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Has been this way for a few months now due to the microchip shortage. I've been looking for a new 3/4 ton truck off and on since the end of May to replace. Talked to a couple different dealers at that time and was quoted any where from a 2 month to 3 month wait if I ordered a new truck at that...

I have a mix of Makita 18V LXT and Milwaukee M18 and M12 tools. I like the tool selection across all three lines as it covers most of everything I'd need (or want) when it comes to tools. While most brands cover the basic types of saws, drills, impact drivers and impact wrenches each brand/line...

Sounds like an expansion of what you're already doing more than an entirely new venture. Beyond the suggestion already made of consulting your local coop, it may also be worth considering starting with the same/similiar size of garden/field you're used to working and expanding each year after...

Depends on how long to you to take to do the tasks you've identified. However, I'd recommend a CUT (at minimum) that has sufficient weight to maintain traction while pulling implements through the ground. ....the size/weight of the implements will drive how quickly you can complete the tasks...

As long as an appropriate spacing between plants is maintain, and they are getting sufficient nutrients and sunlight where they are being grown won't matter much* *growing in containers can result in increased soil temperatures (especially if the container is outside),which can affect the...

Depends on how far you go, and what your limitations are. ...and what your definition/vision of "homesteading" entails. For example: I started down a "homesteading" path single and due to my day job requiring travel (occasionally without much prior knowledge) that pretty much prevented me from...

...and they can also "bully" each other as well given the various allelopathic capabilities of some plants. Would very much like to understand the method by which potatoes inhibit the fruiting of tomatoes and eggplants as I've seen that happen with some of my container gardening - even with...

Supply chain issue (pretty sure there are still places/people throwing away perfectly good food). The confusion of a "best by date" with actual spoilage being but one aspect further complicating that problem. Though the continual turning of farmland into housing developments probably doesn't...

Removal by hand was at least one method - which is far more feasible with smaller fields particularly when they are being worked by many more people per acre than is currently done. Large machinery capable of rapidly covering acreage is a relatively new development; in fact widespread farming...

Has done so for 4 years now without a problem - and been used for a lot more than any dedicated riding mower could. Between the reducing quality and the planned obsolescence or continual part changing of so many consumer-oriented products it's definitely becoming a challenge to find things that...

*should* being the keyword there since the length of a mowing season can vary drastically by location. Here in Alabama I may have to mow as many/more months out of the year as I had to deal with snow in Minnesota. So really the number of operating hours would be a bit more appropriate (though...

...about 1yr/$1000 spent for mowers purchased from a big box store. ....with "a year" being 1-1.5 hours of mowing per week every week from late-Feb/mid-March to late-November/early December. I suspect the fact they were all air-cooled engines and likely got overheated during summer use may have...

Just as an FYI: "Just a Few Acres Farm" on Youtube also offers another good perspective - particularly with respect to making wholesale life changes to get into farming ...not fully applicable to everyone, but a perspective which has value in hearing.... in particular the videos in the "Farm...

I don't see any reason not to do so. The real question is what type of farm do you want to have? Livestock? Poultry? Fruits? Vegetables? Fish? Nuts? Mushrooms? (the legal kind) Spices? Unless you already have access to a lot of acreage, infrastructure and equipment it may be a bit hard to start...

yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if there are some... but I also suspect that simple spreadsheets are also used quite a bit since they can be easily customized/updated without needing to know any real programming languages....

Well, there is the (potential) method of figuring out what operating costs for the tractor and rock picker are ......which would basically be looking at the scheduled maintenance intervals, the costs associated with each and then spreading the cost across the hour interval to get an hourly...

Yep, water infiltration, soil structure, sub-surface biological habitat/health (bacteria, worms etc don't always handle the soil being churned by tillage well) are all the goals of no-till as I understand it. The logic being that the health of the soil will drive the health of the crops raised...

From what I've seen/read/heard no-till agriculture (at large scale) generally uses broadband herbicides to kill off everything that may have sprouted since the last harvest, after which point the planter (which needs to be designed for no-till operation) plants directly into the soil through any...

I think we have some differences in terms there: customer-base was intended to mean the current (loyal?) customers who know about and shop a particular location (potentially looking for specific items). That knowledge of location/product isn't something that typically changes quickly. Where the...

Can't say that I know, but given those (list?) prices vs. the used prices it'd seem depreciation on them can be a killer ...even if they helped earn a lot of profit going from those prices new to under $600,000 (US dollars) with less than a thousand (or two) hours on them would hurt.