I am raising the two Dexters (Alex and her daughter Txiki) to be the mothers of my mini beef herd. 
On the left here is Aunty Anna who is part Hereford – she will be a beef mama too.
And out to the left is Difficult Bobby who is being raised for beef and in the foreground Bobby T2 (the Hereford with the white face) he is being raised for beef as well.
On the left here we have Bobby T – he is in the beef herd.
(Unpictured are Naomi and the Dexter bull Carlos the Tiny – who are shacked up together at the West Barn.) You can see here how stocky Txiki is becoming – she will be a good beef Mama I hope.
Of course Sheila is a pet who is being raised for lots of smiles.
So that is the makings of my beef herd. These animals will hopefully make a small income for the farm alongside selling trained house cows. Though not for a long time. And I must start making more boring money to pay for the increased feed bill on the farm. Luckily I grow all our people food and that SAVES a lot of money.
Which brings me to an idea that has been percolating in my brain lately. For a while now I have been asked to review items on Amazon. The different companies get in touch and send me the items through Amazon for free or the cost of shipping. I have begun reviewing and subsequently owning some interesting items – small ones so far like travel cups and pruning shears, etc. and this generates more of this business.
There are actual sites that one can join and with some work and elbow grease start getting PAID to review items. Like any platform this will take some building. And reviewing products of interest to us would slot nicely into my Sunday day off from farm blogging. A day that you know would be Sunday Reviews (I need a catchier phrase than that) and you could choose to tune in or not. That way it is kept separate from the farm days. I might earn a little money and you might read about some interesting stuff but it will not impinge on our normal business. It would be fun I think and as all I need is a hundred dollars a week to pay the winter feed bill I think it is doable.
It is just a review – however already I am finding interesting items that I am using every day that you might be interested in reading about.
BUT FIRST. This business is all about numbers – how many likes you get and the numbers in your social media pool. It is cold but there you are. I need to build my social media network a little more. This is an easy way for you to help if you choose to. So, if you are on twitter or pinterest or facebook join me or if you have any friends who might want to join the blog that would be good too. Look above and you will see the JOIN US page – this will have my links.
Looking to an Online Business that might be a bit of fun too (I love to write reviews) and pay a little seems a good option but I have to have done my homework before I jump in so naturally any useful information would be welcomed.
And now it is time to bring the cows in and get ready for the milking.
I hope you have a lovely day.
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
40 responses to “Beefy Mamas”
Best reason these people want you to do paid reviews? Because look at all the interest the idea generates out here! We trust you, and know you work your equipment hard. So if it stands up to the Farmy, it must be good! Go for it!
Much agreement that reviews would be an acceptable (and maybe fun!) once-a-week addition.
I am always interested in reviews by people I trust, and I imagine they would be of great interest to many of us!
I just realised I follow you on all those social medias… and now have found you on Instagram, which is where I pop into mostly while we’re travelling. I think your reviews will be interesting… often I find items other bloggers post about to be useful too ☺
added you across all social media, you have such an enjoyable blog, a lovely way of writing, and post the most wonderful photos, I am happy to support you in any way I can.
So glad you identified the herd again because yesterday I got confused as to who was who.
What a great idea! The older I get the less I like shopping, therefore the more I buy on line so I appreciate honest reviews. I must admit though that I always check out independent forums for (hopefully) unbiased opinions. Being a country dweller, gardener, animal keeper I would find your reviews really helpful I’m sure!
Oh, I forgot…and LinkedIn 😊
Actually Linkedin is an under utilized resource for marketing. Amazing how many “hits” I get from Liinkedin every time I post.
I’m afraid I don’t use any social media, or I would most certainly follow you! But I will pass on your blog details to like-minded friends who will be interested. Can’t wait to see what you come up with for the reviews. Will you be doing monetised links (or whatever they’re called), so you earn a small amount every time someone clicks on a page link from your website? I would happily do lots of clicking to help feed the farmy 🙂
Hmm – I am still researching so have no idea how to do that – in fact i am still looking for a reviewer site with good reviews!!
There is one blogger I follow who has quite a few useful posts about how she makes money from her blog. Here’s a link to her post about affiliate links: http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2014/11/affiliate-links.html. Don’t know if that helps!
Wait. Did you say “trained house cows”? Is that a thing?
I hear naturally raise cows is difficult . I thought it would be cool to get into that business. Cab is what’s popular on long island. Good luck:)
Not too difficult! Just lots of care and good pasture.. c