Message from @cdemir93

Discord ID: 364104695549132811


2017-10-01 14:54:37 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/359504430569095168/364062557683580938/e42950fe1e2806a5ecb52b3c4af1a729.gif

2017-10-01 14:55:22 UTC  

how many people can live off 1 acre? 4?

2017-10-01 14:58:22 UTC  

i doubt it

2017-10-01 15:00:05 UTC  

it depends on the climate and soil, and wether or not you want to eat meat because meat is alot harder to produce per calorie than crops

2017-10-01 15:00:51 UTC  

also you dont want to push the land you have to its limit because that leads to food insecurity

2017-10-01 15:01:30 UTC  

chicken doesn't need much space

2017-10-01 15:01:33 UTC  

and you could still hunt

2017-10-01 15:15:07 UTC  

you also need to produce your own firewood

2017-10-01 15:15:46 UTC  

true but i would get solar panels

2017-10-01 15:16:10 UTC  

safe me some of work

2017-10-01 15:28:33 UTC  

You don't need to cut trees

2017-10-01 15:28:46 UTC  

You can always use the ones that have collapsed

2017-10-01 15:29:26 UTC  

Cutting trees is only fine if it is an emergency

2017-10-01 15:53:14 UTC  

@_CREWMAN do you have any higher quality versions of that first picture?

2017-10-01 15:54:14 UTC  

Nope, searched it every where

2017-10-01 15:54:23 UTC  

damn

2017-10-01 16:02:43 UTC  

shamelessly stolen from the maine discord

2017-10-01 17:42:04 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/359504430569095168/364104694588768256/image.jpg

2017-10-01 17:42:20 UTC  

Did my first hydroponic harvest today. Lots of spinach and lettuce.

2017-10-01 18:09:04 UTC  

Very nice!

2017-10-01 18:09:46 UTC  

thats really cool

2017-10-01 18:21:00 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/359504430569095168/364114492910469123/acre-infographic-v1.png

2017-10-01 18:32:48 UTC  

You need 1 acre to support one family for 1 year, if I remember correctly 🤔

2017-10-01 18:32:55 UTC  

or it was 1 person.. Can't recall

2017-10-01 18:46:34 UTC  

it seriously depends

2017-10-01 18:46:54 UTC  

if you're neeting it up hardcore in the middle of nowhere, maybe

2017-10-01 18:47:25 UTC  

once you are looking at even a small community growing, it gets a lot easier, you need a lot less land

2017-10-01 18:48:44 UTC  

theres a pretty vibrant small scale farming community on the jewtubes, look at urban farming for small footprint stuff, check out polyface farms for alternative ranching ideas

2017-10-01 18:49:26 UTC  

joel salatin is probably a nut, but he runs a successful ranch in a sustainable manner

2017-10-01 18:51:23 UTC  

1 acre for 1 family might be enough if youre good

2017-10-01 18:51:56 UTC  

an acre is a lot of land

2017-10-01 18:52:08 UTC  

if you are growing wheat or corn, sure, acreage is key

2017-10-01 18:52:58 UTC  

t. farmers son, for what its worth

2017-10-01 19:55:33 UTC  

@neetkthx
Wouldn't it be ideal for a community to exist and each family/person specialize is growing their own thing instead of everything diversifying like crazy on their own plots

2017-10-01 19:55:56 UTC  

I mean that would help foster growth for an economy within our hypothetical homestead community too so

2017-10-01 19:58:06 UTC  

Here's a good infograph for what you can do with what kind of achreage.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/359504430569095168/364138930075074580/1436229674725.jpg

2017-10-01 19:59:19 UTC  

@nERO I imagine that will happen naturally, people do what theyre best at and trade for the rest

2017-10-01 19:59:36 UTC  

or do whatever is the most profitable