How Many Acres???

[Shellyann36]

If you could have the perfect garden/orchard/back yard setup gardening wise how many acres would it encompass and what would you have in this garden?

I would love to have a nice sized homestead. If I could manage 100 acres I would love that much land. I would keep a majority of it in trees that would be used and replanted for firewood and such. I would have animals such as chickens, ducks, rabbits, dwarf goats, feeder pigs, a beef on the hoof or two and of course at least one horse.

Garden wise I would have an extensive orchard with all sorts of fruit and nut trees. I would plant every cane/vine/bush of fruits that I could think of or grow. I would have a scenic garden as well that would house my flowers and herbs along with a plentiful vegetable garden.

If I could manage it, I would follow the Permaculture design for this oasis of mine.

How many acres would you want if money nor time were an object and you could have anything you wanted?

 

[firelily99]

I wouldn't need that much, twenty five would be the most that I could handle. I would love to have a farm and if this were a fantasy wish I would be much younger and able to take care of fifty plus acres.

 

[claudine]

The more, the better!
I'm afraid it will sound quite silly to you, but whenever I'm walking in a park in my area, I always imagine that I'm a princess and that the park is my garden and I just let other people use it too, lol
It's a beautiful, huge park, with old, tall trees, flowers and small brooks. I love it. I'd like to have it just for myself

 

[Rhondi]

Right now, even just ONE acre would be great! Currently I have a very small yard in an urban area so I'm limited but my imagination isn't!
@Shellyann36, your dream sounds exactly like mine' but I think if I had even just the 1 acre I could squeeze it all in, lol!

 

[claudine]

Right now, even just ONE acre would be great! Currently I have a very small yard in an urban area so I'm limited but my imagination isn't!
@Shellyann36, your dream sounds exactly like mine' but I think if I had even just the 1 acre I could squeeze it all in, lol!

I can relate to it. Although I dream of having a huge park that I mentioned in my previous post, I would be very happy if I could have even one acre just for myself. My parents gave me a part of their garden, I can plant anything I want there, but I really need more space. I want to plant many, many poplars They're my favorite trees!

 

[zigs]

Made an offer on a third of an acre last week, got accepted yesterday

It's even got a river





And a Bullfinch

 

[Becky]

Wow that looks excellent Zigs! Are you planning on building your own place?

 

[Pat]

Congrats Zig on your place. I will be moving next week into a small house with a large yard .25 acres so that I can play in the dirty as much as I want.

 

[zigs]

Ta

Only agricultural use, thinking about a poly tunnel already though. Just been up there, they've finished the boundary fence off and put in a brand new gate

Good luck with the move Pat

 

[firelily99]

What good fortune for you, new land to decide what to do with it! I used to have more space but for now must be content with a relatively small area. Vertical gardening at its finest.

 

[Rhondi]

Ta

Only agricultural use, thinking about a poly tunnel already though. Just been up there, they've finished the boundary fence off and put in a brand new gate

Good luck with the move Pat

How wonderful! Are you going to clear a portion of the land?

 

[claudine]

Zigs, it's such a beautiful place! Congratulations! There are so many trees there, it's gorgeous. I love the river. The Bullfinch is super cute

 

[zigs]

Will be clearing bits to plant up, one end needs a land drain putting in, pretty boggy. Can't do anything till the solicitors have completed the sale, takes about a month.

There's Rabbits there too Claudine, my mate fell down a hole while we were looking round

 

[Becky]

A poly tunnel sounds excellent, I hope the sale comes through quickly. You'll have to let us have a nosy at what you get up to

 

[claudine]

Will be clearing bits to plant up, one end needs a land drain putting in, pretty boggy. Can't do anything till the solicitors have completed the sale, takes about a month.

There's Rabbits there too Claudine, my mate fell down a hole while we were looking round

I love rabbits! They're adorable! Will you feed them? I'm sure they would be extremely happy if you left a few carrots for them

So cute I want rabbits in my garden too!