tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post8819985158933799321..comments2024-03-23T05:42:07.516-04:00Comments on The Deliberate Agrarian: Farming Without a Pickup TruckHerrick Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17116051416696885647noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-64859261564305188782020-05-23T14:52:56.576-04:002020-05-23T14:52:56.576-04:00Many bandit junk truck buyers will quote a price f...Many bandit junk truck buyers will quote a price for a truck when they show up; they will then deduct the amount of towing from the final cost. If they planned on deducting the cost of towing from you, they should tell you this over the phone. <br /><br /> <a href="http://cashfortruck.ca/scrap-truck-removal-company-vancouver/" rel="nofollow">scrap truck removal company Vancouver</a>Alex kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07295354966241785684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-63518840112443070812008-06-25T06:44:00.000-04:002008-06-25T06:44:00.000-04:00Thanks Everyone for such thought-provoking and ins...Thanks Everyone for such thought-provoking and inspiring responses to this post! <BR/><BR/>Dave in GA-<BR/>I think my next Whizbang book should be how to make a living with salad greens on 5,000 square feet of land, by Dave in GA! :-)<BR/><BR/>I've posted <A HREF="http://thedeliberateagrarian.blogspot.com/2008/06/garden-salad-flakes-from-machado-farms.html" REL="nofollow">THIS ESSAY</A> for you Dave.Herrick Kimballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116051416696885647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-40629259327525504772008-06-24T11:35:00.000-04:002008-06-24T11:35:00.000-04:00Whenever a need presents itself we look to the Ami...Whenever a <I>need</I> presents itself we look to the Amish and go from there.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00149521091614552325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-70715642537108412472008-06-24T07:20:00.000-04:002008-06-24T07:20:00.000-04:00I think this is where they say - necessity is the ...I think this is where they say - necessity is the mother of invention...<BR/>It's easy to get comfortable with things you have - it's empowering to become comfortable with out those things.<BR/>Visit us at <A HREF="http://www.bluebirdmeadowfarms.com" REL="nofollow">Bluebird Meadow Farms</A>Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01861175222727997877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-32288509050062001842008-06-23T22:35:00.000-04:002008-06-23T22:35:00.000-04:00Hi Kaleesha,With baby #8 on the way, we just moved...Hi Kaleesha,<BR/><BR/>With baby #8 on the way, we just moved up to a bigger van. We wanted a 15 pass., but what we found instead was a 12 pass w/an extended body. It's just perfect. There's plenty of cargo room and seating for 12. Plus, we don't have to figure out where to store the extra bench.Tovahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09530003960476543808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-44106702825516947272008-06-23T09:09:00.000-04:002008-06-23T09:09:00.000-04:00I always thought a truck would be a most useful ve...I always thought a truck would be a most useful vehicle on our homestead but found that I can haul everything I need with my big Chevy van and sometimes a trailer. The bonus is that all five kids are usually with me and they wouldn't all fit (legally) in a truck. In one trip we can fit 3 bales of hay/straw and a couple bags of concrete in the back, as well as a couple 50 lb bags of critter feed and groceries for ourselves in the side door, piled around the kids. Having such a long vehicle I can fit some lumber in by sliding it down the middle between the seats. We haul scrap and larger loads of lumber with my folks' 16' trailer. With baby #6 on the way we're looking at a 15 passenger van that we'd take the back seat out of and then be able to haul tons more goodies. My husband drives his Honda Accord back and forth to work and we take turns using it to run any errands that don't involve hay, straw, or lumber (but one of us has to stay with some of the kids). Guess we don't need a truck after all. Good post as usual, friend. Good post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-32145177910281440032008-06-23T07:41:00.000-04:002008-06-23T07:41:00.000-04:00Our topic in community group at church yesterday w...Our topic in community group at church yesterday was about blessings and how they are perceived. The discussion ultimately came around to needs and wants, and how this is the barometer that main stream America uses to determine how a person is blessed.<BR/><BR/>I am blessed to have Christ as my Savior, because I truly did need him. I am blessed with a loving wife and three tremendous children who love their family. I am blessed to have found the agrarian lifestyle.