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It's been used, variously, for cows, and grass crops (hay? Silage?) dunno, didn't pay much attention to it.
Fences seem in good nick all the way around, and hedges are thick and lush, and well cut.
In the very short term, we're renting it out to some neighbours for a horse of theirs, but they only require a small section of it, longer term.
Polytunnels may not be the way to go, nor camping, because we might attract people who own caravans and think they are OK.
I'm tempted to concrete it, and paint it green as a low maintenance way of owning the countryside, but not actually having to get too close to it.
As for squire, I'm not sure I like the sound of that. I'm still way behind Tahir in my grandiosity, I think. Tahir, got any good deals on trees going, I'd quite like a small wood...? |
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Cathryn
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It's been used, variously, for cows, and grass crops (hay? Silage?) dunno, didn't pay much attention to it.
Fences seem in good nick all the way around, and hedges are thick and lush, and well cut.
In the very short term, we're renting it out to some neighbours for a horse of theirs, but they only require a small section of it, longer term.
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Enough enough - envy is a very sad trait  Rernting it out to someone who can also maintain the hedges/fences as part of the deal would save you having to make any decisions for awhile. |
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gil
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Fantastic news.
How much time and energy do you have to give it ? This will constrain / shape what you do with it. And what would you like to do in the future ?
John Seymour's book has a blueprint for self-suffficiency on 5 acres.
On that scale, given that it's flat and has water, you could do a decent amount of crop rotation.
What's the soil and climate like ? What grows well in your area ? What do other farmers do ?
You could do or rent out as a grazing/arable silage rotation : a short or longer grass ley (pasture with livestock on) followed by a year or more of arable crops or arable silage (when you plough the grass up and sow crops that can be harvested and sold, such as potatoes, wheat, grain/pulse mixtures for animal feed).
There is a shortage of certified organic animal feed, such as field beans, lupins, grain generally including rye and oats which are easier to grow organically than wheat). There's also a shortage of organic grain, including oats for milling and human consumption.
You could also host a Downsizer beer, wine nd food festival |
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is pure ecologically influenced enthusiasm, honest guv. Or do we have to say squire now? 
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