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I remember staying 8 months on a farm in a country town, it was all simple and easy, the only problem there was an idiot who talked bad about me behind my back, but other than that, it was amazing.

I was impressed how people who live in small farms do not work, they do small things, such as feeding animals, killing them and eating, sweeping, planting one plant other day another one, small repairs, etc.

Good food, almost no noise, no hassle, but make sure there are no individual sons of bitches there, for your own good.

God willing, I'm still going to get out of city and live on a small farm.

I remember staying 8 months on a farm in a country town, it was all simple and easy, the only problem there was an idiot who talked bad about me behind my back, but other than that, it was amazing. I was impressed how people who live in small farms do not work, they do small things, such as feeding animals, killing them and eating, sweeping, planting one plant other day another one, small repairs, etc. Good food, almost no noise, no hassle, but make sure there are no individual sons of bitches there, for your own good. God willing, I'm still going to get out of city and live on a small farm.

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[–] • 6 pts

I live on a homestead-lite. Life is not easy. It’s a full time job taking care of animals and cleaning and feeding. If it’s not that, it’s trying to fix your toilet and it taking 4 days because the parts store is out of the parts and isn’t open on weekends.

Life is much easier in a city because there is no self sufficency. Farms and homesteads it’s all on you.

Wife wants a new faucet, figure out plumbing.

Wife wants new flooring, figure out how to do flooring by yourself.

Your truck broke down? Self diagnose. What’s that? It’s the alternator? Wait one week for the alternator to show up because it’s on back order. Install alternator. Didn’t fix the problem? Maybe it’s the ignition? Wait another week.

Farms and rural living is a series of fucks up that can never be fixed in a timely manner and it never ends.

Did your neighbors cat just abandon a week old kitten? Fuck! Should I kill it or stay up for the next two weeks hand feeding it?

You people have zero clue

[–] • 3 pts

Yep. I gave up the suburb life to create my homestead, there's a LOT of labor involved, but I wouldn't have it any other way. The people are nicer, you don't hear the hustle and bustle of traffic. Covid? No one out here really cares about that shit.

I'm not off the grid, but I'd like to think I have a decent way to feed my family should shit hit the fan.

[–] • 0 pt

Did your neighbors cat just abandon a week old kitten? Fuck! Should I kill it or stay up for the next two weeks hand feeding it?

;-)

[–] • 2 pts

There's always something to fix, clean, doctor, feed, water, help birth, put down, buy, sell, trim, move, plant... It's busy work. It's useful work. It's the same work other people do except you do it all, jack of many trades. Have to learn to do it yourself, costs too much to pay a person who specializes in just one thing, which is what they did to city people. They tricked them into doing a single job all day every day, reducing their value to self as well as general usefulness for being competent to do things. Making them dependent upon the system.

The only time it's hard is when you're putting up fencing, or building a barn. Sometimes moving the animals is difficult.

Most city jobs aren't difficult, just soul sucking and emotionally draining.

[–] • 5 pts

Someone lives in a rural community. OP has know clue. He didn’t have shit to do because his host was being nice. Guarantee there’s 30 things on a list that needs to be done but always gets procrastinated.

[–] • 1 pt

Yep. I should've disbudded baby goats today. It's my least favorite thing to do. I would rather clean a sewer, I think. I'll get it done tomorrow though. 😑

[–] • 1 pt

Why do you disbud the goats? I have a couple of two week old kids and I haven't given thought about that. My goats are dwarves and their horns are pretty benign.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt (edited )

It's true. *Except for the less laborious part. But it beats going to the gym.

https://invidious.tube/watch?v=8Gx97BH5kKo&autoplay=0&ckattempt=1

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

It depends on the kind of farm you were or know, the one I stayed in, didn't do anything all day.

[–] [deleted] • 4 pts

Ya, most farms the crops plant, fertilize, weed, and harvest themselves. And the buildings, ditches, and machinery is all self maintaining as well. I guess I just was unlucky to grow up on a non-traditional farm where we had to do all this ourselves.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

I'm talking about a small farm for self-sufficient living which I stayed on. Big farms where the interest is to produce to sell are a lot of work.

[–] • 1 pt

(((OP))) joined poal yesterday. Says farming life is easy. From this farmer to (((OP))) YOU ARE GLOWING. Now fuck off, you have no fucking clue what you are talking about and your comments, confirm it, dumbass.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt
  1. How long I've been in Poal is irrelevant to the subject.
  2. I used to live on a small farm, I'm not talking about a big farm. Read the other comments I posted.
  3. I'll say whatever I want, and you can't stop me.
[–] • 0 pt

WTF are you talking about? Should have waited 6 months before posting? Don't be rude to noobs.

[–] • 1 pt

Farm life is no cakewalk. Some tasks and odors are very unpleasant. It can be rewarding but it’s certainly not for everyone.

[–] • 1 pt

It was easy to you because you just saw their actions but not the years of accumulated knowledge And experience that led to that "easy" lifestyle.

[–] • 0 pt

I think it might depend where your farm is at. At higher latitudes you have to store food for you and your animals during the winter which is a lot of work, but if you are in a tropical place like Puerto Rico or Hawaii, it may take considerably less effort.

In a tropical place you can grow veggies all year long and use them as needed. Pigs can eat any extra fruits or vegetables and turn them into meat, and goats can turn weeds into milk. There is usually a dry and wet season but its considerably less of a hassle. Also, no heating costs in winter.

[–] • 0 pt

That's good and all, but don't tell city people. I'm not joking.