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Sherbatious border · « **on:** August 01, 2016, 01:28:48 pm »

Hello all, we have owned an acre of garden for about 8 years and have just bought a 1.8 acre paddock next door, mainly to make sure no one else got hold of it and started doing stuff we didn't like than out of any particular grand plan. We're now looking at it and thinking er.... this looked like a good place to come for advice! :-)

waterbuffalofarmer · « **Reply #1 on:** August 01, 2016, 05:10:01 pm »

Hi and welcome to the forum, always great to see new faces on here

There are many things you can do with 1.8 acres. The question I am asking is what would you like to do with it? Keep chickens? Pigs? Sheep? if so what would you like to keep them for? Vegetables/soft fruits? Bees or an orchard? The world is your oyster, as a famous quote says

What really interests you both? You could, for example, keep a small flock of whethers for wool production or to keep the grass down. Or you could build your own fruit/veg garden. Or you could keep a mix of poultry and a veg/fruit garden, possibly even a pig or two, with their own pen. There are indeed endless possibilities

Lesley Silvester · « **Reply #2 on:** August 01, 2016, 10:18:24 pm »

and welcome from Shropshire. Another option is to rent it out to a local farmer for grazing or hay.

Carse Goodlifers · « **Reply #3 on:** August 02, 2016, 07:25:40 am »

and welcome from Tayside.
Wow 2.8acres of potential garden - I'm in heaven

The extra 1.8 acres has so much potential, a lot of which waterbuffalofarmer has mentioned a lot of good ideas.
You could become self sufficient in fruit and veg through a large plot along with polytunnel.
You could plant an orchard and under planted with wild flowers in a meadow type situation.
A wildlife garden?

Stock wise - depends what you want and if you have the desire to have any at all.
But Mad Goatwoman of Madeley raises a good point of renting it out. Especially until you decide what you want to do with it if anything. it may be that you just leave it as a paddock and rent it out to folk.