I hauled 3 tons of sand today in a 3/4 ton Ford. I’ve never heard a satisfactory explanation of truck weight ratings. There seem to be many things people say, “you can’t do”, but in reality they are very possible. For instance, growing vegetables at 8,000 ft. Weathervane Farm germinated its first seeds last year. In spite of all the uncertainties the season proved successful. Last year we demonstrated that growing food here is possible. Now we are striving for a higher quality.
We are in the midst of creating a new farm business, we are dodging pitfalls and road blocks every step of the way. Federal and State regulators who contradict them selves and each other alike, bankers, 2 foot snow falls and farming at 8,000 ft, we are not doing this because it’s easy. I’m doing this because I get to drive tractors…and all the other philosophical do gooder stuff you can read about our website www.weathervanefarmbv.com.
This blog is for the tractors; our John Deere 2130 and the mobile chicken tractor (trailer). It’s for all the questions of how, why, and did it really work? In spite of automated switchboards, unconstitutional regulations, and other unhelpful things, there are real people out there actually doing something productive with their days. Today I shoveled some sand and now I’m telling the world about it, is that really productive? The Deliberate Farmer published, on his blog, designs to make your own chicken scalder and chicken plucker, that is useful. His and other blog sites with good practical information on farming inspire me to tell our story. That and the incredible lack of information on small (commercial) scale, local based, environmentally, socially and energy conscious farming. We want to push the boundaries of agriculture beyond the accepted practices and past the fence lines. I hope that what we do will help someone else reach their goals and learn to laugh at the unexpected turns along the way.
