I would love feedback on how to possibly use what we have better or if we should stop improving this land and save to find more land?
We have 5 acres near Norris lake in Tennessee. We bought this land in somewhat of a hurry because the rental we were in while we were looking for land was going to go up in price and would have been way to expensive. These 5 acres was a lower monthly living expense (crazy right?!) and the plan was to keep looking for more land.
My husband wants to just stay put, he doesn't like change and moving around, however he is open to moving if the right place came a long. I always have wanted more land so we could run a small business, build a huge food forest, a pond and be able to host a cow or sheep etc. However building roots and not waiting for "greener grass" sounds great. I am wanting to start my food forest if we are going to stay, every year I don't make that decision is a year we don't have food. However, every development costs money and takes cash away from getting another place. I am torn because I want food security and a certain lifestyle for my kids and them not have this sense of always waiting for something better. But am I making more challenges trying to build something here on limited space?
Factors to include:
1. We are up against a north west facing hill (what could we grow here that would do well?) a large part of our property is pretty shaded. in the summer we have 2 fields that get sun, but still not full sun.
2. We have 2.5 usable acres maybe, 1.5 a mountain and .5 a road easement
3. we do back up agains my neighbors 120 acres and we get to explore and hunt on it, but he is in his late 70s and if his kids take over, i doubt we would get that privilege anymore, but then again we might have a chance to buy some of that land, however possibly not.
attached is a photo of the land with a very rough idea of the property line. top is north, bottom is south. I also marked where the creeks are, very low in the summer, rushing big only if it rains heavily
