You may find this to be a strange thread. ?
For a couple of years I’ve been hinting that not only might we be happy not living in Texas, but getting out of a city of 6 million (Houston). For clarification, I think I could tolerate Texas better if we lived in a rural setting. Our neighborhood is very busy, but I’m thankful we don’t live in the Woodlands (a large residential area) which driving there is really like going to the rat races as compared to our busy neighborhood.
At the very same time, I appreciate having 2 grocery stores within 1 mile, a Sonic (fast food) .5 miles, my gym and pool 2.5 miles. And our backyard with pool is small, but my wife has just about got it setup with plants thevway she wants it. It will be hard to duplicate the infrastructure convenience in a rural setting, especially the pool for swimming laps. I could easily see that 20 miles or more away. And the heat, I curse that 4 months out of the year, but we’ve got some plants we like that would not survive outside in colder climates, but that is not over controlling our decision making. Maybe a green house would be in our future…
So when asked by my spouse where else could we go that is as cheap to live? The States that don’t have state income tax comes to mind, Tennessee (Knoxville), South Dakota (Rapid City), and New Hampshire. The usual answer is no, no, no, that is until our Son decided that he had had enough of his poison-user wife, is filing for divorce, and casually suggested we go live near him on his, implying a jointly run goat farm, one likely location Knoxville, which I have always been attracted to because of it’s proximity to the Appalachian Mountains. … and my Wife says “sure”! :unsure: And it will not be, or expected to be a primary source of income and it does not have to necessarily be a goat farm, it could be a hobby farm, or just a excuse to move to Tennessee.
Now this won’t happen tomorrow. Our Son has 2-4 years left in the USAF stationed in the Midwest, but I thought I’d ask does anyone raise goats for meat or dairy? If so I’d like to hear about it. What I understand raising goats for dairy is a huge time commitment, as in milking goats twice a day, every day. This is anything would give me pause and I think it would give our Son pause. It takes 10 goats to equal a cow in milk production. Can you imagine milking 30 goats twice a day? That’s kind of like a Lol.
For a couple of years I’ve been hinting that not only might we be happy not living in Texas, but getting out of a city of 6 million (Houston). For clarification, I think I could tolerate Texas better if we lived in a rural setting. Our neighborhood is very busy, but I’m thankful we don’t live in the Woodlands (a large residential area) which driving there is really like going to the rat races as compared to our busy neighborhood.
At the very same time, I appreciate having 2 grocery stores within 1 mile, a Sonic (fast food) .5 miles, my gym and pool 2.5 miles. And our backyard with pool is small, but my wife has just about got it setup with plants thevway she wants it. It will be hard to duplicate the infrastructure convenience in a rural setting, especially the pool for swimming laps. I could easily see that 20 miles or more away. And the heat, I curse that 4 months out of the year, but we’ve got some plants we like that would not survive outside in colder climates, but that is not over controlling our decision making. Maybe a green house would be in our future…
So when asked by my spouse where else could we go that is as cheap to live? The States that don’t have state income tax comes to mind, Tennessee (Knoxville), South Dakota (Rapid City), and New Hampshire. The usual answer is no, no, no, that is until our Son decided that he had had enough of his poison-user wife, is filing for divorce, and casually suggested we go live near him on his, implying a jointly run goat farm, one likely location Knoxville, which I have always been attracted to because of it’s proximity to the Appalachian Mountains. … and my Wife says “sure”! :unsure: And it will not be, or expected to be a primary source of income and it does not have to necessarily be a goat farm, it could be a hobby farm, or just a excuse to move to Tennessee.
Now this won’t happen tomorrow. Our Son has 2-4 years left in the USAF stationed in the Midwest, but I thought I’d ask does anyone raise goats for meat or dairy? If so I’d like to hear about it. What I understand raising goats for dairy is a huge time commitment, as in milking goats twice a day, every day. This is anything would give me pause and I think it would give our Son pause. It takes 10 goats to equal a cow in milk production. Can you imagine milking 30 goats twice a day? That’s kind of like a Lol.
