How Much does it Cost to run Our Small Farm?
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- We're on 1 acre and we've got an entire farm here.
Hi there! 👋🏻 We live on a 1-acre farm right in the middle of the busy city of Phoenix, Arizona! Our names are Kevin & DaNelle, and we moved here in 2009, when our kids Ethan & Lydia were just 6 & 4 years old 🥰 Over the years we've raised goats for milk, chickens for eggs, built a fish/swim pond, planted fruit & nut trees, and grew a large garden full of veggies. We've also raised a bunch of other animals like pigs, sheep, turkeys, geese, peacocks, and more!
Now that our kids are away at college, we have settled into doing what we love most -- which is raising & breeding goats ethically to improve genetics. But don't worry, we'll forever love our goofy pet goats like Luna the herd queen & Willow the stump lover. We also still love raising chickens for eggs, gardening, tending to the fruit & nut trees, and growing fish in the pond. We use the fresh goat's milk to make cheese, butter, yogurt -- and we use that + everything else we harvest on our little farm to make delicious meals. Having a getaway from the busy world right in our backyard brings so much joy to us each day, and we hope it brings some to you, too. 🥰
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Dude my mother wants me to be a successful doctor xD and I’m like
Nope farm it is
Don't let anyone tell you what career to do that's sometimes 50+ years of your life.
Can I join ya!
you can be a VET and then to have your own farm.
@@sinanyalvac8998 Vets have a high rate of suicides because their salary isn't enough to pay off their loans
Don't let other people control you for who you are for who you was and for who you hope to become FIGHTING!
Its an enjoyable experience and for all the Accountants here trying to point out the missing cost elements, I'm an Accountant myself and to me the benefits far exceed the perceived costs. One cannot take money to the grave. They are having an awesome time together as a family, living a life the way humans should!
well there is also the YT income and such, but then again it doesn't really matter since that varies from channel to channel but for some it is not an unsubstantial amount... basic prices on everything to give an idea of what it gives isn't bad at all
Great words mate
I'm 14 and I'm looking to be a successful farmer
Achmat Bohardien SAMEEE
Achmat Bohardien same
Achmat Bohardien kid... whoever you are... you are already a billionaire just by your Mindset alone... follow your dreams. Don't let anyone tell you your ideas are stupid... your farm will be great
Achmat Bohardien || I’m 14 and I want to be the same thing!
Achmat Bohardien
Yess!!.... I want a chicken!!!
I never realized how cheep it was to raise goats. I’m gonna get my own plot of land and have a few goats now 😂
My grandma used to have cows but she s a bit too old now to tend to them so she switched to goats. She started with 1 and has 16 now and they keep coming
Lol
Good luck waking up at 6:00am every day to do chores 😁😁
@@sandstormismyreligion8852 I don’t mind that, I wake up early most mornings anyways
I love the idea of homesteading but the one thing I'd find difficult is butchering the animals. Whether I planned it or not, I'd grow attached to them.
haha same here in my country it is normal to grow animals and butcher them ourselves, yet I never did it whenever I grow an animal and time comes to butcher it, I will just sneak it away and my dad would be so mad at me T_T now I moved to another country and gave up on growing animals
Donna Davis try going vegan! I did and I’m so much healthier. You can have a bunch of animal friends and lots of veggies to eat!❤️
Same. I've always dreamed of having my own farm but the thought of killing them makes me faulter.
is it the thought of you killing and processing the animal that bugs you, I've done it my entire life. and it never gets easier, but once it's in the freezer you don't really think about it anymore, but I prefer to bring it to a butcher and let them do it, mainly because of time. it's so much easier to pay someone else do to it than me since it takes a good part of the day to process a carcass rather than a butcher that's better and gets it done in a couple hours.
Elanora Blue most vegans dont consider owing animals vegan. Planted based, sure...
Just found your channel and subscribed. We live in Oklahoma and are hoping to find a place with some land soon.
Welcome Whitney!
