Nick Inman

Everybody - thank you again for your time and consideration. I very much appreciate your honesty and creative thinking!
The plant ideas - awesome! The casino leftovers to crawfish idea - very smart. Tilapia - another thinking point. So many great ideas, I am very satisfied to think there is indeed opportunity here.

An update on what is happening...

I am still in Europe - in Spain - and I will be heading back to the Southern U.S. this winter.

The initial plan is to secure a vehicle and a vintage airstream trailer. Getting classy!
I will finally have the opportunity to put my feet on the ground of this property and churn some dirt. See what I'm working with.

If it looks like a solid bet, and I can work out the legalities of living out there via trailer - I'm going to make a go at this.

I will keep everyone posted on my experience, but must first wait until I get there.

In the mean time I have been planting harvested almonds, cactus pats and other crops in erosion damaged areas here in Spain.

Sorry for the delay in writing you all back, and thank you again for your enthusiasm!

Thank you for the observations and comments!

I looked into a crawfish aquaculture manual - (below)

http://aqua.ucdavis.edu/DatabaseRoot/pdf/CRAWPM.PDF

Turns out that this would be a great and profitable system to develop - but - I would need clay in the soil.
If you can roll a ball of soil and it holds its shape, you have enough clay content for the little burrowing critters to be happy. If there is too much sand - the burrows they hibernate in will collapse and kill them.

Hmmm...

The property looks very short on clay. Very heavy on sand.

Can one easily and quickly build clay in the soil?

Do we have any other ideas?

Cypress agroforestry a profitable enterprise?

Greetings everyone!

I have been offered the chance to develop a property using permaculture techniques and could use some advice before I step up to bat.

The property is located in Bay St. Louis Mississippi. There looks to be a lot of sand. Also near a brackish bayou with nearby access to the Gulf of Mexico.
I was living in New Orleans for two years and northern Louisiana another three before that. I am familiar with the south and enjoy the warmth and bugs. No worries there!

A good friend if mine owns the property and wants to see it put to good use.
He will allow me to use the land - in exchange for a profit share once it is established. He is thinking animal husbandry, I am thinking fruit, nut and vegetables. Incorporate rabbits and chickens in the mix as well. Agroforestry if possible.

I am posting a google map link to the property. I have not been there. You can see there is sand and not much agriculture in the area.

Is this a pipe dream folks?

https://maps.google.es/maps?q=washington+street+and+chapman+road+bay+st+louis+mississippi&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x889c2d401ef5856f:0x28649178ecd1f39c,Washington+St+%26+Chapman+Rd,+Bay+St+Louis,+MS+39520,+USA&gl=es&ei=cfZ9U6_dI-iL0AWOuIDYDQ&ved=0CCoQ8gEwAA

This is the google maps image of the property.

It is the triangular section (32 acres) to the bottom right of the intersecting roads. Yes, that big sandy triangle. A pond. Houses to the north. Zoned agricultural.

What do we think can be done with this property?

I have experience raising poultry and rabbits, growing small gardens and have been diligently studying permaculture. Now is the time to get my hands dirty, but is this property simply too demanding of resources? What steps can I take? Too much sand and salt?

Thank you so much for your time.

I am currently living in Spain, as a legal resident. Starting to miss the states again and I have this opportunity.
Thoughts?