What do do with 1 acre

[Pennine Ploughing]

metal detecting

 

[Jetemp]

Location any good for something like pick your own fruit or something along those lines?

 

[landslave the 2nd]

What part of the UK @SqueakiestOne

Distance from what type of road
Does it flood, is it flat and what shape is field ( 1 acre is roughly 70 yards by 70 yards )

 

[davieh3350]

You could build yourself your own coal fired power station if you are too far from a large supply of water for a nuclear one. Or poly tunnels for veg.

 

[Robigus]

Chickens. pigs or veg for bigger income - and work.
Run off meadow for neighbouring livestock farmer for minimum work - or income.
Houses for max income but least probability.
Diversification that gets Jo Public to part with their cash straight into your hand is probably best but is very dependent on your location.

 

[Farmersboy]

Christmas trees

 

[Northeastfarmer]

 

[Zippy768]

Sell it

 

[Dry Rot]

Let grazing for one very small Shetland pony.

 

[TripleSix]

Let grazing for one very small Shetland pony.

Nah, you know nowt about horses!

Get 6 on there easily.....

 

[ImLost]

Nah, you know nowt about horses!

Get 6 on there easily.....

you missed a 9 off the front of that

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

Split in half, with two field shelters and two water troughs, it could be worth £150/month for horse grazing, depending on your location. Very difficult to beat that income.

For sheep grazing, probably not even £100 per year.

 

[Flat 10]

If you have a neighbour that you get on with and who has stock to utilise it tell him he can have it for nowt if he ferts, sprays hedges etc as necessary. Give him a grazing licence so its all tied up nicely and if in the future anything goes wrong no-one can claim tenancy. Hopefully he will be grateful and you will find he 'owes' you one and will help out with various things for you. Always nice to get on with the neighbours and way less hassle than the other options!

 

[Lincs Lass]

( 1 acre is roughly 70 yards by 70 yards )

Is it I was told 113 yrd x 13yrd,,thats what we used when we got our first boom fert spreader to work out forward speed and rate ( It was abit hit and miss to start with )

 

[Dry Rot]

Nah, you know nowt about horses!

Get 6 on there easily.....

Yeah, right, and their six owners. Even two horsey women will squabble and cause problems. Have you any idea what six can do?

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

One owner with 2 horses. Job done, money in the bank.

 

[landslave the 2nd]

Is it I was told 113 yrd x 13yrd,,thats what we used when we got our first boom fert spreader to work out forward speed and rate ( It was abit hit and miss to start with )

Actual square yards is 4840 is one acre so rule of thumb is 70 X 70 =4900 when stepping out roughly

 

[Lincs Lass]

Actual square yards is 4840 is one acre so rule of thumb is 70 X 70 =4900 when stepping out roughly

I remembered ,,it was 313 yrds ,,mind still makes its wrong ,,no wonder we got through more fert than it should have had ,,oh well ,that was 20 years ago

 

[bovrill]

A chain wide by a furlong long is an acre.

 

[landslave the 2nd]

A chain wide by a furlong long is an acre.

So in English that's 22 yrd x 220 yards f