How to get a farm hand job?

[farm_hand]

Hi I found myself at a bit of a crossroads in life and am looking into the possibility of this. I am married with no children. It is our dream to one day own a little smallholding somewhere although we're starting to realize we'll never have the money to achieve this. We're looking into this as a sort of alternative route. I wondered how these things usually come about and what skills we would need. I had in mind that we would do work in return for accommodation (caravan) and then keep my part time weekend job as a way of supporting ourselves financially (fri-sun 5pm-11pm £120pw). This way we get a detached "house" in the country (hopefully with a little veg patch) and the farmer gets some free labour. If we do win the lottery at some point further down the line we will also have gained a decent amount of knowledge of the farming industry.

Could this work? How to go about it? What skills would we need? What sort of hours would we be doing?

Regards

 

[Oilseed and Pulse Trader]

A farm hand job? That should be quite easy to get, get your Mrs and go on a farm walk, get a nice private area and then you can get your hand job on the farm!!

 

[farm_hand]

Very good. Thanks for that.

 

[wasted years]

You might want to think about thread titles in future , it looks like you are after a five knuckle shuffle.
You might get what you are looking for , the only way is to ask or advertise I suppose.

 

[Oat]

Providing 'free-labour' in return for accommodation may be difficult to define. There would have to be some sort of agreement of how much work was expected.

PS. if you want to know how to get a hand job, you've come to the wrong sub-forum

 

[caveman]

So if you want to keep your weekend job where abouts are you looking?

 

[caveman]

I did think you were going to enlighten us fellas how to go about it though Mrs. Farm Hand

 

[farm_hand]

Yes, will plan my thread titles better next time. Saw it too late unfortunately.

Looking mainly for Yorkshire but Derbyshire is doable. The job is just delivering Chinese so easy to move and find another. Been at the current one 8 years but others are available if need be.

 

[Oilseed and Pulse Trader]

A farm hand job? That should be quite easy to get, get your Mrs and go on a farm walk, get a nice private area and then you can get your hand job on the farm!!

@farm_hand just realised you are female too!!! So my reply was incorrect!!

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

is the wife into hand milking,
and your right your dream of owning a small holding will never happen, as you need to do more than you are doing, I mean some on here do more work in a day, than you do in a week,

if you want something, then get off your backside and go get it

 

[Philip Watkins]

PS. if you want to know how to get a hand job, you've come to the wrong sub-forum

Go to "off topic" you'd be surprised what gets talked about down there.

 

[farm_hand]

@farm_hand just realised you are female too!!! So my reply was incorrect!!

Matters not, the joke still works.

 

[farm_hand]

is the wife into hand milking,
and your right your dream of owning a small holding will never happen, as you need to do more than you are doing, I mean some on here do more work in a day, than you do in a week,

if you want something, then get off your backside and go get it

Harsh. Hubby is the main bread winner doing full time in a job he hates. I used to work in hospitality and was in training to become assistant manager in a restaurant but something happened (won't get into what as it isn't really relevant) which left me with social anxiety and mild depression. Doing what I can work wise while keeping the house and attending therapy. Can't deal with big groups of people anymore so my previous training was a waste. I am also looking into retraining to do something on a self employed basis mainly dry stone walling or fencing at this stage but both would leave us in a similar situation to what we are now. Him unhappy with his job, living on a busy council estate with a chimp for a neighbour who thinks people who grow vegetables are "freaks".

Just trying to get by in life. You work with what you're given. Best not to judge people you don't know, everyone's experiences are different. X

 

[Woolgatherer]

Keep an eye on the farming papers as well as here. There are sometimes ads looking for a person or a couple to work part time in return for a house. Often these jobs are for handyman types or weekend milkers, so maybe you could try and get trained up for that and brush up on your diy skills. Sometimes it's a housekeeping job with spouse to follow their own occupation. Don't give up, but try to make yourself ready! Good luck.

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

harsh maybe, but the truth is it not,
and wanting to move to the area you have said, leaves the main bread winner with a lot of travelling to his job, best thing is to sort his job out first, by that I mean get a job some where better suited to the situation, asking for free house in return for work, just wont work at all, best not to be beholding to anyone, rent somewhere and work for money to pay the rent, that way your independent,
then if you want rent a small field, and have free range hens, sell eggs, and grow vegetables on the rest,
but I think working for accommodation is a none starter for you and your family in the long term,

 

[nick...]

A farm hand job? That should be quite easy to get, get your Mrs and go on a farm walk, get a nice private area and then you can get your hand job on the farm!!

I had to read that twice
Nick...

 

[drumeldry]

@farm_hand just realised you are female too!!! So my reply was incorrect!!

Plus vulgar and insulting,

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Why does everyone want to farm, my love would be a large shed full ov shavings a trani pickup and a pocket full of cash, not up to me neck in muck and bullets and not a dime to call my own

 

[Pasty]

Why does everyone want to farm, my love would be a large shed full ov shavings a trani pickup and a pocket full of cash, not up to me neck in muck and bullets and not a dime to call my own

I'm sure you could pick up a tranny if you had enough cash.

 

[IH 684]

Sounds like an allotment might suit you better. Alternatively In regards to living in the countryside or on a farm. Plenty of farms about who let caravans park up. Get a decent sized tourer pitch up on one of these farms and if you get on alright with the owner after a month or so discuss hours of work in return for rent and a corner of a field to grow your veg.