One Day At A Time

So, after running a lot of numbers, my original plan is not going to work. It was far to expensive to take that approach and I need to come up with a less straining one.

Currently, because it makes more sense to not jump in over our heads with the farm, we are taking each day as it comes and are waiting for the perfect solution to come around. I know, crossing my fingers here to add a little luck, that our farm-break is going to come. It will turn into something that can support us, but it is going to take time. I am still exploring other alternative ideas we keep coming up with, but until the one comes around, we are just taking it one day at a time.

Here's to our Lucky Farm-Break, someday it will come!

Where Does the Time Go?!?

It seems like I just posted yesterday and it has already been over a month! In the beginning of May, I got a new job - YAY! Of course, the ultimate goal is to turn this hobby farm into my job, but until then I got an amazing job with everything a person could want. Awesome hours, great benefits, and just the best people to work for and with; Oh, and the pay is very, very nice.

While it is awesome that I was able to get a great job in our economy, we were able to turn parts of the farm into full time work (both in hours and pay) for my boyfriend! I know that is what I wanted, but in our case if the farm can only support one income - it made sense for him to stay home with it. I can not physically provide all of the labor the farm needs in its current fix-me-upper state and he can. He, also, has the knowledge to do a lot of the construction around here that would take a learning curve on my side. And the part of the farm that is providing pay is something either of us (or in some cases both of us) can do, so again it made sense for him to be the one to provide the care, fixing up, and take care of the growth side of it.

So, that catches everyone up - the hobby farm is starting to turn into something more. In the next week we are looking at expanding our farm, so I will let you all know how that goes. Currently, as I am great with numbers, I am running those to try and figure out how to make it all work and generate more profit - so maybe by this time next year it could be both of ours income. Also, I am exploring different marketing ideas. Basically, once I get a better plan I will update everyone!