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of course money is the key.
When you analyse the inputs to a civilised existence, a decent standard of living, transport, holidays, council tax etc, its not easy to fund this from any form of agriculture on the scale one suggests. I understand that in UK , a holding in excess of 650 acres is required to support a family of four.
Thanks for expanding on that - I guess my rural dream will probably remain just that. There has to be a middle way - just a bit more land and a few chickens and ducks would be great but you cant get around the fact that we need to earn a living unless as ancellsfarmer puts it - we win the lottery (and I don't do the lottery)Midlife crisis anyone?
Mmmmmm, lottery win would be good - and I do it!!!! Just been up the farm and my favourite sow is due to give birth very soon. She is bagging up and looking big!!! That means she will have to have her wormer jab in the next day or so - should have been last week really but I was ill and hubby will no way do the injections. It means playing musical pens as we call it - there is one pen for the sows to give birth with a creche in the corner with a heat lamp and bars around the bottom so the piglets can run if mum rolls over towards them. Also has a radio playing in it non stop so the sow doesn't feel alone. Pig midwife is my job of course. Fancy helping????
Well dreamers, if you're gonna do it, the time is when that mortgage is paid off. Suddenly the house is all yours to do with as you wish, and downsizing means cash left over in the bank. It worked for me, now with 10 acres.