Saturday, February 10, 2007
Oh boy... we're laying plans for the year
Bev got her "city job" so that will help support Cindy's and my farm/computer projects. We don't expect much out of "Mom (Cindy's mom) as she's recovering from serious surgery. That's kind of a bummer, too as she's the "chief cook".
With Bev starting work on Monday, I'll be providing what little additional brawn I can to the projects. Either that, or the "heavy lifting" will have to wait for her days off.
This weekend, she's drawing the plans for the barn (to be built early fall), the chicken coop (that goes up within the next 2 months), and the worm beds... first project.
About those worm beds...
That's one of the reasons I joined forces here. We had been discussing projects that could eventually become economically viable that would be very thrifty to start and manage. Verminculture meets those requirements very nicely.
We don't have a lot of water, only one acre foot, so we have to really be careful of how much livestock we get. We'll probably be limited to a couple of horse, less than 6 lambs/sheep, a steer, less than 2 dozen laying hens, and maybe a llama.
Verminculture (raising worms) won't put a strain on the water, will improve our sandy soil, and will give us a use for the manure and other waste. Later, when we have more worm castings than we can use, that can easily be sold to other valley residents.
Labels: Worm Farm
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