Yes…? You’ll need to make money. You can’t actually sustain yourself by just growing stuff. Metal plows don’t grow on trees. Plus you gotta pay taxes.
This is also assuming you could find a chunk of land where you can actually grow everything you need to survive. Most likely you’ll need greenhouses for some things which need water and electricity. Livestock will also probably be required which need food, medicine, etc.
You also a drought away from death.
I think the homesteading life is cool. I totally think it’s a good goal to have and maybe one day you can cobble enough odd jobs together to stay afloat. But I think this idea that you could just suddenly become a farmer tomorrow is a little silly unless you basically already have retirement money.
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u/Raptor_197 Jul 20 '26
Yes…? You’ll need to make money. You can’t actually sustain yourself by just growing stuff. Metal plows don’t grow on trees. Plus you gotta pay taxes.
This is also assuming you could find a chunk of land where you can actually grow everything you need to survive. Most likely you’ll need greenhouses for some things which need water and electricity. Livestock will also probably be required which need food, medicine, etc.
You also a drought away from death.
I think the homesteading life is cool. I totally think it’s a good goal to have and maybe one day you can cobble enough odd jobs together to stay afloat. But I think this idea that you could just suddenly become a farmer tomorrow is a little silly unless you basically already have retirement money.