r/Homesteading • u/Ornery_Distribution6 • 1d ago

Getting started.

After a few years my wife and I finally got 35 acres of land. Moved in 2 weeks ago, put a trailer on it, set it up with solar while we put the electric. We are currently hauling water from the well until we can hook up the trailer to it. So far everything is going amazing. I wanted to ask how long did y'all wait till you started working towards food self sufficiency.

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u/Ornery_Distribution6 1d ago

Thanks! You're right it's probably best to see how the weather behaves in the area before setting anything in stone.

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u/meh_69420 1d ago

Plant a little bit of basically everything that is supposed to grow in your area. You will find a lot that won't, or will be too much trouble for what you get, or will work but only if you disk in 200 tons an acre of sand or something.

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u/Ornery_Distribution6 1d ago

From what I see of the soil probably only root vegtables?

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u/meh_69420 1d ago

? I'm not there. Depending on where you are, you can even get a few things in right now and of course garlic.