a bimonthly magazine, devoted to the life of hobby farmers, homesteaders and small producers. Its editorial offices are based in Lexington, Kentucky
Hobby Farms features articles on raising livestock humanely, sustainable agriculture, marketing a smallfarm, self sufficiency, history and preservation, and the dangers of factory farms
Someone who enjoys all the perks of living on a farm whilst contributing absolutely jack shit to the national agricultural industry. Often observed sponging off the government by claiming every kind of grant or subsidy going like it's some kind of fucking give-away. A hobby farmer will own all the machinery and equipment necessary to run a successful working farm but with the slight oversight of not having any fucking livestock or crops. Not even chickens. Fingers like parsnips and trousers held up with baling twine, hobby farmers are often gayer than a handbag full of rainbows.
Michael: Will the hobby farmer be joining us?
John: No he's busy finishing off his dry stone wall so that real farmers can't sneak a look at all the food he isn't producing.
A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2million.