2006-09-25 08:33:18 · 4 answers · asked by erik z 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
It depends on whether you're raising your own animals to eat, or if you're just talking about the vegetables. Then, it also depends where you live and what all could survive in your climate in terms of vegetables and fruit. There's a lot of variables. For example, in the southern United States, you could potentially have two growing seasons during the warmer months, thus yielding two crops of, say, tomatoes every year. Whereas up in the northern United States you could only grow one crop of tomatoes per year.
2006-09-25 08:43:02 · answer #1 · answered by ●Gardener● 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read the book "PERMACULTURE A Designers' Manual" by Bill Mollison. It talks about exactly what you want to do. Start a small farm to support a family. The farm must raise a wide variety of products. All the products should mesh together in a harmonious fashion. For example the waste from one part of the farm should effortlessly move to another part of the farm where it will help that part of the farm flourish. This is all stated and described much more clearly by B. Mollison. As far as how much land you need. I think it may talk about that somewhere in the book, but honestly, I am not sure. You will not be sorry if you read the book
2006-09-25 16:57:23 · answer #2 · answered by skatefast2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends. Do you just want to eat in season? Or do you want to can and freeze the food?
20 x 20 would be a nice start. Plant food that comes back after picking; green beans, swiss chard, etc.
Start small and manageable and grow from there.
2006-09-25 15:38:51 · answer #3 · answered by cowgirl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on if only gardening to feed family
including my few cattle, pigs, chickens that will be slaughtered for the winter and gardening I have 280 acres
2006-09-25 15:45:56 · answer #4 · answered by Mopar Muscle Gal 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