short term plans

We have some short term (within 6 months) goals for the property.

• Build chicken coop and purchase chicks for spring, we plan to get hens for laying as well as some cornish cross birds for meat.
  
• garden, rather than the traditional garden we will be doing things a bit differently. We will be building an aquaponic system. This system is a combination of Hydroponics and Aquaculture in simple terms fish are raised as a food source and the water from the fish tanks is pumped into the plants. The plants feed off the nutrients which in turn filters the water before it's returned to the tank.
  
• compost. since we no longer have a dishwasher and garbage disposal waste from the kitchen will be composted in order to fertilize plants which can not be grown in the aquaponic system.
  
• Build a pig pen and purchase one or two feeder pigs.
  

It's been a long time since I have raised any farm animals so i'm planning on taking it slow.
My daughter is very excited about the animals and she already knows the plans for the chickens and pigs. Everytime she calls me she says "Did you get the chickens yet? what about the piggy?"

She made the mistake of telling her mother "we're going to kill the chickens and the pigs and have bacon , pork chops and chicken in the freezer".
She said her mom got mad and said "you have GOT to be KIDDING me!"
Apparently her mother didn't see the good in raising your own food.

LOL