John F. Johnson Jr

Tomorrow I will try to take pictures or mabey a video of the land so you can see it. That should make designing an efficient permaculture easier for everyone. I've never even successfully grown a vegetable yet lol. I've got another piece of land (1 acre) my land that I have been trying to develop into a permaculture. 40 acres seems like much more labor, however mabey not.

I'm open to planting anything at all. I'm open to having cattle. I have 1 rule, I can't kill anything. Thou shall not kill. Mabey as the project progresses I'll be open to it. For now I have plenty of room to plant whatever already. I like the trees. I'm open to having swales. I don't know if I will be allowed to create ponds, if my papaw will allow me to though, I want them.

Anyone see Sepp Holzer's mountain, it is epic!!

Current starting plan for me. Is to establish a living border. Preferably with a bush that produces good berries/something useful that is 7+ feet tall and preferably thorny.Better ideas? Also I was going to gather all the fallen lumbar and sticks on the property and then create hugelkulture beds in target areas. I don't know the target areas yet though unfortunately lol.

Is there a better way to start this?

I will try to get my papaw to show me the corners of the property tomorrow and walk the entire 40 acre mountain... I'll back to you. I know it should be a lot easier to design something great if you can see it. I haven't seen it all myself yet.

So today I went to go shooting with my brother and my grandpa, I just turned 21 and had never been so that was fun. My papaw took us shooting on his land that I didn't know he had, he owns a mountain. I've been really getting into learning about permaculture over the last 4 months so instantly I was intrigued. I asked him if I could grow stuff there, he said I could. He got the land from my great-grandfather. My great-grandfather wanted the land to never be cut down for lumbar. On the mountain there are thousands of trees. Many over 100 feet tall. The soil is rich, it is mulched somewhat heavy. One side is very steep, the rest seems gradual.

I was only on the land for a few hours and I only got to see a portion of the mountain, it was epic though. I loved it.

I live in TN, the weather is pretty chill zone 6b I believe. If I get good responses I will take a video and show the land.. However I haven't even got to see the whole land myself yet.

My question is, what should I be growing?

Permaculture seems endless. There are thousands of different plants that you can choose from. It doesn't end there though.... Even when you pick the species, you have to pick the layout and where you plant them so that they are most productive and sustainable.

I am young, and not very knowledgeable yet. I may say something you disagree with, if I do, Correct me. I love correction, I dislike hate but I love the haters anyways.

Praise King Jesus, he gave me a mountain

Proverbs 15:22 "Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellers they are established."