Member AiNt-RiTe-Acres
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I think it’s quite impressive. I’m on a good bit of acreage myself but I don’t want massive garden areas taking over everywhere. Going vertical intrigues me. Please keep us posted.
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Being called up in the IRR sucks anytime. I’ve had to retrain IRR folks called up. They might keep their jobs but it still hurts them. It can destroy a small business owner or someone who’s an owner/operator in trucking. The worst part is this a small window where benefits come into play and the gov is infamous for sending folks home a day shy of qualifying for such benefits. On some occasions they’ll wait a short time after discharge and call them up again.
Worse for officers. IRR for enlisted is typically 8yrs on the rolls. Officers however can be recalled for life.
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Awesome… ours started out with bloom rot. Took a bit to get it under control. We’d never had that problem before. Glad yours are growing well now.
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I’m going to have to try this now simply because I’m curious about our own food saver. 🤔
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Looks yummy… thanks for the ideas!
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My colony is in the early stages and I considered building a more natural area but after considering the cleaning issues I chose to go with pens and I’m working on a catchment system for their urine and droppings. With mine I’m keeping around 3-4 does and 1-2 bucks in wire/wood hutches. The shed is made from the first cuts of cedar at a local mill so it’s all irregular shaped. That leaves gaps for airflow in the summer. Also have windows for cross ventilation. Once I have kits I’ll sex and separate them into two larger pens. From there I’ll likely sell a few. As for those I keep for meat I’m going to build rabbit tractors and move them daily. The tractors are about as natural as I can care for them without increasing my work load to much. The tractors will also reduce my feed costs and help build up the quality of my field. Of course our long term goal is to do micro grazing with a rotation of a few cows, sheep or goats, rabbit tractors, chickens and pigs.
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Good to know.. thanks for sharing!
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I’m not sure to be honest. All I know is when leaving regular army or reserve you are placed into the IRR. Some go regular army then reserve then IRR. It use to be that IRR was supposed to train 2wks a year. That rarely occurred though. I was a reservist for 8yrs then 8yrs IRR and never did I do any drills in the IRR. I was out in my late 30’s. Guys that I met during Desert Storm whom were called up were in their late 30’s at the time. I believe there’s a cutoff date of 40 but I’m not 100%. More than likely the gov would look at individual health, training and time out more than age if there’s a crisis (fabricated or otherwise).
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I don’t have a catchment system at the moment. The chickens have access though and they help break down a lot of it. Working towards a “chicken tractor on steroids” setup in the chicken run. The coop and rabbit shed are under one roof with a wall between them. Both sides open to the run. All I have to do is toss in waste out the door into the run and the birds tear through it. Eventually I’ll have some spare wire and setup a ring for compost letting the chickens do mist of the work.
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Well wet ground would be a problem. Hate to hear hubs has no interest in homesteading. I’m in a similar state with my kids. Knowing I have limits due to my disabilities my wife and I count on their pitching in. However getting them to participate has been far more troublesome and stressful than anticipated. I am fortunate that my wife is all in on this with me. My biggest issue with her though is she tends to put the cart before the horse which leads to mad rushes. She bought plants before I could setup a garden area. Pigs before we had a pen setup or a way to separate the boars from the sows. Then added a pregnant sow and another 2 year old sow which our young boar quickly impregnated. In fact since I couldn’t separate the three gilts from our two boars I now have four pregnant sows to contend with. So…. wifey helps but sometimes that help is a hinderence.
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