Comments for Terrabyte Farm

Comment on Our first baby lamb by Alyssa

Alyssa — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:19:30 +0000

Beautiful photo.

Comment on Rabbit Fur Hat Tutorial by rebecca

rebecca — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:00:50 +0000

Awesome! I want to make a quilt and incorporate some ’squares’ with rabbit fur and some with flannel. I think it would be interesting to keep some of the irregular or natural shapes of the fur.

Comment on Sheep Shearing by Michael

Michael — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:40:59 +0000

Her name is Melissa. You can reach her at 860-966-9264. She’s great and I don’t think she’d mind the extra business!

Comment on Sheep Shearing by Dawn Willis

Dawn Willis — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:09:04 +0000

Hi – just wondering who your shearer is? We have an alpaca farm in Morris, CT and may be looking for a shearer to take care of our 13 alpacas this year (within the next 6 weeks or so). Any suggestions or recommendations are appreciated.

Thanks,

Dawn Willis

Comment on Difficult decisions by Caryn

Caryn — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 02:27:19 +0000

I am sorry you had to make such a difficult decision. I just wanted to tell you that goat is also traditionally eating on the Greek islands. That is where my husbands family is from. Every year my Husband and his father make a special goat soup that is eaten after the Easter midnight mass at church. It is a traditional way to break the fast. Also, they roast a whole goat on Easter Sunday. It is very tasty.

Comment on If your farm is not a major source of income, why do you do it? Why don’t you just go an buy food at the grocery store? Isn’t it a lot of work? Isn’t it expensive? by Michael

Michael — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:53:45 +0000

We’re glad you found our blog. We love it here in town. It’s really nice to know there are like-minded folks around, too. Maybe we’ll cross paths in real life in the near future.

Comment on If your farm is not a major source of income, why do you do it? Why don’t you just go an buy food at the grocery store? Isn’t it a lot of work? Isn’t it expensive? by Mike Gaudette

Mike Gaudette — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:05:15 +0000

Hello – My wife and I grew up in Griswold CT. and have been living in Canterbury CT for about 10 years now. We recently bought a farm and are very much interested in being as self sustained as possible. We accidentally came across this web site and can’t believe you guys are right here in our town. We have a 1 acre spring fed pond an ~ 5 acres of fenced in pasture. The farm is 22 acres. We recently stocked our pond with 200 rainbow trout and are purchasing 6 piglets in a few weeks. We have maintained a very nice vegetable garden for many years. We are very excited about our new farm and hope we can learn something from you good people. Look forward to talkind “farm” and learing with you guys.

best wishes,
Mike and Angela

Comment on Rabbit Fur Hat Tutorial by Cara

Cara — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:24:11 +0000

Wow, nicely done procedure. Thanks for having your time to post this. I hope I can make one just like this.

Comment on The Cost of Things-Pigs by Bol

Bol — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:08:11 +0000

thanks for your tips..really excellent

Comment on The Cost of Things-Pigs by Jamie

Jamie — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:03:40 +0000

Certainly depends on location, but I’d say anywhere between $2.00-$2.50/lb. live weight seems reasonable (heavily market based). Your figure sounds a little high to me. $500-600 seems more reasonable, but it’s all based on what your local market will bear, which could have seasonal differences besides. Have you totaled your costs so you know what you “need” to sell it for (can you afford to go lower)? Also, is your customer getting a live animal that they have to make their own butchering arrangements for or is that included in the price. If included, the price seems much more reasonable.