why we quit farming 

Never could make the math work on buying land and farming for a profit, so instead we bought 6 acres and do only what we want. Even then, it is all to easy to take on too much. I constantly have to tell myself, “no” to new projects. We’ve been doing it for 20 years now, and I look forward to doing it for another 20.

I have 5 acres and I can't imagine having a whole farm on only 5 acres. I just grow my own food...garden, chickens, turkeys and venison. I have both meat birds (only for 8 weeks) and laying hens year round with Turkeys in a 10x15 coop/barn in Wis. To start my garden it cost me a whopping $33.00 and it feeds me for the year. I seed save so I don't have to buy seeds every year and I grow only what I eat. I had 300lbs of heirloom organic tomatoes, 165 lbs of potatoes. (this year I seed saved potatoes. I can and I freeze my food. I dehydrate all my herbs. My pantry is complete with homemade catsup, tomato juice, spaghetti sauce and paste. Winter is my time off. I gain weight...ugh. I have strawberry patches, wild black raspberries, rhubarb and horseradish. Did I mention I am alone and almost 66 yrs old and a female. I put up my own fencing and mow my own lawn. Check out More Than Farmers channel or The Hollar Homestead.

We just bought 10 acres and our goal is to be more self sufficient. We will be homesteading with long term dreams of having a more profitable farm for our boys to take over when they grow up. But we are planning to take it slow, one day at a time. I do worry that we will get burned out and this video broke my heart for you guys. But I am glad you guys are spending time together as a family, traveling and I know you guys will find the perfect place! Thanks for sharing these farmers stories with us!

What an incredible video. You’re both so brave and humble at the same time. Mistakes teach us better than any book. And with your outlook and perspective you will find exactly what you’re looking for!

You do have a plan and it’s a good one. The place you settle will be right for you all when the time is right. Live in faith - loads of love ❤️

Such an interesting concept and so proud of you - seeing how others do it and honoring them!! Pray safe travels for you as you enjoy this new journey as a happier family❤️❤️❤️

I wouldn’t wish that farm life on anyone, but I applaud what you’ve tried to do. I hope you guys can find what’s right for you!

Thank you for this truthful video. Hope you find what you are looking for. Will keep on following your journey. Enjoy the process and thank you for taking us along. 😊

I love your channel and your story. I look forward to every episode. I live halfway between Jacksonville and Lake City. I meet for deliveries from Shepherds Hill Farm. That was the first video I watched. I've been following ever since.I hope that if you get out to Arkansas, you will visit VW FAMILY FARM. They are my favorite farm family. Best wishes on your family journey. Thanks for bringing us along. 🩷🙏🌻

I watched your video with Sow the Land today. I loved your interview with them. I know I’m going to enjoy catching up on your other videos. Thanks ❤

I think I saw you guys on one of the many “farm/foodie” documentaries I’ve watched over the years! God bless you guys! I guess what you’re really saying is: it’s possible to overdo anything-even farming! I’m glad it sounds like you’re rediscovering your focus, and making the important things your priorities. I’m excited to see what happens next!

I have been following you for a while now. Since you started sharing your stories. I was so concerned when you disappeared but we found you and we have been waiting patiently for you to return with your fabulous content!🐈😎📣

Loved this video. Hindsight is always 2020. If you find yourself in Northern Indiana visit Silverthorne Farms in Rossville and Holy Cow Farm Fresh in Monon. ❤️❤️

I grew up on a 150A farm in SW Washington state. It was amazing hard work. I still rarely take vacations because they are so foreign to me. My mother was a nurse, and my father did the farming. Cows, turkeys, strawberries, hay, and a sawmill. I do know how to work, so I chose to go work for the RR. I support all the small farms I can. Buy from Greene Jungle Farm lamb, beef, pork, and eggs. I support Farmers Markets and especially wool growers. I applaud your decision. You will find your path to what you can do without burning yourself out. Take good care of yourselves.

There is the romance...and quite separately the reality of this lifestyle. This becomes even more apparent as you get older and wake up with more pains every day.

Go to Hamilton Native outpost near Houston, Missouri. Diverse Native pastures using cattle and bison.

