Riley Lee

Does anyone here know of any successful crowdfunding to get property? I really can't think of any, but at this point it seems the only way to get property in the next 15 years or so,, with saving up for emergencies, the (very modest) mortgage, living getting ever more costly, just life in general.

Thanks for the replies! I'm leaning toward bacon pig, because in the end meat is a bit more important to me than lard.

I asked about cooking because as one person pointed out, I was worried about too much fat, too little meat.

Still looking into lard pigs maybe to be kept well separate, because while I can get butter and render it, extra sources of calories is never bad.

Is there any difference in how you should cook these two types?

Trying to ascertain what type of pigs I should eventually get.

Thanks for the replies! I did get a reply to this very same question, with a very interesting answer.

In short, the person noted that the biochar acts as a sort of refuge of bacteria from nematodes, etc. So having some larger sized bits, like pebble sized maybe can be helpful to allow soil life to quickly restore when predators and inclement conditions strike.

Personally, I think maybe a 50/50 mix of dust and pebbles is the way to go. The dust still provides a home and a little bit of refuge, while being involved in more of the soil, while the pebbles act as mega cities, a safe guard against soil life depletion.

Could someone use activated charcoal the same as one uses biochar, just soak in a compost tea, incorporate? Wouldnt be cheaper, just curious.

Does the size of biochar matter? Does it have to be chunks, crumbles, or can bacteria find plenty of places to inhabit on powdered biochar?

I'm gonna say this will require more than a casual look into chemistry to really understand what is going on.

Chemistry is fascinating, but very complex, and has layers, like onions and ogres.

For fun YouTube videos, check out nile red/ nile blue, dougs lab, and nurd rage. All have really good videos on chemistry.

I live in Louisville, Kentucky, and will for the foreseeable future. I am planning far far ahead to get some land, but need some thoughts and advice.

I want to be by lots of undisturbed nature. My thinking was that I should get land that is very close, or right up against (I'm sure that's near impossible by now) a large national park. There are some decent sized state and national parks in Kentucky.

I plan to use the main websites like landwatch to look for land, and find out which counties the larger parks are in so that maybe I can look for land there. That should get me started.

Is this a decent idea, looking for land by national parks? I really would like say 50 plus acres of my own, as I want to have lots of land to do projects on, plant certain trees, bushes, etc. So this makes it complicated, but is there any advice anyone cares to give?

Thank you!

Sorry I haven't replied in a bit. Life is crazy right now.

My thoughts are that there is lots of property where I live that is mountainous forests (KY). So I had the idea to let nature be nature, and grow food in the forest, with maybe some minor clearing of trees to give a little bit more light, and use the edges of the forests to grow more light intensive crops. Perhaps clearing a few acres in order to ensure certain crops and food supplies.

On running goats or pigs, I feel the hardest part would be protecting them, and keeping them from running away. Any suggestions on doing both? Hunting would also be a big one for me, so that will help.

Basically, if I can provide lots of calories and consistent food supplies (want to start body building and maintain a large muscle mass) doing forest gardening/maybe a sort of hybrid method. That would be great.

So I'm new to this concept, but am wondering if anyone could throw some advice my way.

I'm looking at this concept, but want to grow things like beans, potatoes, maybe some grain like amaranth, high protein and calories crops, but idk if they would work in this concept.

I wouldn't say feral, like I'd spend time with them, feed them treats, and some food, but I want to spend as little time as possible working to get food for them except to get some to feed them for treats and bonding, and winter feed. Essentially, let them feed themselves in all seasons but winter.

I was considering pollarding trees, if that's the right word, and getting tree hay, and setting some land aside for hay/silage. Just reducing my overall workload. I feel, but don't know, that letting the animals provide for themselves may reduce their time to slaughter, but saves me time and effort. I'm not concerned with getting them up to size quickly, just long term sustainability, where they could potentially survive without me, if that makes sense.