I am not sure of your location. But a forest is grazable land, Kind of. Pigs love grazing in the forest and goats will eat every thing down low. If you are going to clear it. Maybe you could get a animal to help you. This is how we did it back in the day and this is how I do it now when people are not in a hurry. I started life on a small farm in WV and have lived in MT an WA, So I have logged every mountain rang in the U.S. ( Not the Ozarks yet, Only one left 😁) "More than one way to skin a cat" as they say. ( I will never know why 🤔) But they come with some challenges as well. One mans garbage is another man gold. Tires can be turned into a Earth-Ship, If a house like this is built right, It is worth a lot of money. Most all farms/Land have "Garbage" on them some place. But most everything can be used. Even glass can be used in concrete or bottles in the walls of houses or buildings. Farmers would keep this junk around to have something to make quick fix parts and hardware with. You would be shocked at how many washers and hinges on this old farm have been made out of old scrap tractors and car/trucks. I used to scarp out the old trucks and cars and just to pull out the good class, heater-fan, alternators ETC. Now I keep every bolt, nut, washer, screw, ETC. I even use the frames to build shelfs and blacksmith with. I will keep the wire and reuse it, if it is still good and when the pile gets to big I recycle it. The two tricks I find help when doing this. Make sure you have a full load when recycling it and have the meatal separated. So you will get paid for your time, And make the piles of "junk" look clean and organized and try to keep it out of sight. Last thing I will say, Think about how much time, and gas money you save, when you can just grab a hardware, like a bolt or nut or bolt and do not have to drive to town and buy one. For me it is mostly the time. I hate stopping everything to drive to town, just to buy a a wire or washer or nut or what ever. It eats up the time in my days so fast. BTW, When they remove all the old buildings on old farms, They keep the old stone buildings, Just saying. 🙂 Maybe Rocks are not a bad thing, You can build even with sandstone. Anyhow good luck, It looks like you are off to a good start to me.
Thanks for taking the time to write all of that out, I really appreciate it. I certainly agree with all of your points, we are definitely blessed with what we have and I really believe it is where we are meant to be for now. There are tons of resources here that we can put to good use even if they seem like a pain. I didn't include this in the video, but we used a lot of the rocks for landscaping around the house. Maybe that didn't really help in a farm sense, but it saved money and trips like you said. We do have pigs grazing in the forest now and we have 2 goats that have pretty much cleaned up the entire wooded area they are in. We move the pigs once per week to a new area to clear and we have cleaned up probably 1/3 of an acre so far... maybe more, I have not put a pencil to it. I have definitely thought about stone buildings, foundations, cellars, and animal shelters. Maybe I should put some more serious consideration into that. Overall my goal is to partner with animals to do as much of the work to transform our land as I can. I would rather work on something I can eat and let it work on the land. Thanks again for your comment! It makes me feel a little more grateful for what I have and motivated to use it. 😀
@@farmasaurus Sure, No problem and good to hear. 🙂 I hope you do not mind, But I am going to say one more thing really fast. It is easy to get overwhelmed, when I (Maybe you as well) are on new land or "Hard Land" like West Virginia or the Desert, for example. If I look at it, as a whole, and everything at the same time. I get over overwhelmed, very easy. So I just do little projects that will help the most. ( "How do you eat a Elephant? One bite at a time", As they say.) This has taught me, that when working land, many things should go slow, Because I am still learning the land. Often, when I make to many changes, to fast, it makes a mess out of everything. ( Example, Cut to much timber, to fast, and I get soil erosion. ) I am on a little farm that I started out on, Right now, and I am still learning this land and how much I can do with it and what I can not get away with, here. (It's been about 55 years now.) Some projects take years and I might never see the fruits of that labor, Like Pawpaw trees for example. But they next guy will thank you/me. After all this time, I think what I enjoy the most, from this type of work, Is terraforming the land and my life. Seeing the transformation and doing the work is what I enjoy the most. And all the rewards for doing it are nice as well. Really, Who wants to spend time going grocery shopping, When they can just go get their food from the back yard?😂 I think all of us, at one time or the other, think the grass is might be greener on the other side. After all this time, I think it is about growing where you are planted and adapting. This might be, just as good as that green grass😁 It takes time, So give it a little time and stick with it. You might be surprised at how well it turns out. Anyhow, You are doing great, From what I can see. I am going to subscribe, So I can BS with you, from time to time and pull you chain a little as you grow. ( After all, Everyone knows I am the best, because I am both a East Coast and West Coast guy. So much better than Midwest or Just! East Coast or just! West Coast 🤣😂) Heck, I might even know something that has value and looks smart in the comments one day.😁
@@ironwoodworkman4917 thanks for that. It is good to hear that coming from other people. Things do get overwhelming really quickly and I tend to take on too much too fast and doing it to myself. So far I’m less than 2 years into this myself in MD, though I did some farming with my dad in KY. I think in this almost 2 years I have thought seriously about quitting 2-3 times. However, I feel like I have finally made it over that hump. (Pregnant wife and new baby didn’t help) 😂 I definitely need reminders to slow things down, be intentional, and not over doing it. For some reason in my mind I should already have 20 pigs, 50 sheep, 200 layers, and 500 meat chickens. 😅🤣 Happy to have you subscribed and look forward to being ribbed and berated! 🤣
I am not sure of your location.