Excellent video! I'm starting a farm in Somalia.
The Three sisters, Corn, Beans, and Squash, Plant them the way Abenaki Native American did. The Corn povide's the pole for the Beans to grow on and the Squash covers the grown helping to keep it damp and weed down. That the way I learned to plant.
What a great idea! Something to plan for next spring. Thanks
Didn't know that, thanks. 👍🏻
Biggest advantage is your health. You look fresh , healthy and beautiful.
Try to grow more leafy greens. Shade cloth is a must in your climate. I use 50% and was growing lettuce in Vegas all summer long. Leafy greens sell very well. You could off set your costs. All the best
beautiful green plants my friend, lettuce, cucumber, cabbage, marijuana, I mean
yes correct ..
U guys really inspired me for when I’m older and own a farm I’m so excited
I think in the long run it'll all pay for itself as per anything. But the benefits you and your family get is probably worth it. Love to live like this. I just grow veg. Love your vlogs btw from Western Australia 😍
thank u . this vlog was very informative and I enjoyed it.
Raised beds and water can give a lot...heritage seed can be saved. It is so easy to grow potatoes...100 lbs from a 5x10 foot bed! You will need about 200 feet of beds. Been there done that. Remember taxes and insurance and meds.
Most days, I really enjoy your videos because you've done for your family what I hope to do for mine. Today's video is especially encouraging. I've always worried about the end cost. It's also nice to hear you talk about the gardening part, I've struggled with failed gardens a couple times, but feel encouraged to try again :) Thank you!
Just as a comparison, I feed my chicks starter feed for 2 weeks then fine cracked corn mixed with dry distillers grain from the local ethanol plant for the next 4-5 weeks. (27 Cornish cross) Cost of chicks= $2 ea. feed cost= $40.50, total= $3.50 per chicken.
Love seeing the chicken standing on the bricks, works Everytime and it really cools them down 👍
I love farm life 😚 thats what I love to live like urs..!!
I’m 10 and I already have sheep and about to get chickens!
And I’m the farmer along with my dad I’m hoping to grow fruit and vegetables to
Oh boi just wait till I’m out in the Aussie heat ;-;
;0; luckyyy :00
xXJuuh WolfehzXx I have the chickens now there names are Ginger,Suzan and pitrisha
@@jocelynhyde2197 :0 u so lucky :00 im ten and I have a farm thingy I forgot le name but never went to it ;-; hope ur chickens do well btw :>
I’m 12 I want a farm maybe I can put one in my backyard what do you think?
As an adult I feel compelled to say this- to all of you- be mindful being so open in sharing your age online. There are some nasty people out there in the world who will try to trick you guys because you're so young.
I truthly love your show, rs
I live in Indiana and I planted a garden my first year, years ago and had such a HIGH tomatoe and cucumber yield I made pickles and salsa for my entire family and they were begging for more. It’s certainly easier to grow where we have a lot of water and I felt really thankful for that when you talked about being in Arizona! I’m sure there are things I couldn’t grow as easy here that need your climate and it’s awesome to see the different things our own land can grow us.
I really appreciate how you share the tough part of things as well
I've learned a lot. Thanks for sharing info.👍
Wow! Love this video....just came accross your channel, I am so inspired by your farm!
I live in Phoenix and my dream is to have a farm one day!!!!!!
What a clever name for a channel.
Me and my grandma love you videos
Your
Now knowing about what your costs are, I would be interested in knowing what you spend on groceries for those things you can't or don't produce, and roughly what you didn't have to spend as a result of what you have produced. I am quite interested in starting up a homestead, but financial information isn't fully covered. I am trying to accertain the value proposition of all these things.
We'll try to cover that, thanks.
