At this point my personal goal is to try and get a piece of land developed with solar and some permaculture to lower my expenses as much as possible so I can maybe one day retire.
That’s becoming a popular goal for a lot of younger people tired of the rat race. As someone who’s done some work in agriculture, I would suggest finding some like minded people to do it with you.
There’s a reason farmers had so many kids, it’s back breaking and time consuming labour. It really takes a community to do it properly if you aren’t doing it at an industrial scale and without a ton of pesticides and petrochemical fertilizer.
Oh I’m not doing it at an industrial scale. I want to reduce my costs not replace all costs. I’ll still have my day job, but once I’m retired it will be something to do and keep my costs down.
I keep a simple low tech garden now. Does it produce as much food as it could? No, but the lower investment gives a much better cost return ratio.
And I’m used to back breaking work. A good chunk of my day job is digging holes and hiking through the forest.
That’s becoming a popular goal for a lot of younger people tired of the rat race. As someone who’s done some work in agriculture, I would suggest finding some like minded people to do it with you.
There’s a reason farmers had so many kids, it’s back breaking and time consuming labour. It really takes a community to do it properly if you aren’t doing it at an industrial scale and without a ton of pesticides and petrochemical fertilizer.
Oh I’m not doing it at an industrial scale. I want to reduce my costs not replace all costs. I’ll still have my day job, but once I’m retired it will be something to do and keep my costs down.
I keep a simple low tech garden now. Does it produce as much food as it could? No, but the lower investment gives a much better cost return ratio.
And I’m used to back breaking work. A good chunk of my day job is digging holes and hiking through the forest.