I am documenting my farm's journey from its conception to share progress with family, friends, customers, and anyone interested in watching my dream continue to grow. I began farming in 2014 and started my own farm in October 2021. I believe everyone deserves access to quality food at an affordable price from someone they can trust. As a farmer, it is my duty to raise and treat the animals in my care respectfully and responsibly, create a healthy product, and take care of the Earth while doing so. Along my journey I will share tips, funny stories, how-to's, and much more. I am excited to document my farm's journey and I hope you enjoy watching the progress! I will post a new video every weekend so be sure to tune in!
I'm happy you're back home! There's no place like home, especially when it's the USA!! IMHO :) I hate horn worms, but thankfully we didn't have even one this year. Blessings from N. Alabama ♥♥♥
Lost my summer squash and zucchini’s. Strangest thing. I’ve been using slug bait. No slugs. Dug up dead squash and one living in the ground under it. I guess that’s what happened to all of them
We live between Cortona and Orvieto actually. 😂 Although there are farms, most animals are kept indoors unfortunately. I'm kicking off the build of my first meat bird coop to start raising some of my own meat.
Wow!! That’s amazing 😂 Of all the places in the world… the country side out there is gorgeous. I saw a few hives, couple cows, and some sheep. Not much livestock so they must have been put up like you said
First time viewer, really enjoyed the weekly overview format. Good luck with farmers market season. I recently purchased some wood to build a meat chicken tractor but having second thoughts on the design. I have plans for the Justin Rhodes tractor but it only holds 12 birds which seems inefficient. How did you end up with the Suskovich design you're using? Tried anything else?
Thank you! I’ve built several stationary coops for layers. Two for the winter time and two before I bought the farm land but I’ve only used my current mobile coops I’ve built. We tried one design using metal to hold the tarp up and it worked fine but was more work. The conduit is lightweight and easy to work with which I like. The base is made out of 2x4’s. Basically two rectangles propped up on each other with some simple bracing. Each coop is 10x6 and holds 25-30 birds easily if you move them once a day. I wanted a design where I could get in the coop easily if need be. I believe they are around 5ft tall. I can easily pull the coop with no wheels. With this design, I can also easily add nesting boxes if I ever put layers in so there’s flexibility. I’d add wheels if you add a nesting boxes. So far it’s working great for me! Good luck on your build!
One of my first jobs out of college was doing IT at a turkey processing plant. It was common for my coworkers to know what their pets (turkey) tasted like. :)
