The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: Guy on April 20, 2022, 12:09:30 pm
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Hi all - I used to use this site a lot , but I left my little country house and moved into a city- I’m now in France with a little house and an acre of land - so I will be calling everyone arms to help me through as I really have a blank canvas here - and my pencils need sharpening!!!!
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Hello and welcome back :sunshine:
So do you have some idea of what you want to do now? Veggies? Hens? More?
What is your land like? is it pasture, an established garden, trees?
My usual advice is to take a while to discover your local microclimate - wind and sun directions, rainfall in each season, cold spots, soil, boggy or dry bits and so on. Then think what you want to grow or raise and start slowly (usually with veg and hens) then see if you have room and the desire to expand once you've seen out a full season.
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Hello from Gers [member=137]Guy[/member] . As Fleecewife says, you need to see a full season through. My advice is to plant trees first, if any, then they will be growing while you sort out the rest. The garden centres will stock what will grow there and not what won't. An acre is plenty of land and you can start by removing any bad stuff like brambles and ragwort and pruning anything that will need it in the near future.
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Thanks both ,
Great advice - primarily just fruit and veg with some hens - not worth the investment for meat animals as I don’t eat enough of it - the ground seems quite good but Rocky in areas - I will post some pics so you can see !!! We are also getting a gite built so a lot to be getting on with - glad to be back here though !!