I thought this would be a fun game and interesting way to design a Homestead, by asking what others on HT would want on their Homestead to make it into a mostly self-sustaining/Permaculture type Homestead.
Let's say you have 200 acres to mess around with. Some wooded land, some open grass land, and a water source (small lake, pond(s), a few well spots, stream, river, etc).
What would you want to do with those 200 acres? How would you intend to work it; yourself and your partner, your family, your family/friends, or start a little community, interns, etc.
What would you grow/raise/forage/fish/hunt/trap? What kind of set ups would have? How much garden land, orchard space, pasture, etc?
What would you do for heating, electricity, water (running or not), etc?
How would you make an income? By selling your veggies, fruits, meats, dairy, wood, wine/beer/etc, crafts, seeds, plant starts, tree grafts, etc?
What equipment, mechanical or otherwise? A mixture?
You don't have to list everything, just list whatever you feel you would want on your perfect Homestead.
Let's make the perfect homestead! It will give me ideas for my future homestead and ideas for other people to implement on their present/future homesteads.
And this is for fun, education, time wasting, etc.
Let's say you have 200 acres to mess around with. Some wooded land, some open grass land, and a water source (small lake, pond(s), a few well spots, stream, river, etc).
What would you want to do with those 200 acres? How would you intend to work it; yourself and your partner, your family, your family/friends, or start a little community, interns, etc.
What would you grow/raise/forage/fish/hunt/trap? What kind of set ups would have? How much garden land, orchard space, pasture, etc?
What would you do for heating, electricity, water (running or not), etc?
How would you make an income? By selling your veggies, fruits, meats, dairy, wood, wine/beer/etc, crafts, seeds, plant starts, tree grafts, etc?
What equipment, mechanical or otherwise? A mixture?
You don't have to list everything, just list whatever you feel you would want on your perfect Homestead.
Let's make the perfect homestead! It will give me ideas for my future homestead and ideas for other people to implement on their present/future homesteads.
And this is for fun, education, time wasting, etc.