One small start.
Do not remove any more trees.
Keeping a third of the property in tree cover, especially deciduous trees is important for leaf fall and continual carbon and nutrient cycling on the property.
If you are not on flat land, keep the tees on the higher land areas of the property. The nutrient cycling willl now be powered through natural water movements in the soil from high points to low points spreading nutrients across the lower land where you will concentrate on pastures and cropping activities. For this reason also feed your livestock at the high points as well to concentrate manures on the areas which through natural rainfall will eventually move through the soils from high to low areas of your property.
For your garden beds. If you are in a wet area where water drainage is a problem build raised beds on contour and keep the regular ground as the pathways in between the beds for where you walk. Never walk or compact directly the beds as aeration is extremely important to the organisms that live in your soil.
If you are in a dry area where water evaporates rapidly build the beds down in the ground on contour (lots of digging for you to do) and keep the normal ground for (or build raised) walkways in between where you walk. Never walk or compact directly the beds as aeration is extremely important to the organisms that live in your soil.
If growing veggies to eat, encourage and build bacterial inoculations for the soil.
If growing woody plants and trees, encourage and build aerobic inoculations for the soil (
compost teas).
Thats a good start, now just the other 99.999999% of Permaculture to learn
Cheers,
PeterD