Thanks for your videos. Have you considered Wild East Farm in North Carolina? The RU-vid channel for the farm is called Small Scale Revival. They have a beautiful regenerative farm.

I saw your husband on Joel Salitins channel and fell in love with your story. Well! That wasn’t long before you sold everything and left. You have to do what’s right for you and your family. I wondered what had happened to y’all. So I da like you are doing well. Prayers and best wishes. I’ll be waiting to see what you find out there

Just saw you guys at Gold Shaw farm and watched your we quit (for now) video. Wow what an adventure and what a great plan!

Farming is NO joke!!! People don't know what they don't know.... thanks for sharing your journey!!!!

Too much livestock on too little land. Realistically you need an acre per horse for proper grazing. Too much all at once. It's not the right life for everybody because you must be content with a simpler lifestyle. Just maintaining the property and structures are constant and tend to take up any extra you thought you were saving.

I loved your Sow the Land video. Now you could do the other two from Jason's podast crew, The Hollar Homestead with the new baby makes 8 Hollars, and Lumnah Acres all 500 acres that is LoL.

3 acres. No wonder it was so hard to earn. Ive alway approached it as a business and a business only Not a homesteading adventure.

Grateful to have stumbled upon your channel! We’ve been homesteading for 11+ years and just in the past 2-3 really got serious about scaling up into a profitable farm. I think you are spot on - although we are also a heavily diversified 5 acre homestead as well, we’ve been sustaining this level of production efficiently for awhile & I was blessed to be advise not to diversify our farm income streams. Though we could have dozens of enterprises, we really just have 3-4 main ones - many of which are seasonal so we don’t have too much pulling at us year round. They core enterprises fund the rest and then some and feel sustainable for us (for now!)

You gotta go visit Gold Shaw Farm obviously

U guys need to Keep in mind farming is hard my wife and I are in the process of buying our first farm in Pa we both grew up on farms but are buying our own. We bought 93 acres 50 tillable we plan to start with hay and organic corp and with in five years build a dairy barn. I'm going to say this every one does something different

Visit Roots and Refuge in S.C. or David the Good in AL.

I like your channel. I am glad you put this video out. I retired and bought some land to farm. But it is slow going. My family and friends are not committed to help so its hard going it alone. I think once the perimeter fence line is cleared, it will go better.

Very interesting to listen to

Love your story

Whenever traveling to México, welcome to our farm in Mazatlán. Greetings

You should do a video on how to avoid farm burn out.

You are welcome to visit our tiny farm anytime !!

Other than one prior vid this is the only vid I've watched of you. Just to see if it was legit and not click bait. I also wonder how long we'll last. Im not the normal farmer either and limited physically due to cancer. Im not sure where we'll end up but i cant imagine life without animals at all. Maybe we just end up homesteading for personal use only.

Is there another youtube channel of their older video from 6 years ago when they started?

Interesting. I guess I missed the video where the property you had bought fell through. Look forward to your adventures.

It’s sad and shocking to see the reactions of some people towards other people who, even after diligence and patience and careful daily planning and care for years, eventually realize and decide that it’s time move on from farming and leaving the countryside to a different state or country, some even do go back to the city and are happier there. Factually, there is no shame for doing so, and there shouldn’t be! I’m so sick of these false Christian, religious, and atheist rural hypocrites who look for any excuse as to why someone simply decides farming doesn’t work for them. That’s okay if it doesn’t work for you! I personally hate anything rural and to do with farming or gardening, animal husbandry, etc. They don’t make me a better person and God doesn’t say I have to do them to lead a Godly life and help others. It all boils down to - your family do what ethically works best for your family. We don’t all like the same things or live in the same places, etc. A country person and a city person who are Godly, ethical, civil, courteous, even if they are both self sufficient and hard working, who try to live in peace with those around them are always welcome at my table, as they say. If people want to demean and falsely accuse or censor city or country people, we’ll that speaks volumes of how wrong that person is and they have serious problems that they need to work out with God. Bottom line - if you decide farming or gardening doesn’t work for you, then I say to those people that’s great and I still support you!

selling meat cuts/shares didn't work out? Do you have any videos discussing your learnings?

Omg the random wheelchair 😂😂😂

I think I saw you guys on Saturday

Employees?