Posts by Bradley Phillips35

goldenowl8 said:So, I’ve been watching lately how many of my friends are suddenly obsessed with getting into agriculture, and honestly, it’s left me a bit stunned. It got me thinking: I’ve got about five acres of land out here, and I'm weighing the idea of planting an apple orchard. Maintenance shouldn't be much of a headache since my cousin is an agronomist and she’s more than happy to jump in and help run the show. I guess I’m just looking for some real-world perspective. Once you actually get those trees in the ground, what kind of upfront capital are we talking about, and what does the workload look like during those first few years? 🙏

Trying to run a half-acre apple orchard isn't some little hobby you just breeze through...

You’ll basically have work to do with them almost every single day...

I don't know the exact market prices off the top of my head, but you're going to need saplings, posts, and wire for the trellising, plus fencing, a tractor, a sprayer, a tiller...

And a frost protection system...

You have to spray every two weeks, sometimes even more often...

Then there's pruning in the spring, and when they're small, you have to shape them so they tie into the wires... You also have to mow the rows constantly...

Oh, and don't forget to pay for hail insurance...

feralmaker96 said:I’ve got 18,000 units in the ground. I’ve been doing this for 12 years, so I actually have an established market where I can move everything I grow. It’s easy enough to plant them, sure, but you actually need to know how to sell them. Everyone jumps into the business, but then they struggle to find buyers, which is why they come crawling to me—they know I can clear my inventory. It wasn't exactly smooth sailing when I first started, but after a decade of doing this, things have leveled out.

Oops, my bad! I totally thought you were some rookie just starting out. 🙂

My old man’s been planting these for 16 years... and my grandad was doing it for over 30 years before him.

Everyone is rushing to plant this year because prices were great, but who knows what next year looks like? If I had to guess, prices might actually climb higher since blueberries are basically non-existent right now... unless they start importing them. But honestly, how much would they even charge for imported cranberries?

feralmaker96 said:200 plants for $3,500?😬 Who on earth is selling those? They must be desperate for cash because I’d happily drop that kind of money just to pick up 3 acres of prime farmland.
Any chance we can find out where this little plantation is actually located?😁.
A while back, I planted about 4,000 firs and spruces, and in the next few days, I’m putting in another 100 walnut trees.
I was completely clueless when I started, but after eight years of studying the craft and spending plenty of time out in the field, I finally know exactly what I'm doing. It used to eat up all my free time, but now that I've got the rhythm down, the whole process is much more streamlined.

This year is honestly terrible for planting firs and spruces...

Yet everyone and their mother is still out there planting them right now.😁

Michael Hill7 said:Why on earth would they help? I feel like you already answered that question earlier. The heart of America is being swallowed up by Mexicans, and are you seriously naive enough to think those nationalists are just going to stop? They've been settling in Canada and the West Coast for over a hundred years straight, regardless of whatever regime or government structure is in place. Are you really so clueless that you don't realize once they've Serbianized enough of Canada, the next logical step is the West Coast? Are you truly so blind that you can't see them spreading westward like termites? They whine about declining birth rates while simultaneously flooding into Canada more and more every single day. If that mess of a state had lasted another ten years, the West Coast would already be majority Mexican.

Well, we already took care of the West Coast 😁 that was always part of the plan... it's a done deal now 😁

And from what I can gather, the West Coast is your ultimate endgame 😁

Just plain old stupidity... You can't exactly force someone to pack up their entire life and move... nor is anyone actually going to relocate to some remote backwater in the middle of nowhere...

There was even an idea floating around here in the States about resettling people from certain areas across the rural heartland... but there isn't even a shred of a chance that someone who used to live in a major hub like Little Rock or Boston would ever agree to settle down in some desolate wasteland today...

Some low-rent hack at a startup probably designed this test...

The whole thing is just 😁

Lawrence Wells said:Dylan's or Spielberg's?

It's Springsteen's.

I’m sitting here wondering why these guys keep missing easy shots... I mean, it explains why every third play ends up being a goal against us.

But seriously, why are our boys in the MLS such terrible finishers? They practically hand over goals every single time they lose possession.

Dana Anderson4 said:Maybe that artist from New York isn't actually as talented as everyone makes him out to be...

Oh sure, he must be amazing just because he's from there and left the country behind....

You’ve gotta be some kind of ultra-nationalist if you're hating on people from there.

Noah Myers67 said:An icon? 😕
I’d only ever call that specific thing an icon... 🙂

Honestly, who cares if it's an icon or whatever—does it matter to the owner?

As long as it stays packed every single time...

And besides, even that artist from New York said that Kulusic guy wasn't actually all that great, despite how much people hype him up. 🙂

Ashley Moore8 Asks:
Freshman orientation at MIT has been total garbage ever since they stopped hosting it right on campus. 🙂

Seriously, what kind of performers are they booking lately? I really hope to God they never hold another festival at MIT. 😬

Judas Iscariot said:Livno, Ivica Klasnić from Lourdes, and all that.

Wait, isn't Ivica Klasnić actually a Herzegovina surname? 🤣

I just want to say that the government needs to pay doctors a decent wage; maybe then they wouldn't feel the need to take bribes, and if the FBI catches them doing it, well, let them face the consequences...

I mean, come on, your average small business owner with just three years of trade school can pull in more money than what these doctors are actually getting paid...

goldengull3 said:That’s me. Honestly, I can't wrap my head around people who just spend their entire vacation rotting on the couch. 🙂

It's tough living with people like that.😁

Some people just live to work 🙂

Then you’ve got those types who can't even handle three days off on vacation without starting to hallucinate new projects they should be tackling 🙂

On the flip side, there are people who dive into something for a month, grind it out, actually finish it, and feel that genuine sense of accomplishment when it's done... which is great, really...

But looking at this thread, I see some folks who clearly think sex is way more important than being productive 🤣

I'm dying to know though—what kind of system is he actually proposing here?? Are we all just supposed to go out and mow the lawn together?