<BR/><BR/>I wanted a 4 wheel drive pick-up to use on the farm. I blessed myself with one 3 years ago by paying $5600, (on my Home Equity line of credit). I just e-mailed Herrick about the need to find organic grain suppliers in Michigan. Maybe what I need to do is sell the pick-up, utilize the trailer I paid $150 cash for 5 years ago. Then maybe what I need to do is by some used equipment from my pick-up sale to grow my own organic grains on part of my 20 acres of land that the Lord blessed me with 21 years ago! Thanks Herrick!!Narrow Gate Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12796018931987521154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-51499333480627660382008-06-22T21:50:00.000-04:002008-06-22T21:50:00.000-04:00You have made a great point. I own a ford focus, a...You have made a great point. I own a ford focus, and pull an old trailer made out of a early 70's era Datsun small truck. My small car can pretty easily pull it, even with a load of brush. I have pulled full loads of compost. I live in the Ozarks, so hills are a matter of course. Yet the car does pretty well, provided you understand it's limits. But, I can unhook it, and then have my car, and it's fuel efficiency back again. I have the only $75 dollar trailer in Missouri, I think. If you talk to old timers, you find out that many of them had no truck. they often had a trailer instead. It's a more versatile solution.brierrabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02159138666926348235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-68682563505590044112008-06-22T19:49:00.000-04:002008-06-22T19:49:00.000-04:00Hi Herrick, You are right about thinking some thin...Hi Herrick, <BR/>You are right about thinking some things necessary when they really aren't. We did go for 3-1/2 years on this homestead without a pick-up truck. I still can't believe what we've hauled in our old station wagon and 4 x 8 utility trailer. This spring my brother gave the boys a 1979 Ford F150; the body is in terrible shape, but it had only 50,000 actual miles on it. Now we can't imagine what we did without it! Of course we know we can, since we did up until it was given to us.Lynn Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17435825858991342289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-38557036613230111862008-06-22T18:05:00.000-04:002008-06-22T18:05:00.000-04:00I've been enjoying reading your blog for quite som...I've been enjoying reading your blog for quite some time now but never posted. I just wanted to comment on this article however because I agree with the point you are trying to make wholeheartedly. There are a lot of things in life we may think we need, but with a little thought and perseverance we can live an enjoyable, prosperous life without them. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing your thoughts!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-77158092273503360532008-06-22T15:23:00.000-04:002008-06-22T15:23:00.000-04:00Herrick,In keeping with things we think we need I ...Herrick,<BR/>In keeping with things we think we need I would like to add land, or rather lots of it. We have started growing lettuce VERY intensively on roughly 5000square feet.It is going so well I am considering quitting my construction job next spring. How does this apply? I thought I NEEDED at least ten acres to make a living farming.I was wrong.Some things you would of course but other things no. Plus, The Lord blessed me with this land and I feel blessed/challenged to make it work with what I have. I love reading your thoughts and look foward to your next whizbang book!<BR/>Sincerely,<BR/>Dave in GAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-32120655697594381312008-06-22T14:28:00.000-04:002008-06-22T14:28:00.000-04:00The reason I'm writing is because I am a big fan o...The reason I'm writing is because I am a big fan of farmers' blogs, and I got frustrated at spending too much time trying to find good ones and then forgetting to bookmark them.<BR/><BR/>So, I've started www.farmblogs.blogspot.com.<BR/><BR/>The idea is simple. I ask farm bloggers I like to recommend bloggers they like; I then write to those that they have recommended, as I am writing to you, and ask you to send me a brief description of your blog, and the farm blogs that you recommend. <BR/><BR/>You were recommended by Steve at Church Farm View.<BR/><BR/>I've put a link to you on www.farmblogs.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/>All I ask is that you send me a brief email to info AT ianwalthew.com with a few words about your farm, your blog AND your own favorite farmers' blogs. <BR/><BR/>I then make a brief posting, add your recommendations, contact the blogs you recommend, and so it goes.<BR/><BR/>Looking forward to hearing from you.<BR/>Kind regards,<BR/>Ian<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>www.aplaceintheauvergne.blogspot.com<BR/>www.ianwalthew.comIanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07857867583072689277noreply@blogger.com