What to do with 2 acres?

[JamesEscapes]

Hi!

I am considering purchasing a house in East Sussex that has 2 acres of land. I’ve only just started learning about it but I’m really interested in holistic/regenerative farming, and I’m trying to work out if 2 acres is enough to do any kind of very small scale farming in that vein? My partner will be continuing in his job, so we would plan to give most of our produce away to local charities etc.

Any advice much appreciated!

James

 

[Lincs Lass]

Its just a big garden ,,not enough land to graze anything ,it wouldnt last 5 minutes

 

[bitwrx]

Decent size scale for a permaculture type setup. No dig gardening is regenerative, if done right. Chickens are probably the only livestock you'd be able to integrate without it being overstocked.

Go fer it.

What have you got to lose?

 

[Lincs Lass]

Ide be inclined to cultivate a plot big enough to feed your selves and buy a big ride on mower for the rest

 

[onesiedale]

2 acres is a cracking size to do a fair bit of growing albeit on a small scale. Throw in some free range hens, maybe a couple of pigs and there'll plenty of food to go round.
I'm sure there's plenty of books out there that will give good guidance on making the most of a plot that size

 

[davidroberts30]

Xmas trees

 

[Jungle Bill]

Have a look at this http://www.ridgedalepermaculture.com/# and if you’re interested buy his book, 2 acres could produce a lot of food under this type of system.

 

[renewablejohn]

A lot of the council owned market garden farms around Liverpool where just over an acre as they reckoned it was the optimum size which just one family could manage and be profitable. Think they have all gone now.

 

[Blaithin]

Chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, pigs, a milk goat or sheep or two, veggies....

Lots of options. Decide what you want most and go from there!

 

[JamesEscapes]

thanks for the tips.

We are thinking chickens for eggs, goats for milk/cheese/soap, bees for honey, and lots of veg. If we can produce enough, we'd quite like to sell at local farmer's market, but I don't know if 2 acres will be enough for us to produce much more than what we will consumer ourselves...?!

I've ordered some books re permaculture, so will get learning.

 

[renewablejohn]

thanks for the tips.

We are thinking chickens for eggs, goats for milk/cheese/soap, bees for honey, and lots of veg. If we can produce enough, we'd quite like to sell at local farmer's market, but I don't know if 2 acres will be enough for us to produce much more than what we will consumer ourselves...?!

I've ordered some books re permaculture, so will get learning.

If you also have polytunnels then one acre is quite sufficient to grow your own veg the other acre can produce cash crops. Once you learn the shortcuts you can get away with a lot less. My home veg production area is 48 m2 with an additional 40 m2 under polytunnel.