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[Market-farming] time management for off-farm jobs
- From: KAKerby AT aol.com
- To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: [Market-farming] time management for off-farm jobs
- Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:31:04 -0400 (EDT)
Hey all, our time at market this year has come and gone. We just
didn't earn quite enough per week to stay through the season, and our spring was
so late we didn't get enough into the ground to really try to switch over to
other marketing options mid-season. So yours truly is headed back to
off-farm work. (insert sound of heavy sigh here)
I was very fortunate in my previous corporate job that I was able to work
from home. So I set things up here with the assumption that I'd be here to
make the most of breaks in the weather, deliver unexpected livestock young-uns,
and otherwise be immediately available even when I was "on the clock".
Now, however, finances and hiring conditions dictate that I commute at least 45
minutes in each direction. The money will be nice (that's how we're going
to pay for our Farmall C), but I find myself wondering how I'm going to
juggle the time management aspect of things.
We've sold off the livestock that would be easy to replace later
But we still have a lot of animals here that I have deemed too valuable to
offload for what is hopefully a short-term situation. And of course we
have planting bed management to consider, even if things go
fallow well into next year. I'm also fretting about time
spent on morning and evening chores, storm response and basics like winter
housing that won't require my monitoring for things like frozen water,
wind chill, etc. For those of you in similar positions, or who had
similar situations, what did you do that really made the difference? Any
mistakes you made that you'd suggest I avoid? Any "a-ha" moments that
you'd care to share about juggling farm work and off-farm office
work? Thanks in advance......
Kathryn Kerby
frogchorusfarm.com
Snohomish, WA
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[Market-farming] time management for off-farm jobs,
KAKerby, 07/16/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] time management for off-farm jobs, Beth Spaugh, 07/16/2011
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