Micro Farm Equipment

Every garden or farm needs tools. The one I will have will be no different. Unlike some people, I will be dropping cash on some things. While I preffer to get older tools and wood working machines, for the farm I will be aiming to buy new.

First will be a wood chipper.

My dad went in on one with some neighbors many, many years ago. the thing was small, nosy and worked well. I plan on growing trees that will need yearly pruning and why wasted the branches that I can't find another use for? Wood chips would be great in mulch and as a ground cover. A win win.

The next will be a small tiller-thing.

Oh I can hear the screaming already. There are many people that prefer no till methods. While I would like to eventualy get to that point, I'm going to be realistic with my own ambitions. I don't have the patience to do that for the first or second year. perhaps if the land isn't all that bad, I might try. But for me, getting a small tiller-thing would make the initial bed making started. Plus I could also used it to break up the ground for installing french drains.

A weed whacker.

I wonder if they make these solar powered? this would be just to chop low level weeds down. I actually have a hand scythe. I would love to get a full size scythe but I'm not strong enough yet to wield it. XD

I won't be getting a mower unless my parents don't want theirs anymore. It's a good riding mower so it would be a help with everything. Oooh... I bet I could ninjs their wheel burrows also and my dads other yard tools... Suddenly, I think they need to move to an apartment after I get my house. :3

I would say a genorator but I'll probably get that from my parents as well.

I guess I won't be having as many machines as I was afraid. Things, of course, might change but this is a good spot.

Looking past the crazy

Ok! I'll be blunt. There is a lot of crazy in this world.

A.

LOT.

A lot more then I ever expected and I have been on the net since 1994. Yeah. I had no idea how much was there until a few years ago when I was looking up info on foods with out high fructose corn syrup in it. I did find a nice page with a lot of stuff listed, so I thought it might have more good stuff on the site.

They were... a bit extreme about... everything. Way beyond my comfort zone.

Basically I will assume that at some point people will think the same of me. Best to get it out of the way as best I can.

Things I wont talk about here:
-religion
-political crap

I will be talking about laws involved with urban farming, tiny house movement, and complaining about my bank. The other things? I have an opinion blog and that is were I like to keep all that crap.

I will try to make sure I don't post to any extreme sites At the very least not with out a healthy and bold warning about following any links.

I'm getting ranty. Sorry.

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This will be a thing here. I have a tumblr and a twitter. So... yeah. :3 I might do a more flowery thing later, but this works for now.

Edit:
Ok, testing this again. The first time didn't post right to twitter.

A New Book

I was poking around on amazon for books and stumbled upon a book called Homegrown Humus in my suggestions. Being curious I looked over the reviews first and they were all happy with the book. When I read the synopsys of it, there was a tone of information and i figured that was a good sign.

The authors name is Anna Hess and she also has a bit of a blog. I popped over there for a look and promptly fell in love with her writing style. I'm working my way from the start and loving it.

That led me to one of her other books, The Weekend Homesteader: A Twelve Month guide to Self-Sufficiency. It also comes as a paperback so I'm going to get it. Probably for Christmas though because my mom has requested I make a list of things I would like. I am the worlds worst person to get gifts for.

That being said, I can't wait to get my hands on this book. :3

Good as a post too

The dreaded About page.

First, you can call me Crazy Artist. It's not something that I try to hide. Legaly crazy? No. Just in the sence of anyone that has work the grindstone to the point that they are beyond most 'normal' terms and are just looking for the on that fits. Crazy Artist fits me.

I am an artist.

I also work a full time job doing other things. Most of which is getting stressed out at work with my other coworkers. We half joke that stress IS our full time job.

Once upon a time I wanted to move back to California. In 2016 I got a ruff estimate for the minimum weight cost of a cross country move from New York as $5,500. Back in 2010 it was $2,100. I can't do that because I know I have at least double the minimum weight and would need full value protection for insurance.

So I joined the first time home buyers thing here in New York. A train wreck unto its self. Many pots will be about this nightmare. But so far I think the additional $7,500 should be worth it. I hope.

I will also be toeing the line of the dooms day prepper.

Not anything extreme, just cherry picking the good rational personally doable things. While I would love a gun of some kind and I was on varsity rifle, I won't be getting one. Maybe an airsoft thing to pop deer on the bums if they try to eat my plant. If I live in the country.

Did I mention that haven't bought a house yet? Yeah, that process will also bet talked about here.


I have a:

Twitter for updates as CrzyArtist

Tumbler for updates and related things as CrzyArtist

Blogger for original posts as the-crazy-artist.blogspot.com

But there you have it. My about me page.

A new plan

So, what to do for a basic start-to-prep prep list?

1. check for free books for my e-reader.
I started doing this the moment I got it… 4 years ago? Not because of doom but because of oh hey, this book is free and looks interesting. I have a few hard bound book so I should be ok.

2. start house hunting the moment my first time home buyer thing says that I can.
This… This is the second hardest thing. my original list of needs is going to have to be reviewed and probably changed a little. land size will be more important then 100% move in ready. My price max will be dependent on how much i can afford for closing cost.

3. merge 401k’s.
assuming it hasn’t completely tanked. I will have to merge my other 401k to my current jobs one. not looking forward to mucking around with the paperwork but if i do, then i will be able to take out more as a loan to myself. the bonus is that i will have a better savings cushion in the long run.

4. Budget.
I have to re-do my budget. i am currently $2k less then were I should be. I cn track were it went so I know how I mucked up. I have 10 months to fix my spending habits to were I need them.

5. Art.
I need to do my art. I have so many projects sitting that I have gotten stuck on. I need to get them done because I need to start selling.

6. SBA
I have to bite the bullet and talk with these people again. This time with a much better list of things I need answers to. namely a good cheep accountant that can answer questions. like if i sell $400 in a year, how do i give social security my money? and quarterly & yearly taxes. if I get the info now I can start seriously selling stuff next year to make taxes easier.

This is what I have so far. not quite how i expected my first house blog to be. but live and learn.

*Originaly from my Tumblr.