I want to be hired, but I’m starting a homestead. Bought old farm, cleaning it up, and looking to build an off grid house and buy cattle in the next 6-12 months
Want to have enough land to do some farming and forestry and hobbies that take up space, maybe be self-sufficient so far as that is possible. With Starlink being a thing, can work remotely in a truly remote location.
It really depends, I'm shooting for >10 acres at the moment, but I'd prefer more like 40 with an even mix of timber and agricultural. Chickens, a couple of dairy cows, some grain crops and a substantial vegetable garden, hopefully some fruit trees and grapes.
As far as "need" goes for my goals, probably could get by with 5 acres of agricultural and 5 of timber to have a sustainable firewood and food supply, but that assumes no buffer from your neighbors, which is probably not a good plan.
Probably only need 5-10 acres for a decent mix of food and what not. You’ll need to optimize and you won’t be able to grow all your own, etc.
I bought >100 acres, 40 acres of fields for cattle, rest is woods. I have 1 year round creek and two year round springs on opposite sides of the property. It already has an small orchard, 50 ft pecan tree, and some black walnuts.
I plan on having 8-15 or so cattle, chickens and a big vegetable garden.