Part of that will depend on how much you can/want to adapt your diet to what you grow/raise. And also a lot of food for you can also feed your animals. How much depends on space and what animals you raise (need some for fertility of your soil + eating what for you would be waste). Research what can serve double/triple/4x duty, find stuff you can store as is (root cellar) because storing via canning/drying/freezing/etc. costs money/time/store bought means at least twice. And don't forget things like winning seeds for next planting/perennials, the less you need to keep buying, the less you need to worry about earning money.
if it's just a hobby farm or full on homestead, are you buying already developed or starting ground up. your start up costs are going to be huge, from fencing, shelters, feed medical issues, watering systems, predator control, and countless hours of labor. we started a larger hobby operation on pre existing structures, and I have thousands into it with hundreds in return. basically no profit, but it does feel good and tastes better at supper time, and gives the kids responsibility and an education and experience very few ppl get.
i love watching you guys! love how you guys have a little farm i so want my own little farm.
Thank you so much for this video very informative!! And love what you guys are doing what a beautiful life!!! Cant wait to start ours the exact same way.
Im 11 years old and my dad raises fighting chicken and is about to get me a goat and your videos have inspired me so much ad inspire me to be a farmer!
My dad raises fighting chicken
About to get me a goat
Feel bad for the animals LMAO
I used to raise rabbits in AZ. We utilized a drip hose rrigation system that we ran over our rabbit cages roofs and collected the water to irragate the garden. Never had a problem keeping the rabbits cool enough in the summer
This was one video I have been wanting to see!!! THANK YOU! I want to dive in and I think we will start with a garden and 2-3 hens. I would love to do what your family has done. I am so eager to learn. I am seriously watching video after video. Again thank you!
Thank you for this information. Now I know that I don't have to look for large properties. This was great help
Awesome!
Could you please do a video specifically on what everything on your farm eats?
There is a guy here on youtube, I'm sorry I can't remember his name but he does back to eden gardening. He lives in AZ also and because of the way he mulches with wood chips and does a forest type growing of veggies he waters very little. He gets amazing yields. He has much smaller lot. It's great to have the fence you do around your property. Our's is open and a challenge with other animals coming in.
Leslie H. I just know jake mace from Arizona
We’re new to small farming. It is definitely a menu commitment!
This year we did the slaughter, cut and wrap ourselves for two goats, I figure we saved a lot of money that way. It was lots of work but we learned a lot by doing it ourselves. This was a good video, got me thinking out much we spend on the farm. I know the most expensive part is the feed since we have the buildings and fencing done.
Cee Park How horrible, imagine If someone Slaughtered cut and wrapped you. 😡😢😳🙈😭
@@Mellydee11 were gonna die if we dont kill animals.
@@pineappleproductions6668 no we're not.
@@Mellydee11 How many times did you thanked or feel sorry for every burguer you have ate?
Wow, not as bad as I thought it'd be. Thank you.
Well the lovely lady looks very healthy so the food must be good :)
I appreciate you answering all the questions I have in my head as I watch your videos, thank you! I hope to find one where you show what you make all your goat milk into food wise and if you have to like, cook it or something before drinking.
I decided this morning I didn't want to hear about caronavirus and such, and watching your videos all day has been a very positive experience, thank you so much for sharing your adventures! Reminds me growing up on small farms. I admire your life! Wish I were healthy enough to have my own farm..
thanks this has been one of your most informative videos :)
hell yeah it takes skills to grow stuff in a freaking desert 🌵.
Funny to find your blog. We just moved away from AZ
YOUR (SMALL) FARM IS SO CUTE AND AMAZING X
Love your videos.....finally someone my wife can relate to.....hoping to convince her to live this way
I'm from the Bay Area in California and I really want to do this when I move to Oregon
Thank this was the video I was looking for and also I’m trying to do this except with 3.9 ha and I’m 11 so I have to save up along with a couple friends that want to be a vet and they’ll live with me if the help deliver the baby animals and I just found out how to crack the code to lottery except I’m not aloud to buy tickets yet
Not to mention when the trees get old you can cut them down and sell the wood , apple wood is expensive and used for cooking . U guys are great xoxo..
