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Hello everyone.

Learned so much from these forums, figured it was finally time to participate.

I have an old farmhouse with some lightly forested/scrubby acres (and a big pond) surrounded by Memphis urban sprawl here in zone 7b/8a west Tennessee. Been slowly working to reclaim the land from the clutches of Chinese privet and heartleaf peppervine groves, interspersed with dense clusters of goldenrod and pokeweed and turn it over to perennial food production.

I keep chickens, muscovies and nigerian dwarf  goats, and I'm trying to establish a lot of hardy perennials: Jerusalem artichokes and asparagus have become staples and I've added Chinese yams, cardoon, rhubarb, yacon and Chinese artichokes this year. I've been expanding a mini orchard with good success so far from mulberries, chestnuts and figs and essentially zero from peaches, plums, apples and pears (disease and bugs win every year).

I'm also interested in aquatic/semi-aquatic plants, aquaculture and aquaponics in hopes of best utilizing my pond. My goal is to be able to feed my family and my animals (and maybe my  neighbors) with what we can raise.
 
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Welcome to Permies!

I really enjoy your vision for your property. It takes some sweat equity but I really think it is manageable. I am not envious however of your privet fight. That can be some tough stuff.

I hope to see you in future threads.

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Timothy Norton wrote:Welcome to Permies!

I really enjoy your vision for your property. It takes some sweat equity but I really think it is manageable. I am not envious however of your privet fight. That can be some tough stuff.

I hope to see you in future threads.



thanks! the one upside of privet so far, besides making decent firewood and poles for makeshift trellises, is as an evergreen forage for the goats. they eat the leaves, berries, twigs and bark.  
 
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Welcome to permies! How much space do you have to play with?

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Joylynn Hardesty wrote:Welcome to permies! How much space do you have to play with?



About 5 acres, plus about half an acre of pond.  Most of it flat - about 15%  is forested slope.
 
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Oooh! Lovely!

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Sounds beautiful, Sam! Welcome!!

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Welcome to the forum!  Your untamed acreage in the city sounds like heaven and a food forest waiting to happen.

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That much space in the middle of the city sounds like a dream come true.

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