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Hello from Southeast Idaho! Lost River Valley is where we call home!

Good day! We are new to our 10 acre plot and probably screwing it all up but loving almost every minute of it! (almost every minute-not a big fan of having to cull a gosling that I just rehabbed back to health because it ran into the other geese and was stomped by a gander, that SUCKED)

We are doing our best with a couple goats, breed unknown, for weed control-we spend a lot on feed for them so they don't eat many weeds. We have a mammoth donkey and a mini donkey and have NO idea what we are doing with either of them... but they seem to like us anyway. We had a pot belly pig but he had to be rehomed do to our lack of knowledge, he went to a new home with other little pigs and I think of him often and pray that I made the right choice as I recognize little pigs don't handle change very well. We also have a lot of geese. The people we got them from had NO idea what kind they were and my search to learn stated they might be Cotton Patch geese... I am not sure but I know they make a ton of noise and make really cute babies! and lastly we have just two laying hens (for now) and 8 young roosters that I am wanting to learn how to butcher and pressure can and then I will bring in a rooster our neighbor is giving away.

We are 'empty nesters' and kinda newlyweds of 8 years... we are in the 'just do it and make mistakes to learn from as you go' stage of this endeavor and I am struggling with, 'am I to old and broke down to start this now'? Arco Idaho is not the 'ideal' place to try and make money growing food nor anything else for that matter so I struggle... but boy is this area BEAUTIFUL! I am originally from Indiana and my hubs is from Oklahoma but our HOME will always be here in the mountains!
 
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Hello from Southeast Idaho! Lost River Valley is where we call home!

Good day! We are new to our 10 acre plot and probably screwing it all up but loving almost every minute of it! (almost every minute-not a big fan of having to cull a gosling that I just rehabbed back to health because it ran into the other geese and was stomped by a gander, that SUCKED)

We are doing our best with a couple goats, breed unknown, for weed control-we spend a lot on feed for them so they don't eat many weeds. We have a mammoth donkey and a mini donkey and have NO idea what we are doing with either of them... but they seem to like us anyway. We had a pot belly pig but he had to be rehomed do to our lack of knowledge, he went to a new home with other little pigs and I think of him often and pray that I made the right choice as I recognize little pigs don't handle change very well. We also have a lot of geese. The people we got them from had NO idea what kind they were and my search to learn stated they might be Cotton Patch geese... I am not sure but I know they make a ton of noise and make really cute babies! and lastly we have just two laying hens (for now) and 8 young roosters that I am wanting to learn how to butcher and pressure can and then I will bring in a rooster our neighbor is giving away.

We are 'empty nesters' and kinda newlyweds of 8 years... we are in the 'just do it and make mistakes to learn from as you go' stage of this endeavor and I am struggling with, 'am I to old and broke down to start this now'? Arco Idaho is not the 'ideal' place to try and make money growing food nor anything else for that matter so I struggle... but boy is this area BEAUTIFUL! I am originally from Indiana and my hubs is from Oklahoma but our HOME will always be here in the mountains!
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Greetings! Sounds like you're eye-deep in back-to-the-land/homesteading endeavors. I'm a homesteader from SW Idaho, but I'm pretty familiar with the Arco area. I'm guessing "how you do" will depending a lot on how you get/manage your water. And if you're interested in off-the-grid living you're in a great spot for photovoltaic. Look into a net-metering connection with the power company and you can actually earn dollars directly for investing in PV and generating more than you consume. Any dollar you can earn while doing what you're already going to be doing homesteading is essential in my book.

My sweetie and I are not even two years into our homesteading effort. I started a few weeks before I turned 40. I feel like I've put myself through a meat grinder at times. But when things are tough I am never in doubt that I'd rather be slugging it out dirty, under a hot sun, and learning all the time (although usually pretty broke) - than to be the corporate slave I used to be. It IS hard. But it can be a great life if you approach it the right way. But it takes time getting used to the abuse you will be required to put yourself through when you teach yourself as you go. Animals die. Buildings have problems. Mechanical things break. Crops/harvests fail. Sometimes it's just really no fun. But it's always real and it's always good.

I use the ol' "If I won the lottery..." test. For instance:

If I won the lottery...
... I'd be doing EXACTLY what I'm doing. Though I'd probably immediately start researching requirements that accompanied trying to find a place that DOESN'T reliably have five months of winter every year. :p

So I know regardless of whatever crazy stuff that pops up from day to day - at least I'm doing what I want to do. I suck at most everything, but I'm always learning and always getting better.

Some days I really wish I could pass through Craters of the Moon, grab a bite at Pickle's, then re-visit OBR-1... But to live there gives you a LOT more to explore! Enjoy it out there! I hope you have shade! :p
 
HoopyFrood said:
Greetings! Sounds like you're eye-deep in back-to-the-land/homesteading endeavors. I'm a homesteader from SW Idaho, but I'm pretty familiar with the Arco area. I'm guessing "how you do" will depending a lot on how you get/manage your water. And if you're interested in off-the-grid living you're in a great spot for photovoltaic. Look into a net-metering connection with the power company and you can actually earn dollars directly for investing in PV and generating more than you consume. Any dollar you can earn while doing what you're already going to be doing homesteading is essential in my book.

My sweetie and I are not even two years into our homesteading effort. I started a few weeks before I turned 40. I feel like I've put myself through a meat grinder at times. But when things are tough I am never in doubt that I'd rather be slugging it out dirty, under a hot sun, and learning all the time (although usually pretty broke) - than to be the corporate slave I used to be. It IS hard. But it can be a great life if you approach it the right way. But it takes time getting used to the abuse you will be required to put yourself through when you teach yourself as you go. Animals die. Buildings have problems. Mechanical things break. Crops/harvests fail. Sometimes it's just really no fun. But it's always real and it's always good.

I use the ol' "If I won the lottery..." test. For instance:

If I won the lottery...
... I'd be doing EXACTLY what I'm doing. Though I'd probably immediately start researching requirements that accompanied trying to find a place that DOESN'T reliably have five months of winter every year. :p

So I know regardless of whatever crazy stuff that pops up from day to day - at least I'm doing what I want to do. I suck at most everything, but I'm always learning and always getting better.

Some days I really wish I could pass through Craters of the Moon, grab a bite at Pickle's, then re-visit OBR-1... But to live there gives you a LOT more to explore! Enjoy it out there! I hope you have shade! :p
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Lovin life here for sure!!
 

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Hello from Emmett, Idaho! :frow

I’m not new to BYC or this Idaho thread but I’d like to see if there’s anyone in SW Idaho or Eastern Oregon that would be interested in a Naked Neck/Turken cockerel?
I have 3 boys that are 10 weeks old and I love them!
But I can’t keep them all so the next best thing is a new home where they can grow up and be with some hens of their own eventually. :yesss:
Left to right: Conan, Loki & Angus
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I will be keeping Angus.
Please if you know anyone who likes Turkens and would like a rooster (not to eat) in the greater Boise area I’d love to talk to them!:fl
Conan & Loki get along very well together (so far, lol).
 

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