But a forest is grazable land, Kind of. Pigs love grazing in the forest and goats will eat every thing down low.
If you are going to clear it. Maybe you could get a animal to help you.
This is how we did it back in the day and this is how I do it now when people are not in a hurry.
I started life on a small farm in WV and have lived in MT an WA, So I have logged every mountain rang in the U.S. ( Not the Ozarks yet, Only one left 😁)
"More than one way to skin a cat" as they say. ( I will never know why 🤔) But they come with some challenges as well.
One mans garbage is another man gold.
Tires can be turned into a Earth-Ship, If a house like this is built right, It is worth a lot of money.
Most all farms/Land have "Garbage" on them some place. But most everything can be used. Even glass can be used in concrete or bottles in the walls of houses or buildings.
Farmers would keep this junk around to have something to make quick fix parts and hardware with.
You would be shocked at how many washers and hinges on this old farm have been made out of old scrap tractors and car/trucks.
I used to scarp out the old trucks and cars and just to pull out the good class, heater-fan, alternators ETC. Now I keep every bolt, nut, washer, screw, ETC. I even use the frames to build shelfs and blacksmith with.
I will keep the wire and reuse it, if it is still good and when the pile gets to big I recycle it.
The two tricks I find help when doing this. Make sure you have a full load when recycling it and have the meatal separated. So you will get paid for your time, And make the piles of "junk" look clean and organized and try to keep it out of sight.
Last thing I will say, Think about how much time, and gas money you save, when you can just grab a hardware, like a bolt or nut or bolt and do not have to drive to town and buy one.
For me it is mostly the time. I hate stopping everything to drive to town, just to buy a a wire or washer or nut or what ever. It eats up the time in my days so fast.
BTW, When they remove all the old buildings on old farms, They keep the old stone buildings, Just saying. 🙂
Maybe Rocks are not a bad thing, You can build even with sandstone.
Anyhow good luck, It looks like you are off to a good start to me.
Thanks for taking the time to write all of that out, I really appreciate it. I certainly agree with all of your points, we are definitely blessed with what we have and I really believe it is where we are meant to be for now. There are tons of resources here that we can put to good use even if they seem like a pain. I didn't include this in the video, but we used a lot of the rocks for landscaping around the house. Maybe that didn't really help in a farm sense, but it saved money and trips like you said.
We do have pigs grazing in the forest now and we have 2 goats that have pretty much cleaned up the entire wooded area they are in. We move the pigs once per week to a new area to clear and we have cleaned up probably 1/3 of an acre so far... maybe more, I have not put a pencil to it.
I have definitely thought about stone buildings, foundations, cellars, and animal shelters. Maybe I should put some more serious consideration into that.
Overall my goal is to partner with animals to do as much of the work to transform our land as I can. I would rather work on something I can eat and let it work on the land.
Thanks again for your comment! It makes me feel a little more grateful for what I have and motivated to use it. 😀
@@farmasaurus Sure, No problem and good to hear. 🙂
I hope you do not mind, But I am going to say one more thing really fast.
It is easy to get overwhelmed, when I (Maybe you as well) are on new land or "Hard Land" like West Virginia or the Desert, for example.
If I look at it, as a whole, and everything at the same time. I get over overwhelmed, very easy. So I just do little projects that will help the most. ( "How do you eat a Elephant? One bite at a time", As they say.)
This has taught me, that when working land, many things should go slow, Because I am still learning the land. Often, when I make to many changes, to fast, it makes a mess out of everything.
( Example, Cut to much timber, to fast, and I get soil erosion. )
I am on a little farm that I started out on, Right now, and I am still learning this land and how much I can do with it and what I can not get away with, here. (It's been about 55 years now.)
Some projects take years and I might never see the fruits of that labor, Like Pawpaw trees for example. But they next guy will thank you/me.
After all this time, I think what I enjoy the most, from this type of work, Is terraforming the land and my life. Seeing the transformation and doing the work is what I enjoy the most. And all the rewards for doing it are nice as well.
Really, Who wants to spend time going grocery shopping, When they can just go get their food from the back yard?😂
I think all of us, at one time or the other, think the grass is might be greener on the other side.
After all this time, I think it is about growing where you are planted and adapting. This might be, just as good as that green grass😁
It takes time, So give it a little time and stick with it. You might be surprised at how well it turns out.
Anyhow, You are doing great, From what I can see.
I am going to subscribe, So I can BS with you, from time to time and pull you chain a little as you grow.
( After all, Everyone knows I am the best, because I am both a East Coast and West Coast guy. So much better than Midwest or Just! East Coast or just! West Coast 🤣😂)
Heck, I might even know something that has value and looks smart in the comments one day.😁
@@ironwoodworkman4917 thanks for that. It is good to hear that coming from other people. Things do get overwhelming really quickly and I tend to take on too much too fast and doing it to myself. So far I’m less than 2 years into this myself in MD, though I did some farming with my dad in KY. I think in this almost 2 years I have thought seriously about quitting 2-3 times. However, I feel like I have finally made it over that hump. (Pregnant wife and new baby didn’t help) 😂
I definitely need reminders to slow things down, be intentional, and not over doing it. For some reason in my mind I should already have 20 pigs, 50 sheep, 200 layers, and 500 meat chickens. 😅🤣
Happy to have you subscribed and look forward to being ribbed and berated! 🤣