Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Ken Hargesheimer <minifarms2@yahoo.com>]

It is according to what is grown.  Some crops are more labor intensive than others.  A Honduran farmer farms 10 acres with a machete but only grows corn and beans intercropped plus vegetables for the family.

 

With livestock, more acres can be used.

 

Ken Hargesheimer

"E. E. Mitchamore Jr" <emitch@att.net> wrote:

I have 4 acres, with only 1 devoted to "farming" (native trees, really), but I'm working to make a microfarm out of it by placing raised beds (my "soil" is only 6" deep, over limestone) wherever there is room.  My pertinent point is that five acres seems HUGE.  I don't know how you'd use all that land unless you use row crops.  At this point "One acre and independence" sounds more like it.

 

E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
www.hillcountrynatives.biz

----- Original Message -----

From: Ken Hargesheimer

To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing

Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 10:03 PM

Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] on "real farming"

The children of farmers do not want to farm and that should surprise no one.  All they hear is negative.  [Farmers must get off the government welfare and support themselves.  This will restore their self-esteem, dignity and pride.]

 

But that is not the true picture.  There are many people entering farming - minifarming.  You do not read this in the farm magazines.  Most internships, apprentiships, etc pretty much fill up every year.  More and more minifarmers are suppling the local market.

 

I think there is more opportunity in farming today than there has been for decades.  I am very encouraged for the future.  A person who wants to mini-farm can get the training and experience, find some free land to use in an urban area, and start.  All he/she needs is a machete and some seed.  The market is all around him/her. 

 

Ken Hargesheimer

 

Bobby G <bobbyg53211@yahoo.com> wrote:

just shows to go ya, how hard it is to get into "real
farming." and the younger people want a trophy home
and a job in town, not a farm.

bobby g



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