Introduction

We are nestled in the foothills of South Carolina. We live off site from our homestead for the time being. We raise some of our animals here on the 1 acre that we live on a lot closer to town than the three that we call “the farm”. I also use a two acre pasture at my grandparents for stalling animals in transition. I myself am experienced in the “farming field”, but am brand spanking new to the small time, intense land management type of operation that we plan on running. We are raising three boys a 6 year old, 4 year old, and a 2 month old. Here at “the house” we have some rabbits and chickens, and a Shitzu named “Nessie”. We just acquired the rabbits through a trade for a Nigerian Dwarf goat. We actually acquired that goat and another through a trade that I made for a chicken tractor. The chicken tractor was made from repurposed materials that I got for FREE at work. So as of right now, we have six rabbits, three female and three male. We are looking to trade 2 of the buck rabbits as we only need one for our “STARTER” operation. We have a Sannen/Lamancha cross dairy goat that was part of the first trade I mentioned. She is trained to a milk stand and is very friendly. She is stalled in the pasture that I mentioned. All this and we haven’t really spent the first dime other than wire and some other materials for cages and the like.

    The three acres that we call “the farm” is a briar patch to put it best at the moment. We have cleared enough to get to the small sheds that were on the property when we purchased it. We have used mainly repurposed materials to repair the sheds back to operational use. We are planning to move the majority of the farming operation to this piece of land. The sheds will be used for the rabbits, worm composting bins, and an aquaponics setup. We are also in the process of building a barn on the farm. All of these materials have been salvaged from a set of old decks and a wooden fence that we salvaged. I will be posting on here at least weekly with updates. We are always buying selling and trading, well mainly trading. See y’all later