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Other sources of income?

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  • 08-05-2009 10:44am
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    FarmerBarleymow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭


    I'm looking for alternative sources of income (aren't we all!)

    Has anyone got any ideas or any experience of what might work or won't work.

    I know the usual type of thing people do are B&B, cheese making, ice cream and yoghurts but has anyone anything else to offer?
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    colrow
    Registered Users Posts: 6,141 ✭✭✭colrow


    Not that its my cup of tea exactly, How about making a local brew with a micro brewery


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    #3
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    Handcrafts, selling animal skins as rugs, off farm job, open farm, activity farm such as paint ball, quads or hovercrafts, ash butt collector/dealer for hurleys, bog oak dealer for carving. Its endless.


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    bladespin
    Registered Users Posts: 7,339 ✭✭✭bladespin


    Electricity, put a turbine or hydro pump in, should be plenty of room, ESB buy surplus electricity from you.


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    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    If you are near an urban area, open farm (petting farm) for kids.

    One local guy allows trucks, vans to park on his farm. Some people don't want to bring them into housing estates.


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    fastrac
    Registered Users Posts: 718 ✭✭✭fastrac


    Allotments .You could charge for doing the ploughing ,rotavating etc. Find a buyer for the surplus .Dog kennels for the summer the existing ones tend to fill up .


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    whelan1
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    on the open/pet farm idea do people have the money now to bring their little darlings to these i often thought of opening one , how much would you charge in , would the insurance be mad? would you need a coffee shop too?


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