And so it begins! I just started a new blog. Nothing to do with Blue Collar Moto or motorcycles. Its about starting a small farm. Ill open up a FB page for it tonight. Here is the blog link. btorf.blogspot/ youtu.be/umS3XM3xAPk First Post for Better Than Organic Ranch! INTRODUCTION My name is Chris Duke. Im getting ready to start a ranch / farm. I have a construction project that will take a few years to complete, that will provide me with enough funds to buy between 50 and 100 acres to start my ranch. Im throwing everything I have into this ranch. It will be a early working retirement for me. I only wish I started it decades ago! Ive worked a lot of jobs already in my life. I started out as a lineman at a small international airport in Bolingbrook Ill. When I moved back home to Los Angeles, I had made it to the position of chief lineman. Back home in LA around 1990, the first job I found was as a landscaper. I wound up as a foreman, then changed companies. At the second company, I received some city awards for best landscape on my properties. Here in lies my (besides having a small garden as a kid) agricultural experience. From there, I moved onto a boat. Lost my job because I like to drive fast and had too many tickets. Wound up moving to New Mexico for a while before returning to LA where I found work as a apartment maintenance man. While there, I got into construction doing complete remodels of older units. I left this position to become a plumber. Found a job as a plumbing company, eventually joined the union, union ran out of work, and now Im trying to do what I can to pay the bills. I have a project starting in a couple months that will allow me the funds to buy the land I will need to start the farm. ___________________________________________________________ No more city life for me! (Insert Green Acres theme music here) Ive had it with rent, revenue collectors, grocery stores, traffic, and no piece and quiet! youtu.be/umS3XM3xAPk This blog will be a record of how to start a farm from scratch. Im going to name it The Better Than Organic Ranch. It would be nice to use my last name, but this isnt about ego. Its about living better, eating better, and sharing the experience with others so they can hopefully do the same for themselves. Ill be discussing topics to self sufficient farming as well as the legal aspects. Ive been studying law for the past four years, so I think I can bring much needed perspective to that one overlooked aspect to getting a farm and living free from legal predators. Anyway, when I woke up this morning, I had no idea I was going to start a farm blog. I need to go get busy. Ill never get the farm started if all I do is write blog posts all day!
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 19:51:13 +0000