Will Our Homestead Make Us Real Money?

On today’s episode, it’s all about money! Will our homestead make us real money?

We are Douglas and Keri and we recently quit our jobs, sold everything, and in September of 2022 we took a leap of faith and moved onto our off grid homestead property in the high desert of Cochise County, Arizona. Follow along with us as we build our off grid homestead property from scratch with our two rebels, Willow & Zoey and our 16 y/o kitty, Boo.

ANIMALS
Chickens: We are building a chicken coop and will raise meat & egg chickens. We will sell meat and eating eggs & also hatching eggs. We are researching specialty chicken breeds…the kind people have as pets or for showing.

Sheep: This will be our main meat crop. There are 2 kinds of sheep, meat/dairy (hair) sheep and wool sheep. We will be raising meat/dairy sheep known as “hair” sheep. We have been researching and will likely be raising Katahdin sheep. They do well in our area, are parasite resistant, are great moms, and are easy to handle. They also are good milk producers which is great for cheese! There is a good market for pasture raised lamb and we will also be breeding and selling the babies.

Goats: We originally thought we would be raising goats, but after a lot of research and talking with people, we decided to just raise a few goats for our personal use. We will probably 3-4 Nigerian Dwarf goats. That breed does well in our area and they are a smaller stature, so easier to handle and they eat less. They produce high butterfat in their milk which is also great for cheese!

Livestock Guard Dogs (LGDs): We did a lot of research on these guys. You can watch our LGD research video here: Choosing A Homestead LGD | Let’s Talk About Animals | Episode 19 #offgrid #LGD #homestead
We will have 3 LGDs and will also plan to breed them for a side income.

YOUTUBE
We originally started our homestead channel to document our journey for our kids and also have something to look back on over the years and see our progress. We never really thought that many people would be interested in watching what we are doing, but we are very thankful for those of you that are! We are getting close to being able to monetize our YouTube channel and are hopeful we will earn a little from that. This takes quite a lot of time and commitment though and this is definitely a long game!

WWW.OUTLAWACRESFARMSTEAD.COM
We FINALLY named our farm and started a website! We put a ton of thought into naming our farm and wanted it to fit in with the area we live, so Outlaw Acres Farmstead is the official name :) We live pretty close to Tombstone, Arizona where a ton of famous outlaws and lawmen hung out like Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and “Wild Bill” Hickock. There are tons of ghost towns in the area as well as lots of abandoned mines. We hope you get a chance to check out our website…make sure to sign up for the newsletter/blog so we can stay in touch!

GLAMPING SITE
We will eventually be opening a Glamping style site on the back side of our property. It will be called “Outlaw Hideway” and will keep with the old west theme. We made sure that our zoning would allow this and also got permission in advance of buying the property from our POA. We will keep you posted on this, so make sure to sign up for the newsletter/blog on our website!

FARMSTEAD PRODUCTS
These will be sold on our website and will include original artwork by Douglas and natural products like soaps and candles. We will also plan to sell crops eventually both locally and on our website. So far we know we will definitely sell elephant garlic because it’s growing great here in the middle of winter!

Hope you enjoyed the video and we always appreciate a like and subscribe if you’re finding value in what we are sharing :)

DISCLAIMER: Douglas and Keri are not professional contractors and the information contained in this video is for entertainment purposes only. Please make sure to do your own research!

Once again, thank you all so much for your support of our channel! We hope to inspire you to follow your dreams and live your best life!

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All the artwork for this channel are original creations by Douglas because he is an incredible artist!