PS ... Many you can collect water for watering plants and animals
Hi Danelle, i live down the road from you in Tucson. I don't have property like yours, and have had to grow everything in containers. It's hard to grow things here because of the intense heat. But i found a book written by George Brookbank, the U of A extension agent. He suggested that we have a perception problem, not a heat problem. We look at Arizona as having a long growing season when we actually have two short seasons, due to the intense heat in July-August which kills pollen. Tomatoes and other plants won't set fruit in those months as the pollen is dead. We might have fruit ripening, but that was pollinated before the bad heat. You might notice that as the heat lessens these plants perk up again. But they won't do as well as they did at the start of the season, so pull them. He recommended we buy seeds from northern growers who have very short growing seasons, such as Johnny's (based in Vermont). Think of how short their growing season is, or Alaska's. They require plants to grow fast and ripen early with great flavor. That's also what wr need. Buy the varieties with shorter growing seasons, start seeds early in February so they can be planted as soon as last frost is over. Also start more tomato seeds in late May so they can be planted and ready to produce pollen as soon as daily temps are down to 90. These tomatoes will produce through the first frost and with some protection you might have home grown tomatoes on your Christmas table. Any green ones can be wrapped in newspaper and put in a dark closet to ripen...and they will. I'm sure you've probably figured this out by now, but maybe other folks in Arizona are still trying to trick their plants to producing. It won't work. Pollen dies after 90 degrees. You know how long our stretch of 100+ days are! I love your channel, your family and goats ate so much fun. Thank you so much. My growing days are over as I'm now disabled, so I'm getting my planting and growing fix from you and other UTubers!
Man I need chickens! I'm paying nearly £5.00 here in the UK for 12 eggs. And I am sure they are no where near the quality of yours!
Gaius tesla crazzyyy
Gaius tesla you must be in the expensive part then.
Emily Lawson ohh really! I have only been away two months and it was fairly cheap. Wow!
about same in the US for "cage-free"
Here u go: 🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣
Here in Australia where it’s seriously hot up north and the soils have been devastated by gov influences and gum trees, many farmers are using BioDynamic principles from Rudolf Steiner coupled with Permaculture principles. Their costs have dropped to the point of no cost as these principles create water in the soil, they self feed and self fertilise.
planting veggie is good combo with farming fish..
Would love to see an update about the cost/benefit balance!
I watch first time your videos I am from Pakistan i am Big lover goat farming so good work i love it
This is a great video keep on going
Thanks for the info! Trying to start to refurbish our old family farm. This is a big help.
Wow 😳 wee! I am so excited 😆 I found your channel! We live in Arizona and do suburban 👩🌾 👨🌾 farming also. We are a homeschool family with dreams of farming enough food to make a livable income. Thank you for sharing this information with us! Super helpful 👏🌽🌾🍅🌶🥔🍉🍇🍓🍈
Welcome! Awesome stuff!
I really enjoyed this video! You've inspired me to really put the pencil to my own Farm. I know it's worth it but I'm going to find out the exact amount. Thanks!
Your channel name is genius
Thanks for all your great videos! We are butchering some roosters and a few hens, and your info was reassuring. Wishing you well on the homestead!! Great job!!
My numbers are so much different, $2/lb for pork, $3.6/lb for beef, $4/lb for lamb/goat. Chicken eggs are $2.5/dozen. I calculated animal costs, feed, transportation and butcher costs. We butchered our own chickens so our chicken was just $1/lb. The goat milk is too complicated to calculate the cost of, but the cheese whey gives us free chicken food. Thanks for sharing.
People in Africa farm all the time. Grass fed. See my visit to South Africa to see my Mom. Also, corn feed for chickens is okay. Chickens can eat corn though not as digestible. That is all they feed chickens in South Africa and have been doing so for generations.
I wonder: if you can, look up permaculture forest garden. Was just thinking az might allow you to do something like that. because it doesn't look like a garden really at all. It looks more like a forest it's all covered in mulch you start with all the fruit trees. And then from there depending on where you're at and what works in your area. I've seen many different ones. There's actually one down in Arizona that is pretty good and established.
