Starting out

Hi folks I'm new to this site and gardening and permaculture in general. I'm hoping to be moving with the missus and kids to a 3 acre property in the next year. I'm starting work on the garden and woods at the minute and I was hoping I could get some help and ideas with the area I have. I'd like to be self sufficient in the next decade. The kids love helping in the garden aswell so if anyone had any projects they have done in the past with there kids could they leave me know please and thank you

After spending time with your land, and talked with it, and prayed about it, and really decided what should be where it belongs and is best arranged, plant fruit trees. Trees take the longest to come to maturity and "bear fruit". Most folks get so busy doing everything else, that they put off planting the trees. But time is more valuable than anything else. And trees take time.

Welcome to Permies Steve.  As a first suggestion, do a site plan, noting the prevailing wind, sun and drainage.  Check the soil profile to see whether you will need to build the gardens up or you can dig down.  The best think for kids, depending on age, is to start vegetables and flowers in pots.  Have a look at the gardening for beginners here https://permies.com/c/growies

Welcome to Permies.

What a nice canvas you have there, I'm envious!

I echo the previous commentors sentiments but also would push you to take a nice good look at the soil you are working with. It will help you consider what crops will initially grow best and help you start developing a plan to improve it.

It is never too early to start a compost pile as well.

Hello and welcome to Permies!
Looks like you have a pretty nice bit of land there congratulations - gentle slope, nice selection of weeds and trees. Anne gave some good advice. I just have questions!
You want to be self sufficient in vegetables? as much food as possible? Do you plan for livestock (children often love looking after animals)? What age children? What resources do you have or can get hold of easily, to build soil? Water availability and climate make real differences in what designs make sense.
Suggestions: start small, get to know your neighbours and the land this first year and draw out lots of schemes. It may be a small plot for annuals will be enough work for this year particularly if you are new to gardening. Autumn or spring is usually a good time to put fruit trees in, so you could plan towards next year for more permanent/long term planting and/or construction. Anything you can do towards relieving any problems with drainage or compaction will be time well spent - I wish I'd not kept my neighbours sheep, but deep ploughed and sown fodder radish or some such to build soil fertility. But each plot is different and the soil is the key.

These threads may give some food for thought:
long term lessons of food forests
lessons for newbie homesteaders

Thanks for the replies. I'd like to eventually either grow or raise everything we eat. I'm going to start with some chickens for egg's and meat rabbits. There's a bee club local so I'm going to be looking into that aswell. The kids are 6,12 and 16. Im not sure about the soil but I do know that there used to be loads of fruit trees and bushes on the property that cut down about 15 years ago. About an acre of the land is a wooded area so there plenty of wood and leaves that IV been looking into hugelkultar to make the most of what I have. I have a compost pile started and I'm going to be making a worm bin and bokashi composter