Hello!
What part of what state? (For safety's sake, make it general! )
- We live in middle of California. Mild weather.
What's there now? (what kind of plants & trees, is it clean farmland or a former dump)
- It's bare land. There are blackberry bushes to the west and South but that's it.
What do you and your family like to do? (garden, raise animals, watch trees grow)
All of the above.
What's in the area? (near a city with a farmer's market, farmland with people who might want eggs & chicken, etc.)
- We do have a Farmer's Market about 30 minutes away and there is farmland all around.
There's so many wonderful choices! Fresh vegetables and/or herbs, longer-growing low-maintenance crops like pumpkins, egg production and/or meat chickens (Cornish Cross are ready to eat in about 6 weeks!), goats (certain ethnic groups want goat meat, if you can stand selling them!)... and so much more!
- I couldn't bare selling animals to eat even though I eat meat. Dh and kids want to raise cattle to eat. I'll have to stay 'unattached.' I have chickens, ducks and a goose right now but only for eggs. So, I probably would only want to raise things (like Nubian goats,etc. ) for milk.
Do your homework and see what IS there and what might be your *niche* to fit into.
_Okay. We've been trying to keep our eyes open. We may move a mobile on the property to rent out, too. We could get 500.00 a month for that.
Give me more info & I'll help!
_ Thanks so much. We're packing today so I'll check back tonight.
Thanks,
Georgene