Boom! You just got handed 20 acres of farmland - not much but its yours to do as you please ....
What would you do with the land?
secede from the union and make my own country called farmtopia
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The first thing I would do is file the proper permits to start farming
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rofl, make sure you get a lawyer too in case monsanto seeds spread to your farmOriginally Posted by bxm042
A savage barbaric tribal society where thugs parade the streets and illegally assault and murder innocent civilians, yeah that is the alternative to having police. Oh wait, that is the police
We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
- Edward R. Murrow
...I think we have moral obligations to disobey unjust laws, because non-cooperation with evil is as much as a moral obligation as cooperation with good. - MLK Jr.
How to trigger a liberal: "I didn't get vaccinated."
I'd plant an orchard and build a really large 2 or 3 story log cabin house. And a huge man-made pond. With big boulders in it. And I'd make a really high hill for sledding in the winter time. Which I'd surround by large pine trees. And I'd build a baseball field. With lights. And I'd likely scatter a bunch of bird houses about because I like to see the Cardinals and Bluejays on pine trees in the winter when they are covered in snow.
Last edited by Natural Citizen; 08-19-2015 at 11:42 PM.
And some horses with a nice corral...
and a petting zoo
A savage barbaric tribal society where thugs parade the streets and illegally assault and murder innocent civilians, yeah that is the alternative to having police. Oh wait, that is the police
We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
- Edward R. Murrow
...I think we have moral obligations to disobey unjust laws, because non-cooperation with evil is as much as a moral obligation as cooperation with good. - MLK Jr.
How to trigger a liberal: "I didn't get vaccinated."
Well , looks like no trees , so , nothing fun like farming whiskey . I can help you out , but I need annual rainfall and geographic area.
You can make money on that little of acreage. You just need to grow specialty crops. Corn and Soybeans isn't going to get it done.
I'd have to make some hills. Being a native East Tennessean, I get paranoid when I don't have a hill to git behind.Boom! You just got handed 20 acres of farmland - not much but its yours to do as you please ....
What would you do with the land?
(what I would do)
"I am a bird"
I would go 100% self sustaining. I would calculate the annual vegetable and meat requirements for 4 people, set up crops, seed crops, and farm animals (male and female) to continue to provide that volume of vegetables and meat, sell half of it, put 1/4 if it up for storage, and live on the remainder. As my food stored flushed out and I had a year of food in long term storage I would start recruiting people for my survival compound. First person (second year) shift to selling 1/4 of the yield, eating half (between us) and putting up another 1/4. Second person (third year) eat 3/4 and put up 1/4 and only sell any excess above plan. Third person (fourth year) tweak my food production plan to increase yields now that I have extra hands to help me work the farm. Finally, dig in and wait for the zombie apocalypse.
I would lease the land out to someone who wants to grow crops on it.
double post rather than edit, oops.
"I am a bird"
Well that's the other possibility.. 20 acres feeds a lot of people though so there would be lots of selling if you can find a market.
"I am a bird"
First I'd talk to my neighbors, find out when they are going out of town and hold some giant rave/festivals.
Then I would setup a sustainable minimal water organic farm based on permaculture techniques using about half the acreage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1rKDXuZ8C0
The other half would be some type of pasture for animals. Not sure how I'd design the whole thing yet. I'd probably have the pastures going between the growing areas, many of which would have trees to provide shade to the pasture.
I would look into whether i could/should dig a well, or dig the current well deeper.
I would get solar panels and some of those bladeless wind turbines and convert the power into hydrogen, store it in tanks, and use the hydrogen for my energy needs.
Hydrogen powered tractor...
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Does it have a well?
Is it fenced?
Are the people in the house family?
How's your credit?
To answer your question kind of, I'd try to make a small profit off the land, enough to "improve" it yearly.
How I'd go about that depends on the questions I asked.
I can tell you're independently wealthy and have never farmed before....
Congratulations if that is now yours. Am a little envious as rural land is about all I desire anymore.Boom! You just got handed 20 acres of farmland - not much but its yours to do as you please ....
What would you do with the land?
The yellow perimeter looks larger than 20 acres.
"When goods do not cross borders, soldiers will." Frederic Bastiat
Peace.
I have farmed on my own property, small scale.I can tell you're independently wealthy and have never farmed before....
I think a hydrogen powered tractor would be good in a SHTF scenario since fuel may not be available.
"He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
"dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
"You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
"When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q
"Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul
"Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."
Better to get some horses or something like that, they require less spare parts.
"I am a bird"
First thing is to clear out the neighbors in the photograph. Go to the country commission and start working on a pig CAFO plan. Maybe they'll buy you out and you can reinvest in 40 acres someplace else. Rinse, lather, repeat!
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You have to have a permit now, to farm your land? WTF
Henry Rogue, that just about killed me. Thanks for sharing Buddy Rey's quote. I miss him so much.
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I'd donate it to the DNR
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Actually, truth be known... I would buy a camper and park my arse there... create a chicken coop... create a water source (WELL) . If you have protein from eggs, and water, a gun of course .... you can survive anything. Might not be what you had in mind for dinner, but when the SHTF scenario, protein and water will see you through.
Smart man. Grow bacon.
(what I would do)
In all honesty, in my situation right now, I would sell it. It would just be a distraction. Not that farms aren't great, I've lived on a farm. But... a time to every purpose under heaven. Right now for me is focus time and change the world time.
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