My loving bride and I are trying to get organized to take the first steps in buying land for our someday-to-be homestead. Part of this is to identify our needs, which is a huge question right now.
Here's what we know so far:
5 wooded acres for heat (planning for masonry heat)
Yup... that's what we know so far.
We are 30 and 32, with an almost 2 year old daughter. We live in Central Missouri. We plan to build a quick (yeah right) temporary shelter... aiming for 500 sq feet (motivation to build the "big one" quickly). It will likely be Pole or Post & Beam, and Strawbale. The "Big One" will be Timber Framed and Strawbale, all using local (preferably onsite) timber/straw. We will someday have at least one goat, chickens, and grow produce for sale at local markets... and continue a Web Development career.
We need to know what it will take to get, and keep us going in terms of garden and field size. I know we can't say about timbers without seeing those available.
Here are the condensed questions:
How much garden space do we need?
How much field do we need for wheat (straw: about 300 14-inch bales)?
Thank you.
Chad
Here's what we know so far:
5 wooded acres for heat (planning for masonry heat)
Yup... that's what we know so far.
We are 30 and 32, with an almost 2 year old daughter. We live in Central Missouri. We plan to build a quick (yeah right) temporary shelter... aiming for 500 sq feet (motivation to build the "big one" quickly). It will likely be Pole or Post & Beam, and Strawbale. The "Big One" will be Timber Framed and Strawbale, all using local (preferably onsite) timber/straw. We will someday have at least one goat, chickens, and grow produce for sale at local markets... and continue a Web Development career.
We need to know what it will take to get, and keep us going in terms of garden and field size. I know we can't say about timbers without seeing those available.
Here are the condensed questions:
How much garden space do we need?
How much field do we need for wheat (straw: about 300 14-inch bales)?
Thank you.
Chad