An interesting forum, I'm glad I came across it.
I don't have any land over here in England, where I've had to return for economic reasons. I miss the large allotment type garden I had in France. I'm hoping to return there soon, and the way things are going in the world economy, I'll be going back there sooner than I thought! I used to grow a good mix of vegetables, the only type my soil didn't favour were beans. Carrots and parsnips were fantastic. I'm interested in gleening food from woods and hedgerows, and where ever possible mend clothes, shoes, utensils, buildings, you name it, don't chuck it. I'm a good woods-woman, living in a house where for seven years our only source of heat was a wood-burning stove. I could go on, suffice to say : I'd love a small holding!