So...in March of 2018 We bought a 32
acre fallow dirt pit really cheap. The plan was to observe it for a year and then develop our homestead/farm. Then life happened and
plans were delayed. Finally it is happening. The driveway is being finished over the next 2 weeks and I will move to the farm in April. About 12 acres are wooded and 20 are open to lightly wooded. There are 3 ponds and 2 creeks. It is off the grid and as long as we do not hook up to any utilities, there are no building codes.
We have 7.3 KW of used
solar panels and 2 Tesla Battery modules for 10.6KW of storage. We plan to catch rainwater and hand drill a well. We have a hoop house frame and 85 polycarb panels for greenhouses. We plan to develop a dual purpose
chicken, raise dorper sheep for meat and
milk, and have an aquaponics system with tilapia and koi. Hugelkulturs will be needed as we have to build our own soil and we plan to grow lots of veggies.
Fruit orchards, a food forest, and
mushroom production are also planned. There are many
native and invasive species present, many of them useful and desirable, some not so much
She is my scarred beauty and she called to me the first time we looked at her. I could feel that she was healing and wanted to bloom profusely, but needed help to do so. So I will give her my love and attention and make her into what she is longing to be.
We want to use this to show our community and conventional farmers how to take a degraded piece of
land and turn it into a
profitable farm. We want to build a tribe of like minded partners on the farm. The farm
should provide most of the community's food needs and living will be free other than a few hours a week devoted to community projects. How happy and productive could people be if they were free of the stresses of modern life and could experiment and build their dreams?
We want to educate the children about where their food should come from and how it should be produced and taste. Think farm tasting tours, a farm to table restaurant, farm b&b stays, and a wellness center with massage therapy and herbalist consultation, with herbal remedies made on site and available to customers. A custom forge that makes knives and other tools, and teaching primitive and survival skills through weekend camps.
There are so many possibilities I am almost too excited to sit still!!! This will not happen overnight, but I plan to be eating lamb from my farm next year for Passover.
We are open to discussion, critiques, questions, and visits.