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You got it. We just canceled Netflix and Hulu and I don't see why that money shouldn't be redirected to your project. My desire is to get productive on the la
by carapace 4y ago
You got it. We just canceled Netflix and Hulu and I don't see why that money shouldn't be redirected to your project.
My desire is to get productive on the land (as in make some money) ASAP. Ideally it can pay for itself starting now.
Before I go off on a big ol' stream of consciousness brain dump, let me ask you, what about a scenario where you provide me with one of your kits (free or at cost maybe?) and I agree to give you, say, 15% of gross sales of produce raised with your machine? You would retain ownership of the machine, I would be responsible for maintenance and repair. Something like that? It just occurred to me so I haven't thought it through yet. (I can raise the question on your forums if you like? I just joined.)
Anyway, like I said, I want to make money on this land. I very much want it to pay for itself, I really want to avoid getting another programming job (now that the machines can talk and program themselves my heart isn't in it anymore.) And it would be fantastic if I can make enough money to fund all my grand ideas (including robots.)
I'm developing a plan (the purchase was kind of sudden) in roughly three phases:
I) collect and sell stuff laying around. Rocks, wood, etc. I am jealous of that matériel but it's a quick and easy way to make a few grand to fund the next stage.
II) SPIN (Small Plot INtensive) market gardens. ( https://spinfarming.com/ https://spinfarming.com/ ) If i give over an acre or two to SPIN plots and figure out how to reach markets I should be able to make $50k-$100k per year easily.
Neither of the above are regenerative. The whole point is to fund:
III) Food forest. I figure you're hip to that already, but I want to share a video I just saw last night "From a Dry Field to a Lush Food Forest in 18 Months" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icJx01VuV6I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icJx01VuV6I So there it is: if you have the resources you can do that in 18 months. (I have many of the species he mentions already in my seed box! Now I have room to germinate them! Que mad scientist laugh. I have about four hundred species of seeds ready to go.)
Food forests not only produce, uh, produce, they also grow the seeds and cuttings etc. to make more food forest. (I've had people ask if regenerative ag is scalable. Yes, it is scalable. Life scales. That's like it's whole deal. That and being gorgeous!)
Long-term I want to have a botanical garden, a tropical conservatory, ponds and water systems etc... It's gonna be great!
- TaylorAlexander 4y ago> You got it. We just canceled Netflix and Hulu and I don't see why that money shouldn't be redirected to your project. I would love that thank you so much! This is all great stuff to post on the forum! It is hard for me to engage with everyone about the project because I am doing so much stuff, but I also want other people to see the enthusiasm our project generates. > what about a scenario where you provide me with one of your kits (free or at cost maybe?) and I agree to give you, say, 15% of gross sales of produce raised with your machine? Thank you for the suggestion. Our project is moving slowly. It will be some time before we are able to ship kits, and even when we do the plan is to ship them without tools. Its going to be a long but worthwhile road to profitable farming with these machines. I love everything you're saying tho. Welcome to the community!
- carapace 4y agoAlrighty, I'm a "lentil" now! Sweet!
- TaylorAlexander 4y agoWonderful, thank you so much!!
- carapace 4y agoCheers! Frankly, I see it as extremely cheap R&D, eh? A very good deal. ;)
- carapace 4y agoHey Taylor, I joined the community and posted an introductory, uh, post, but I seem to be in a "pending moderator approval" limbo. I know you're busy but maybe you could clear the flag, or whatever, to let me participate?
- carapace 4y ago( s/que/cue/ It bother me.)