The small farm lifestyle has attracted much interest from a large number of people, many of whom have decided to take the plunge and live the dream of the rural lifestyle. It’s no wonder so many books have been written to provide ideas and guidance to help the small farmer or farmer create an income to help them survive and thrive on a small rural property.
For example; There are several books available that provide useful information for the small farmer on all kinds of topics, such as: Farming Basics – Finance and Marketing – How to Sell Your Home Grown Produce – Small Farm Business Ideas – How to Farm – How to to raise animals – Ideas of alternative agriculture – Management of small farms, etc.
The change to the rural lifestyle will mean that small farms are likely to increase by approximately 17.4% in the next 10 years. To the casual observer, you would be forgiven for asking the question why?
The simple reason is that:
People are sick and tired of the hassle of city life and the many problems now appearing in society will continue to drive the exodus towards the small farm lifestyle, which offers true peace and quiet and a safe haven. .
for his family. But with the shift to rural lifestyle properties, many city dwellers suddenly find themselves in the situation of having to learn a new set of skills and a new way of doing things, because life on the farm can be quite different from life in the city.
Routine farm maintenance can be a real headache for the non-practical person, a basic requirement on any farm is; gates and fences, you need good fences to control livestock and gates to move from paddock to paddock, pre-made gates can be expensive to buy and have a tradesman install them, but if you have welding and fabrication skills, and understand how to install them yourself, the cost will come down to the cost of raw materials plus your time to install them. DIY work will put money back in your pocket.
Investing capital in a farm shop outfitted with quality tools and equipment will pay off ten times the initial setup cost in a very short time.
The beauty of living the rural lifestyle is the freedom to do things you might not be able to do in the city; maybe you have hobbies and interests that create too much noise…a productive farm shop might fall into that category, but heck, you’re saving a lot of money by building things yourself, right? and as long as you don’t make noise at really weird times of day or night, your neighbors down the street shouldn’t give a damn what you do in your shop.
If you like to rebuild and restore old vintage oil engines, or other old things, then a rural location will allow you to collect, store and restore old engines to your heart’s content, in fact you may have several other practical hobbies that you can pursue in your small farm business.
Learning new skills is a lifelong process. If you love restoring old engines, farm machinery, or old tools and equipment, then one of the most valuable skills to have under your belt is the ability to mold your
own metallic parts of aluminum and bronze.
The process is not high-tech, the tools can be homemade and the scrap melting equipment can be built from items stolen from junkyards or from your own farm, an overview of metal melting might be described as: Using a pattern to make the cavity in a two-part sand mold, the scrap is cast into a
simple furnace and then poured into the sand mold cavity, of course there’s more to it than that, but if you’d like to explore the possibilities with metal casting, feel free to visit our website to download a free introductory e-book.
