The Adventure Begins soon - June 2025

Thanks Paul - I’m glad to have stumbled upon your most excellent website. The clan and I will be moving 2600 miles soon to start a very small little farm. Of course enthusiasm (personally) is high until the “S” hits the fan, but preparing my spoiled family for a change in lifestyle is no small task. Wish us luck as we step into a world that both of us (wife and I) came from, but abandoned 35+ years ago. I look forward to the challenges, and I know there will be many….

Rebel Rookie wrote:The clan and I will be moving 2600 miles soon to start a very small little farm. Of course enthusiasm (personally) is high until the “S” hits the fan, but preparing my spoiled family for a change in lifestyle is no small task. Wish us luck as we step into a world that both of us (wife and I) came from, but abandoned 35+ years ago. I look forward to the challenges, and I know there will be many….

Congratulations on your first post, and welcome.
My advice would be to go slow. Don’t try to do everything right away, since this might overwhelm everyone. Start small, with a few kitchen beds and maybe chickens. Then take your time observing your land, have the soil tested, and start improving it with green manure and cover crops. Then make sure your design will work out. Next plant the slow growing things like trees and shrubs.
If you are planning on producing a lot of foods, you also need to think about how to process and preserve it all. Think about sculleries, cold rooms, canning, drying and root cellars. We grew  2206 pounds of produce in 2024, and it’s a lot to preserve. I actually didn’t finish until February this year, and now we are harvesting and preserving again. It’s a lot of work, but it’s worth it.

Welcome to permies and congratulations on the new adventure - I wish you every happiness!
Here's a great resource for you!  Lessons learned from other homesteaders: https://permies.com/t/4935/knew-startd

Nancy Reading wrote:Welcome to permies and congratulations on the new adventure - I wish you every happiness!
Here's a great resource for you!  Lessons learned from other homesteaders: https://permies.com/t/4935/knew-startd

Thank you!