Moving to a Rural Property

In these days of stringent cash flow, when even thechickens have wings, they only fly in 'low and short'
New York Times publishes a story about thespurts. However, if you want to have a vegetable
'recession diet', some of us must be wishing we stillpatch or a lawn, you will not want them in there -
owned the family farm! The thought of selling up andhence the coop.
buying a small acreage is something that many of usThey also need a chicken house for shelter at night.
think of when the cash runs short and days startSome people make a small portable chicken coop
getting sunny and long. Often rural property can givewhich they move around their yard. This gives you
you more for your buck, so it may be worth gettingcontrol over which new areas the chickens will use to
an appraisal to find out.scratch and to feed. However, they can only do this
Being your own boss and bringing 'home' the baconon the rougher parts of a yard - do not let them
sounds like an idyllic life. Many people think they willnear your lawn - they will ruin it!
give it a try when they retire and maybe this is oneSome people let them have a free run at dusk; this is
of the best times to do it, when you have a smallbecause once darkness comes they always make
income coming in as well as your produce. Othertheir own way back to the chicken house, so they
people think it is an ideal way of life when you havecannot do too much damage in such a short period
young kids, and so they give it a try with the familyof time. If you do this, you will need to wire off your
still young.vegetable patch.
Are there really lots of advantages to owning a smallApart from the free eggs, there are many
acreage? Well, a small acreage does not allow forvegetables that can be grown on your own land.
many farming choices, but they can still offer taxSome people grow enough and sell their excess at
breaks. One of the animals that can be bred on afarmer's markets. Others do 'swaps' for fresh milk or
small acreage is the Alpaca, and this will still allow youhome-grown meat.
to slide into the bracket for income tax relief. TaxIf you do not like too much hard work, then you can
breaks are listed in the leaflet, #225 - The Farmer'splant an orchard of varied fruit trees; your local
Tax Guide.nursery will carry the type of tree that is suitable for
Once you have your tax break established, you canyour area. Cherries come early in July and apples are
think about raising your own vegetables which willharvested late into September, with most everything
help your budget in a big way. It will probably alsoelse in between. Choose a variety of fruits to eat all
give you lots of backache, so you have to offsetsummer long.
the price of some deep tissue massage oil.In rural life, a freezer is a necessity, as vegetables
Chickens are one thing that will feed you withouttend to harvest simultaneously, and can usually be
your getting backache. The taste of fresh organicfrozen. Leaf vegetables such as spinach freeze best
eggs is something that not all of us are familiar with.after being cooked.
You need to have a coop and a chicken shelter,The country life is a lot of work, but it is a healthy
commonly known as a chicken house. The chickenlife. If you wish to explore the possibility of moving
house will need to be cleaned, but these days thereto the country, your local real estate agent will be
is a new method called 'deep litter method' whichable to help you investigate the financial aspects of a
requires clean up about four times a year. You canmove.
check it out on the Internet.If you're interested in finding your very own sweet
A chicken coop is a wired-in area that stops yourpiece of Murfreesboro real estate, visit to search the
chickens from roaming all over the place. AlthoughNashville MLS.