Episode #16~ So You Want to Farm?

Blind Hog and Acorn sit on the porch and record "en plein air" with the new shotgun/cardioid mic on the smartphone.  Surprise! It worked out quite well.  Even recorded in stereo!Bullets from the episode on "helpful hints for starting a farm":start as debt free as you canlook into apprentice and internship opportunitiesread some Joel Salatin, and even the old Scott and Helen Nearing booksfencing will and should always be a number one priorityinvestigate different animals, breeds, as well as breedersyou do not buy breeding stock at the sale barn/auction house- that is where you take your problemssafety equipment for animal handling is cheaper in the long run than a trip to the emergency roomtravel around the area you are thinking about farming, look at places- LOTS of placesconsider your (wholesale/retail) market opportunitiesbuilding codes or property restrictions? Better fine out now than later!