How I Spend My Triond Earnings
With earnings between $30-$80 a month it may not pay all my bills but helps with some of the additional expenses I have since moving to the country.
My Triond earnings (money made from writing for an Internet site that pays per view) are not huge. I cannot retire off of them any time soon. Yet, I cannot stop trying to earn more, you see, I have several mouths to feed.
I have a regular full time job, and that pays the regular bills and feeds the human mouths, but since moving to the country a few years ago I seem to have a acquired some extras.
First we bought a few sheep and a couple of llamas to guard them. The pasture was overgrown and neglected, in it were downed fences and rolls of barbed wire that we were not even aware of. It was only 10 acres but we soon realized we needed more than 4 sheep and 2 llamas to do the job. We cleaned up all the barbed wire and got a few more sheep.
Photo by Author
We thought we could make some money off selling wool and lambs. However, the first year it appeared the ram we bought, although beautiful, was sterile, we got no lambs. And wool turned out to be worth the same as it cost to shear the sheep (at least in our area anyhow). By the second year we had a donkey and miniature horse and most of our sheep now had names.
It is not always a good idea to name livestock. It means you cannot sell them no matter what. Of course I had no intention of eating them, I don’t like the taste of lamb anyhow.
But these were not our only pets eating me out of house and home. We had two city cats that moved with us, one unfortunately had to be put down the second year we were here. It also seemed we inherited the cats who were left behind when the old owner moved away. Additionally we learned of a wild mom who lived in an abandoned house for the winters, apparently having kittens. She would help herself at night to the food we put out for the left behind kitties (not litter trained so they stay out).
Gradually we noticed she had a kitten in tow. One day she vanished but her kitten remained behind. It took months of coaxing but we eventually caught him. Glad he was a male, they are cheaper to neuter. The following year the wild mom came back, this time we caught two more kittens, and again lucky they were males. So that brings our count to six cats that we are feeding and caring for, we never saw the mom again.
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ken bultman | Sep 10, 2009 | Reply
Beautiful, kinda sad, but an everywhere sort of story. Try to hang in there with what you’re doing. In Indiana a few years ago we bought alfalfa/timothy mix 80-pound bales of hay, delivered and stacked for $1.25 a bale. Down here, 40-pound bales are $12.75 and I go get it myself. We always tried to keep frozen doe milk on hand for orphan kids–milk replacer, as you mention, is sky high, and, oh, try to do as much vet work as you can yourself. He sees you coming. Good write…and there’s nothing wrong with the jacket.
cutedrishti8 | Sep 10, 2009 | Reply
Nice one to share with us…nice one
Darla Cooke | Sep 10, 2009 | Reply
A very interesting article. Thanks for sharing.
Nikita K | Sep 10, 2009 | Reply
Well, atleast you are using your earnings for something good to add to your family and experience true country lifestyle. As for me, I’m in debt to my dad already! A really nice article and I love your kitty!
Ruby Hawk | Sep 10, 2009 | Reply
You enjoy your farm life it’s easy to see and are willing to work extra to care for your pets. Everyone should be so lucky. Wayda go girl.
gianne | Sep 10, 2009 | Reply
Gosh, from where I sit, you are a success in that you are making money (and CAN make more) doing what you love, AND you have a lovely little zoo all your own!
CA Johnson | Sep 10, 2009 | Reply
That is great that you can use your earnings to take care of your pets. Every bit can help a great deal. Keep up the good work!
Daisy Peasblossom | Sep 10, 2009 | Reply
Love the animal pics…I notice there was a window pane between you and the skunk. My old chore jacket looked a lot like the one you are wearing to feed the kid. No point in wearing out good clothes doing chores! Animals need space and care just as much as humans do. You have my likes and clicks. I’m stumbling this one.
ivneetcingh | Sep 11, 2009 | Reply
you write such articles therefore i have added you keep up the good work
PR Mace | Sep 12, 2009 | Reply
Enjoyed this look into your life. Glad to know your income goes to a good cause. Mine goes to the dogs, Kole and Katie.
F.S.ALI | Sep 13, 2009 | Reply
I really enjoyed reading this, love the photos they were beautifully taken. Love the cat he is very nice, and your sheeps to.
Cache Ecrivain | Sep 16, 2009 | Reply
You have such beatiful animals! Sheep and llama’s are so cute!
I really envy the life you have! I would love to have a house with some land and lots of animals!
How do you make that much here!!! I’m only at 3 cents this month, and I usually only get 10-30 cents a month. Most months I don’t even have enough to qualify for a payment
Any helpful hints?!
Thanks!
BradONeill | Sep 18, 2009 | Reply
I guess I will have to go click a few extra of your articles B.
research before you buy would save you a lot of money but hey then you wouldn’t get all the love.
Paul2KAD | Sep 22, 2009 | Reply
It’s nice to hear that someone is making some money from Triond. It might not be a lot but it shows it can be done. I’ve recently started out myself but so far I’m averaging about $0.50 per month so it’s going to be a while before I get a payout!
Hope you Triond earning keep increasing.
MohammadG | Oct 14, 2009 | Reply
Dear Paul2KAD, you have to put in effort. Your $0.50 could be $5.00.
This is my second month on Triond and on the first one (Not really a first month since I joined on the 21st of the month) I earned $1.64.
This month is my current month and I have already earned $10.52.
My secret, write, write, write!
dsfgh | Nov 9, 2009 | Reply
This is my 2nd month and my earnings are 18.07 dollars. Anyways, great article!
Darni | Jan 18, 2010 | Reply
What a leisure life you have.
Brenda Nelson | Jan 24, 2010 | Reply
Its not so much leisure when you have to get up in the night to bottle feed orphan lambs in the middle of winter! This year we were smart and have bred the ewes for March lambing, rather than lambing in January!
irenen1 | Jan 30, 2010 | Reply
B. Free range eggs get at least $4.00 dz at the farmer’s market. The farm stand gets $3.00.
My friend Joe takes hay orders from other farmers then does a hay run to upstate NY in a rented truck. This pays for his hay needs.
Jessica Louise | Mar 16, 2011 | Reply
Beautiful animals! Loved the article!