South Carolina
Log Cabin Farm, Gail & Vic Campbell, 3855
Pennington Road, Greer, SC 29651, 864-895-9094. Partially self-sustaining small
farm run by wife and husband doing most work by hand or horse power, tractor
only when necessary. We have an Amish-built 40'x80' timberframe pegged barn for
our Belgians, including our Brabant brood mare operation.We want to pass on what
little we know of a wonderful way to live a simpler lifestyle.
- Source of power: 2 Belgians, 5 Brabants,1956 Ferguson tractor.
- Horses are used to: mow, ted, rake hay; work gardens; walking plow,
corn binder, manure spreader, hay wagon, disc, cart and wagon.
- Acreage: 25; in corn, hay, oats, 2 gardens, apple trees, woodlot.
- Other livestock: Guernsey milk cow, a few laying hens, donkeys,
Fjords, Shetland pony, Quarterhorses, polled Herefords.
- Skills offered in: basic working knowledge of family farm;
harnessing, feeding, and working draft horses; managing a small herd of beef
cattle, birthing calves, tattooing ears, etc; hand milk a cow and hand churn
butter.
- Work hours: 8 hrs/day, days/wk by arrangement.
- Terms: 1 apprentice at a time, preferably full-time for one year
but will consider shorter periods of two, four, or six months; 3 references
required.
- Stipend: $200/month if apprentice works 6 days/wk.
- Accommodations: by arrangement.
- Apprentice must be: horse oriented; interested in helping with all
farm activities in return for learning, experience, and fun; on time, kind to
animals, willing to do demanding physical work; clean (no tobacco, alcohol,
drugs).
- Visit first: if apprentice desires.
- Trial period: 1 week.
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