The Farmer’s Creed

The Farmer’s Creed

I believe a person’s greatest possession is their dignity and that no 
calling bestows this more abundantly than farming.

I believe hard work and honest sweat are the building blocks of a person’s
character. 

I believe that farming, despite its hardships and disappointments, is the
most honest and honorable way a person can spend their days on this earth. 

I believe farming provides education for life and that no other occupation
teaches so much about birth, growth and maturity in such a variety of ways.

I believe many of the best things in life are free:  the splendor of a
sunrise; the rapture of wide-open spaces; the exhilarating sight of your
land greening each spring. 

I believe true happiness comes from watching your crops ripen in the field
and your children grow tall in the sun.

I believe my life will be measured ultimately by what I have done for my
fellow man. 

I believe in farming because it makes all this possible.

— Author Unknown

We Need Our Older People

I think an older person wrote these words, and posted it on https://www.askaprepper.com/

“You might be surprised to find that "older people" have more survivalist skills than you would imagine. For those of us who grew up listening to radio, using party line telephones, walking or riding a bike to school. Playing mumbley peg in the school yard with our pocket knives during recess in grade school, spending the entire day except for meal times outside in the woods or playing war, shooting bows and arrows and bb guns from six years old or 8 years old, with .22s at 10 or 12 and shotguns soon after, and revolvers and rifles at 15 or 16, growing victory gardens, minding the stove for hot water and a myriad of other chores and activities that people my kids age have no comprehension of. Older folks have knowledge you haven't dreamed of. Just read the posts of some of the older followers of this site. We may not have the energy or the strength of younger readers, but cunning and old age beat strength and youth hands down.”

Homemade Grass Killer

According to one writer, vinegar, Epsom salt, and dawn dishwashing soap works well as a grass killer. I don't know if it works on weeds.
Ingredients:
1 gallon of vinegar
1 ½ cups epsom salts
2 tablespoons dawn dishwashing soap
Directions:
Mix well. 

Farmette

I Been Thinking. It has been said: "Thinking is a good thing to do every once in a while. It brushes the cobwebs out of your hair."

So maybe I can turn this small acreage into a "Farmette." Although I don't live or work in the city, but a farmette may be more feasible for me to accomplish.

A farmette is defined as:

"A farmette is a small residential farm run by an owner who earns income from a source other than the farm. It is sometimes known as a yokelet or a farmlet. Farmette owners are typically city workers who want to own rural land without operating a full farm."

"A farmette often includes a large vegetable garden, the occasional barn, tractor, and even farm or domestic animals such as goats and cats. Farmetters usually rely on their tractor to plow or snow blow their driveways during the winter. Farmettes are usually around 50 acres. They can have a small hog pen a few chickens in a chicken coop or a kennel house for dogs."