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My Mother Earth News arrived yesterday. One article caught my attention titled "Start A Self-Sufficient 1 Acre Homestead. The title is a bit misleading since it talks about buying in hay to feed your cow, but overall a decent read.
Several years ago I purchased a book named "One Acre and Security". That was a very good book and I would highly reccomend ity if anybody is into that. It teaches how to keep a family of 4 on 1 acre.... even gets into making money... such as raisinng herbs or worm farming.
These titles are of particulr interest to me since I own 3/4 acre and am trying t purchase another half acre that is adjacent to mine. I will likely skip the dairy cow and would be more interested in making that 1/2 acre an orchard and keep my poultry in it, but wouldnt mind raising some summer lambs each year.
Also, should we see SHTF, I would want plenty of potatoes. You can raise enough CALORIES on 1/4 acre of potatoes for 4-5 people and even more with apples. if SHTF then We dont need to worry about vacations so raising cows and or goats would be back in my plans.
Anyway, does anyone have any experience/suggestions with such a small scale? The wife and I have talked about moving in a few years to several acres of land... mostly wooded and would love to homestead.
Several years ago I purchased a book named "One Acre and Security". That was a very good book and I would highly reccomend ity if anybody is into that. It teaches how to keep a family of 4 on 1 acre.... even gets into making money... such as raisinng herbs or worm farming.
These titles are of particulr interest to me since I own 3/4 acre and am trying t purchase another half acre that is adjacent to mine. I will likely skip the dairy cow and would be more interested in making that 1/2 acre an orchard and keep my poultry in it, but wouldnt mind raising some summer lambs each year.
Also, should we see SHTF, I would want plenty of potatoes. You can raise enough CALORIES on 1/4 acre of potatoes for 4-5 people and even more with apples. if SHTF then We dont need to worry about vacations so raising cows and or goats would be back in my plans.
Anyway, does anyone have any experience/suggestions with such a small scale? The wife and I have talked about moving in a few years to several acres of land... mostly wooded and would love to homestead.