Greeting, permies! I have been lurking here for many months in anticipation of my family's big leap. In a few days we will close on 15 acres of fenced pasture, 6 acres of woods, a 4 acre pond, and a nice long, tree lined creek. It is flat and was used for a few years to grow organic grass-fed cattle. I can't wait to get my hands in the dirt and I will definitely post some pictures and more specific questions once we are down there, but for now, does anyone want to tell me where you would start if you were me??
On the south side of the property there is a large barn/shed, a 4-story corn crib that we plan to convert to a house nex year, and a smaller crib whose purpose is TBD. For now we will be moving our camper down there (we are recovering nomads, so sleeping in the camper and doing most of our living outside is just great for us!) We will also finish out a 1400sf room in the barn for an office and an area to do home schooling if the kids want to spread out. We have 4 daughters, ages 1-11 years.) We are vegetarian but want to incorporate 2 pigs and some chickens because we love them and they will help manage the gardens. In fact, I would love to have all kinds of animals and am looking for any way to justify having more animals to my husband in the future!

The woods and pond are on the north side and there is a slight downward slope (we're talking like 2'--it's central IL!) The creek borders the east side and there's a winding, 6' deep spillway that cuts through the back of the property from pond to creek.
My husband grew up farming conventionally. He is poly culture-supportive but his mind automatically wants to organize it all into neat monoculture rows. We are slowly rehabbing his thought processes! Now we own a brewery and we will grow and malt our own barley and also plan to add lots of fruits for the guys to brew with.
Where would you start with all of this?? I think the possibilities are endless and I literally haven't thought about anything but permaculture for like 6 months.
Thanks for reading!