The lure of moving onto acreage gets to many people, I am one of them and have lived on 5 acres of rural residential land now for about 20 years. The acreage attraction includes: privacy, fresh air, connection to nature, having animals and for some people, growing their own food.
From my observation, the most common task of people who have moved from the city to acreage is mowing and care of non-edible gardens. And yet, with so much space to use on acreage, food growing seems very logical.
A decision point looms very quickly of juggling between your day job, necessary garden maintenance and starting or running a food garden. Could it be a very large food garden or a tiny one that does not take much time? This is a very personal decision as it depends on your priorities. Since you have the land to grow more than you need, how far do you go?
I have been helping people on rural residential for many years now with planning their food growing spaces. As I hear about their backgrounds, the common challenges of their past food growing experiences are:
The consistent tips I work with are:
The success of the people I have seen over the years at growing their own food is fundamentally in their hands and hearts (their passion for the work of the food garden). However it always helps to have more guidance along the way and this can be found in:
Happy gardening
Authored by Peter Kearney – www.beta.myfoodgarden.com.au
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