Who doesn't love a good homestead tour, right?!
Yesterday I shared our Permaculture Design for our 7.5 acre property and today I wanted to give you the overview of the land itself. The possibilities, struggles, and the plan for our homesite and food production.
The property is located in central Texas where it doesn't get a ton of rain, about 36 in annually. US average is 39 in. Although we of course get ZERO in of snow!
Wild Food
There is already some food on the property. Lots of mesquite trees in which the bean pods can be turned into flour as a SUPER FOOD. And many wild dewberries, which is very similar to a blackberry. The dewberries are delicious!
Plus we see many small game animals tracks and some hog tracks as well.
Water
I try to learn a new lesson everyday.
And the biggest lesson that I have learned with purchasing land is, make sure that water is already on the property. Duh, right?!
We are connected to a county coop water line at the north end of the property. But if/when we ever purchase another piece of property, I have learned my lesson: There has to be a stream, brook, river, lake, or water well already on the property. On this piece of dirt, a well would cost $22k digging 800ft. And there is no guarantee of even hitting water.
We do plan on doing rain catchment on every roof we build.
And there is a small water tank in the south end of the property that we will turn into a 1/4 acre pond. Which I believe will cost around $7,000-$10,000.
Our Forever Home?
It is not. This is the perfect sized property for us to cut our teeth with homesteading. There is a small town 5 mins away with amenities that we will certainly need from time to time.
10 years down the road I would love to upgrade to a larger piece of land that we can do more larger game hunting on. I love the idea of raising livestock and we plan on doing that. But if we can stock a years worth of meat in our freezer just from a deer in our backyard, I'll take that any day!
But of course...is this earth really our forever home anyway?
If you enjoyed it, please UPVOTE, RESTEEM, & FOLLOW our adventure!
