American Farmer (GF)

[This is one of my posts from Growing Freedom, my old blog on the trials of trying to start your own sustainable garden/mini-farm with almost no personal experience. This was originally posted on Apr 27, 2009] from “How To Grow More Vegetables” - “One mini-farmer may be able to net $20,000 to $40,000+ a year on a 1/8-acre mini-farm. He or she might work a 40 hour work week and take a 4-month vacation each year.” When I heard this for the first time, my jaw dropped. First, straight-up, that’s more a year than I’ve ever made – and I’d have all the fresh free food I could eat, too. In fact, that sentence was the reasons I started this whole mini-farm/garden in the first place. How could I pass up the chance to make...