That's the trouble tis hard to live along cheap these days even a modest house takes a council tax demand of anything up to 2k and renting is as high as a kite. Food ain't so bad relativly speaking I suppose especially if bit is grown at home.
The thing is, I can’t understand ‘not being proud’ if they’ve only got an hours work to do in the morning and night, why not just get another job, or go contracting and live a decent life.
I shouldn't have put the pride bit on the end . It distorted / spoilt what i meant.
Their is more to be made from sheep today than anytime thirty years ago, thirty years ago the sheep job was financial misery .
Houses that used to make £60 week rent in the 90’s which here was dear now making £200 if you could find one to rent they either sold and done up or holiday homes now or more than often both.
Oh I could find you houses for that up here as well the ones in my mind when I wrote that post were farm cottages now if you want a farm house £££!!
I could imagine , however you might get a 1500 a month nice seven bed farm house up here but you won’t get a job that will make it do able unless your exceptionally lucky or willing to travel about 60 miles to a city every morning and what’s the point of that !this is just a semi detached house in a village. The limit to my grazing there is two old swales on the back lawn and a x bred you who got stuck on her back on my front lawn
Yes I suppose so. I’d feel a bit guilty spending all my time here, and not going to work, I’ve been off for a few weeks with a knackered wrist and it winds me up.I shouldn't have put the pride bit on the end . It distorted / spoilt what i meant.
Living resourcefully can be very satisfying surely and money can be spent better than on a big bumpered shiny metallic humperdinker.
Else it's just that hamster wheel of consumerism that
Perpetuates modern life....
anyway cant waste anymore time on here I've got fencing to do and the suns shining
It’s happening all over sadly but I suspect your area will be leading the field, shame but I don’t know the answer .
There isn’t one. The wrong people own the countryside.
I shouldn't have put the pride bit on the end . It distorted / spoilt what i meant.
Living resourcefully can be very satisfying surely and money can be spent better than on a big bumpered shiny metallic humperdinker.
Else it's just that hamster wheel of consumerism that
Perpetuates modern life....
anyway cant waste anymore time on here I've got fencing to do and the suns shining
Pension ??
£43,000 income would be fine... problem is out of that one has to pay for rent, breeding stock, feed and minerals, vet and meds, fencing, buildings and bedding, a tractor, insurance, accountancy, vehicle and trailer etc etc It is very easy to spend £45,000 to earn £43,000 income if one is not careful.. You certainly need to work out how to achieve a good profit margin, even managing to achieve 20% profit from £43,000 sales is going to provide a pretty miserable living. Forget the sub it will be worth squiff all by the time OP is 3 years in and starting to get to grips with the job.
Why should any farmer in Western economies be willing to work for small bucks? There are plenty of other industries where someone with no assets and no education can earn twice as much whilst working half as hard. Those people, farmers or otherwise willing to work for small bucks do no favours for themselves, for the future of their offspring or for the wider economy!
I know a chap does very well running 30-40 odd sucklers and finishes all himself. Turns a good profit. Feeds a home made moist mix through a creep feeder in the summer and autumn. Then brings inside and finish all on on a TMR.
Is he paying a mortgage or rent?