Thank you so much for sharing this video clip. I am going to start a small farm, around 5 acres. If you have any farm plans to share, please let me know.
Have you considered a fodder system for your chickens? This may be helpful, though it may be a bit tricky in your climate. I get great results in Florida except for during the hot summer months. I am not sure if your chickens lay year round, but it is a wise decision to switch to a fodder system during the winter when they’re laying less often and therefore you are not making money off of them. All the best!
We have just purchased an acre of land m/l, and I'd love to see a video about how to get started homesteading. Apologies if you have already done one, as I haven't fully investigated your playlist, yet. I'm enjoying the videos I HAVE watched very much.
I am 12 and I hope to start a farm on 1 1/2 acres (out of 3ish acres) I am already starting a garden, I have some herbs and tomatoes. I reeeeally want at least one goat, a horse, some chickens and I have 4 ducks.
Why don't you invest in some garden towers that have a compost center tube, earth worms, drain the excess water into a bucket below for repeat use of wonderful self-fertilized water and up to 50 "pockets" for plants?!! The soil is kept so rich and loose weeding is easy. Once you start doing that you'll kick yourselves for not doing it starting long ago!
pretty hard to do all this stuff at once here , but I appreciate the advises , im a 18 year old boy who just happened to like this stuff , my first start with goats was with what I'd say rescuing 4 goats , a big mother ( that doesn't give milk ) , a very small doe ( I think she didn't get enough milk when growing so she got considerably small ) , a year old doe , and a six month old doe , these last two are promising , so they probably will be our beginning , I'd like to know when do I have to breed them ( they've never been bred before ) thnx
Awesome stuff! Here's something I've made for you: www.weedemandreap.com/goat-breeding-101/
You may have to supplement the milk for the babies and small ones. Buy a good book on lambs to make sure that you are taking care of them properly. Good luck.
Hi great video! Love it. I love gardening too, so far so good and got lots of vegetables too. Actually lots of eggplant, tomatoes, beans, onions, okra , bitter melons, fava beans, peas. But no animals so far. Great video enjoyed the farm and high wall!
Thanks am really waiting for my own garden ,from Kenya
From my understanding Arizona is one of the hardest states to grow in but if you can the crop comes out great. Some people make high quality crops for wine out there.
This is nice
hi im watching your video I'm from Philippines. ...hopefully this year I'm going to start my small farm.
Home farms are a labor of love, if you do it for saving money I don't think it does since labor to take care of all of it isn't factored in either. It takes me one hour of my labor to pay for all the eggs, milk and veggies I could eat in a month and I can buy it at a local farm here. So, I would say if that is what you love to do go for it, for someone like myself I prefer the freedom of travel and not having to worry about plants, animals (except for my pets, 2 betas, 2 cats, 1 dog) to think about, although I would love to have a goat or two as pets as well. Enjoy your farm, it's a great way to live!!
Please update how things are going for you. We have six acres with chickens, ducks and an orchard with a wide variety of fruits.
Great info, and Wow, you have a really good camera!
This was super helpful! Thanks!
Very beautiful farm!
Does that include Kevin finding stuff on the side of the road?
DO A FARM TOUR AND WHAT KIND OF GOATS DO U HAVE???
My farm is 212.7 acres...pretty big...I grow crops like fruits veggies and wheats and I have alit of horses.My farm I got it for very cheap,770,000 and I pay 6,000 every month for the chickens and everything.Over all you expect a farm to be smelly and rusty but mines is smell free and my house is clean and beautiful.
Alot* sorry for my grammar
Awesome video!
I was not raised on a farm nor Have i even been on a farm, but this is a dream/passion of mine, owning my own small farm. What would be the first step to take as someone with no farming experience?
