posted 10 years ago
Welcome!
You have a pretty much blank slate, which is good but hard sometimes--too many choices!
Wind is a problem, as is potential neighbor activities-burning pasture, spraying fields, etc.
If you have clay soil, digging swales or pocket ponds will hold water for livestock or wildlife really easy. If you are in the flint, maybe not so much.
I pretty much agree with Zach, windbreak first but I quickly add legume trees and prep for food trees of some kind.
Share more about your plans, tools available, and soil types and we will try to help.
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