PotterWatch- Moving to Virginia! Pics in post 17

[Pearce Pastures]

What wonderful pics. And I am really intrigued by your heat box. Do you have a heating elements inside it?

 

[PotterWatch]

It has two heat bulbs inside. Before we had the box, we needed 5-6 lamps for the same number of chicks. It always helps to save on the electric bill! As they get older, we turn one off and then both of them. We have definitely seen an improvement in survivability since using the box rather than heat lamps alone.

 

[alsea1]

The heat box is very clever.
Your farm is really nice.

 

[PotterWatch]

The new kids got to go out in the big pasture for the first time today. They didn't quite know what to make of it and spent most of their time hanging out near the fence to the area they are usually in. Their moms were all too happy to leave them behind and go foraging.

Goats are so nosey...

 

[greenbean]

they're all so cute!

 

[CocoNUT]

I love their poses! They're adorabe!

 

[PotterWatch]

Our big news for the year is that we are leaving California and heading to Virginia! My husband has never lived anywhere other than Southern California so this is going to be a big leap for him. Our boys have always lived in this area as well. The place we are moving is incredibly rural compared to what we are used to. That will be a big change. We are really looking forward to the move. We are currently on a 9.5 acre parcel and we are moving to a 113 acre place. We flew to Virginia a couple weeks ago to check the place out and took a few pictures. Here is our new place:

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Wow amazing farm!!! I am so jealous! It's beautiful!


Do you guys work from home? I would love to move out of Cali, but just haven't figured out the logistics of just picking up and moving...

 

[PotterWatch]

We are full time farmers so we don't have to worry about outside jobs. Our cost of living will be so much less in VA, so we won't have to make as much from the farm as we do here. Our customers here are sorry to see us go as we are the only farm around offering a grass-fed meat CSA. We plan on doing the same thing in VA. More competition out there, but I think there is a market to support it.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Wow that's awesome.


When moving to a more "farm rich" environment are you worried about being able to sell enough to maintain? That's one thing we're worried about... that if there are a ton of farms around would we still be able to sell our stuff...


How did you find out about the market around that area?


Thank you for answering my questions! SO fascinating!