I'm in my
early mid thirties (34 in a couple of weeks, so can't really get away with early anymore
) and I'm lucky enough to be on a farm which has been in my family for 5 generations.
It's not been farmed for the last 20 years, so we've a massive amount of work to do - fencing, clearing LOADS of accumulated junk which my dad loves to collect
clearing ditches, fixing up shed and barns which are salvagable and demolishing those which aren't. Most of the 130 acres have been planted forresty style with mixes of spruce trees and broadleaves, but we've about 6 acres close to the house which is not planted (except with boats and scrap cars
) so we are concentrating our efforts on those. We're getting there slowly, with 4 kids (two of them being toddlers) most of our time is spent just keeping up with them
Bruce works part time at the weekends and I try to boost our income making signs, crafty stuff and doing reiki, hopefully next year we'll be selling weaners and upping our pork production too which will help. We don't life a life of luxury by any means, I tell my kids that we might be cash poor, but we're rich in love and life and I definately agree that it's a lot easier to not spend money than it is to earn it.
Karen
