You're absolutely right! On our one-acre in Texas, we have three vegetable garden areas and we share 14 free-range hens with our neighbor. I'm vegetarian, and my husband is content with my vegetarian meals at home. We got out to eat once a week, and he gets his meat fix then. We haven't had much luck with fruit trees, except for figs. The possums, raccoons and birds get to the pears before we do, but that's okay. We're able to eat out of our gardens 9 months out of the year (fall through spring).Hello from NW Georgia!
I own a 1-acre "farm" in the country. I have fruit trees, a nice-sized vegetable garden, and a flock of 32 chickens (for eggs & meat). My dad hunts for deer, and we fish during the summer, so I rarely buy any meat from the store. We are trying to live off the land as much as possible. I'll be planting more fruit varieties this spring, like blackberries & blueberries.
It's amazing how much you can do with just a little bit of land!
After a long summer drought, we've had lots of rain the past couple of weeks. So we're getting asparagus, and eggplants. Spinach, chard, collards and green beans are starting to come up.
