The sleeper has awakened

While chatting with @Usaf06 a few weeks back, he urged me to stop by. Much has changed over the last four years (yes, it has been that long.) The kids are off to school and we have moved to a large farm here in PA !- both have allowed more time and space for cigars. And hopefully pipes too, but I have no experience there. Would enjoy connecting with @Bigshizza @jliu @peter4jc @Nolagizmo @Glock1975 @cbuck , all of the others that I missed and new members.

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EgoBoundary

Good dune reference…welcome back

Jrflickster

Welcome back

cbuck

Welcome back!

silvermouse

Welcome back. What are you farming?

Oneisnone

@silvermouse said:
Welcome back. What are you farming?

There are several hay fields. No plans to plant more than the stuff we can eat/share with friends and family. This morning I put in 4 different types of garlic. This is more of an R&R place, despite the fact that there is stuff to do everyday.

peter4jc

Hey, Michael, or Mike! It's been so long I forgot which you prefer. I've seen some of your posts on FB, which gives a partial picture. We're glad to have you posting, and hope a vHerf sighting will happen soon.

Oneisnone

@peter4jc said:
Hey, Michael, or Mike! It's been so long I forgot which you prefer. I've seen some of your posts on FB, which gives a partial picture. We're glad to have you posting, and hope a vHerf sighting will happen soon.

Either is fine. Nina asked me last week if you are still roasting coffee. If so, lets connect on an order. I work from here most days so vHerf is easy. Let me know how to join.

Yakster

@Oneisnone
Here's the Zoom vHerf link (Meeting # 2619860114 Password vHerf2020)

Peter may still be on right now.

0patience

@Oneisnone
Good to see you back.

Questions.
You bought a farm or bought land and turned it into a farm?
Was it already prepped as a farm?
Was machinery part of the deal or did you end up having to purchase later?

I'm asking, cause we are looking at buying 20 acres and other than several having barns, shops, a house, pond and those types of things, we have no idea what we will need, other than tractor, mower, etc.
Well, I'm probably buying and excavator and backhoe, but not specifically for the property.

NorCalR1

Welcome back

IndustMech

Look forward to meeting you, @Oneisnone

Oneisnone

@0patience said:
@Oneisnone
Good to see you back.

Questions.
You bought a farm or bought land and turned it into a farm?
Was it already prepped as a farm?
Was machinery part of the deal or did you end up having to purchase later?

I'm asking, cause we are looking at buying 20 acres and other than several having barns, shops, a house, pond and those types of things, we have no idea what we will need, other than tractor, mower, etc.
Well, I'm probably buying and excavator and backhoe, but not specifically for the property.

We made the mistake of purchasing equipment before we moved. That was a mistake. The tractor was too small and needed to be swapped out week two. The best investment was a larger zero turn mower, allows me to get everything done in about 2 hours. Most of the property is hay fields and woodland. The fields are established and a local farmer cuts and bales them 3x/yr. There is a long list of stuff that is farm/property specific that has worked well for us. I am happy to share info and ideas.

0patience

Sounds like similar property to what we are looking at.
The bad thing is, I gave to sell equipment here, just to buy it when we get there.
The good thing is, my equipment is newer and will sell for more than the equipment we are looking to get.

We were looking at having a local farmer mow the fields, but don't know how that works.

Amos_Umwhat

@0patience said:
Sounds like similar property to what we are looking at.
The bad thing is, I gave to sell equipment here, just to buy it when we get there.
The good thing is, my equipment is newer and will sell for more than the equipment we are looking to get.

We were looking at having a local farmer mow the fields, but don't know how that works.

What I did when I first moved here was to talk to a guy nearby who sells hay. He cut the fields for the first couple years, paid me at the end of the year. I've only got about 10 acres in fields, so it wasn't much money, but still nice to get paid instead of paying.

0patience

@Amos_Umwhat said:

@0patience said:
Sounds like similar property to what we are looking at.
The bad thing is, I gave to sell equipment here, just to buy it when we get there.
The good thing is, my equipment is newer and will sell for more than the equipment we are looking to get.

We were looking at having a local farmer mow the fields, but don't know how that works.

What I did when I first moved here was to talk to a guy nearby who sells hay. He cut the fields for the first couple years, paid me at the end of the year. I've only got about 10 acres in fields, so it wasn't much money, but still nice to get paid instead of paying.

That sounds like a reasonable deal. I wouldn't mind something like that.