment, repair said mangled equipment with what ever bullshit scraps laying around, learn how. Go work on a farm, a real one not some padded yuppy hobby farm shit. If those are the type of farmers that teach you, you will most likely die. This is not a game and is a huge gamble. I refuse to be held responsible for anyone's misdeeds. If you like getting hammered everyday, make sure you have some sort of income so you can get food and booze, or you too will die. You will be required to be up well before sunrise, and most likely will start going to bed around 9-10pm. It just comes with the lifestyle. The goats don't milk them selves.
Whoo..... done with the nasty stuff, now lets have some fun!!!
I will give you a bit of background to help demonstrate I'm not just some asshole fuming from a gaped hole. I grew up building, fixing, and farming my whole life. I never spent a night in a city until I started bummin around. Where I am from, pre Monsanto take over, was a little ag town in Ohio that was all small family farms. My biggest teacher was 90 when I was 14. This man saw everything and is a lot like you and I. He felt trapped in the system and was wrapped up by the great depression. Him and his wife worked 9 jobs between the two of them to save up and put a down payment on their land. They knew nothing of farm life, as they were both just skid kids with a dream. Anyone stubborn enough can be a farmer, it just takes practice and unshakable determination. If you are a quitter, whiner, wimp, or a moron this is not the lifestyle for you. Again with that whole death thing... farming is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. I am the only kid I know from my area that still has all his fingers, toes, arms, and legs. I have now been pretty much a full time rubber tramp for 4 years. I highly recommend buying a POS rig to tramp around in and learn how to fix, because it will break. If you can not handle this, farming is not for you.
If you have some sort of income (SSI ect) and just want to scum around in the desert, check out this book.
http://www.ranchocostanada.itgo.com/
My break is over, I will get on to the meat and potatoes when I return to the keys!
I am going to start with a disclaimer. Farming is hard fucking work, especially if you have limited water. If you are insane enough to try and pull this off (like me) first get some completely necessary life skills. You will be your own doctor, grocery store, machinist, laborer, mechanic, architect, and security, plus many many other roles I am well too lazy to list. If you can not build things, weld, metal work, wood work, drive heavy equipment, repair said mangled equipment with what ever bullshit scraps laying around, learn how. Go work on a farm, a real one not some padded yuppy hobby farm shit. If those are the type of farmers that teach you, you will most likely die. This is not a game and is a huge gamble. I refuse to be held responsible for anyone's misdeeds. If you like getting hammered everyday, make sure you have some sort of income so you can get food and booze, or you too will die. You will be required to be up well before sunrise, and most likely will start going to bed around 9-10pm. It just comes with the lifestyle. The goats don't milk them selves.
Whoo..... done with the nasty stuff, now lets have some fun!!!
I will give you a bit of background to help demonstrate I'm not just some asshole fuming from a gaped hole. I grew up building, fixing, and farming my whole life. I never spent a night in a city until I started bummin around. Where I am from, pre Monsanto take over, was a little ag town in Ohio that was all small family farms. My biggest teacher was 90 when I was 14. This man saw everything and is a lot like you and I. He felt trapped in the system and was wrapped up by the great depression. Him and his wife worked 9 jobs between the two of them to save up and put a down payment on their land. They knew nothing of farm life, as they were both just skid kids with a dream. Anyone stubborn enough can be a farmer, it just takes practice and unshakable determination. If you are a quitter, whiner, wimp, or a moron this is not the lifestyle for you. Again with that whole death thing... farming is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. I am the only kid I know from my area that still has all his fingers, toes, arms, and legs. I have now been pretty much a full time rubber tramp for 4 years. I highly recommend buying a POS rig to tramp around in and learn how to fix, because it will break. If you can not handle this, farming is not for you.
If you have some sort of income (SSI ect) and just want to scum around in the desert, check out this book.
http://www.ranchocostanada.itgo.com/
My break is over, I will get on to the meat and potatoes when I return to the keys!