We are a little further along than this now. 5+ac in Ohio. A family tree nursery had fallen on hard times and had to split their property to cover their debt. We bought it pre covid after looking for about a year and a half. I chose 5 acres because it was the smallest land that I thought could reasonably support a family resiliently long term and in Ohio unincorporated land is excluded from county zoning laws on agricultural use if it is 5ac or more, including buildings for agricultural use. Land is zoned for rural residential by the county. The covenants of the land restrict my use from dog kennels and from having more than 2 cattle nor 2 pigs. I’m thinking smaller livestock anyway (poultry, rabbits, and maxing out at sheep) Plus some sqft requirements on the house etc, which I wasn’t thrilled about but all of which I believe are manageable with my plans. The house itself will be fairly conventional with some resilience built in from the start, (A bit thicker walls for additional insulation, a propane generator with a large propane tank, and tornado safe room) I’ll try to add solar shortly after the build. We considered a “Certified Passive House” But in the end the cost was a bit too much and the design restrictions we chose based on keeping the house cheaper to build resulted in a design my wife wasn’t happy with. #homesteading #permaculture #grownostr

We are finally building out on a little land we bought a couple years ago. Going to do the homesteading and permaculture thing. My goal is to support our home needs, with an eye towards slowly building up to a retirement gig as a seller of jams, jerky, wines, and vinegars. Any tips or queries send them my way. #grownostr #permaculture #homesteading

Cucumber is getting out of control so I took a “too large” one and made cucumber water. But there is only so much cucumber water I can drink. What else can I use these too large cucumbers for. Not yet bitter, but seeds have a bit of firmness. #gardening

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Does anyone have expierence with the heritage breed of Buckeye chickens? I’m a year away from starting my flock, and I’m looking at heritage breeds. And I just kind of doubt that a breed of bird will have the same temperament and behaviors that seem to be common knowledge and repeated facts from source to source, without a breeder actively eliminating “bad” traits from the breeding flock constantly. And I doubt that large hatcheries are actually attempting to do that. For example Buckeyes are supposed to be strong self foragers. But how would that behavior be monitored and breed for without the chickens being in a situation where they are able to forage for themselves and those that do poorly are removed from the gene pool… so anyways anyone have actual experience with Buckeye’s how close do they come to their breeds description in behavior.

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