I'm from NC and I'm fixing to get married and me and my fiance are wanting to try to save up for just a small part of land, in the beginning, I was raised in a 100 acre Angus beef cattle farm so I really need some tips for a smaller scale, so please help me!
You are lucky people living in USA. Not like us where one acre is also very hard to purchase
I am seriously considering doing this and one of the biggest questions I have concerning the animals is the vet cost you have to getting your animal shots like you would your cat or your dog do they need to have medications for certain diseases or parasites things like that?
Watching this in az
5:07 I raise meat rabbits and it isn't as cheap as u would expect. You have to pay for their cage, their feeders, their feed, and hay. We have spent close to $1000 on my rabbits in just a year. But that is also including all of the rabbits I have bought and I buy show quality stock, because I also show.
I love your videos so much... Lovelots for you all from philippines to arizona 💝💝💝
Missing your videos! Keep looking for your next one.
Thanks Diane!
Hi there love your chanel . im in phoenix az
I fall in love with animals ... chickens and sheep... then I don't eat them when I raise them... I keep them like pets❤
So raise animals and sell them. Use the milk for food.
Hey Im from India , Last year we bought a little farm in a very famous mountain resort area called Mussoorie & we call our farm The Brigadiers Cottage. We did up the old house to give us 3 bedrooms , a huge lounge , Kitchen & the staff quarters. ( in India we cannot do without the servants ) We then converted this into a homestay or rather a farm stay , kind off like a boutique B & B. The income has certainly taken us by surprise.. you may want to try that too... now we are expanding to 9 rooms... the dogs .. 2 tibetan mastiffs and a rescued St. Bernard besides the chicken have arrived. Now we intend to focus on the farm ... 2 small breed mountain cows and about 5 goats are on the way soon... the vegetables have started to come in and though we dont stay there .. we are really enjoying it.. we even have barking deer in the vicinity.. my husbands about to move here full time and we are very excited.
I just want you to know that your vids are truly inspirational.. do visit us if you are ever in India . www.brigadierscottage.in
"the servants"...? 🤢🤢🤢🤮 SMDH
@Bri I agree, they started with "staff quarters" which sounded just fine,, then quickly switched to servants which sounds a bit degrading. Anyone would be proud to say they were a chef, a ranch hand etc, nobody wants to say "I'm a servant". It's so antiquated.
@Ursule Larochelle looks like the comment I replied to is gone. But I know that things get lost in translation or they simply mean different things to different people. I have had a few men, mainly from India as far as I can tell, refer to me as madam and it just makes me cringe. I understand they're trying to be respectful so I never say anything. But where I live ma'am is a respectful way to address a woman, and a "madam" is a woman who sells other women to men. So I really don't like it. All we can do is our best and try to understand eachother.
The Brigadiers Cottage Kempty Falls, Mussoorie any contact?? We love to visit ur farm
Zoxtens28 JoGGie it’s a mistranslation. i have family in rural india and what they refer to as “servants” are practically extended family. my family’s housekeeper in india basically raised me :) We call her LukhiMai. and it doesn’t mean we’re rich, it is very common for lower class to help middle class in india. they are respected and trusted. it is uncommon in America so there tends to be confusion
Great video. I'm a new goat owner and the feed has been one of my biggest concerns. We have 15 acres of forage and just found a local farmer to buy hay rounds from. Looks like I'll need to put all the pellets away.. we have the beet, alfalfa and sweet all stock feed. We have been giving the goats three cup of this mix each every night, after forage and hay all day. BTW the goats are mini nubians. So not very big.
Great set-up!
I'm a big fan of your video can
I've got a suggestion for your homestead, have you tried to catch your water from your roof for your garden? Does it rain there ever in arizona?
Yes, that is something we want to improve for the few rains we get in the winter.
U didn't tell the name of nuts tree.
Hi I am Abdullah living in saudi arabia but I am from india.
I am far from my kids and wife , that's y I wanna join them and intended to have a 2 acre farm like u... So please share more and more information in detail also.. I like your farm u are true inspiration
Thanks
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