how much land would you need...

ok lil jimmy its like this if you ask me,,,, take it as you wish , i am no elitist,,,,, however, the thread is on sustainable living ,,, that by its very definition is ability to do on ones own,,,, it takes initiative, motivation n work,,,,, ,,,, corn is a crop,,, could be your life sustaining crop next year,,,, (would suck but hey could happen)... you chcuk your corn seed into the sandy whatever type soil you are in,,,, ,,,,,,, yer crop fails cuz you listened to some ol farts online n they said corn was wonderful for them to grow ,,,,... you die:|
simple as that,,,,,
now lil lucy wants to be self sustaining,,, lil lucy wants to plant squash on her land,,,, lucy looks into her soil type,,, looks at what squash needsto grow and decides perhaps her sand doesnt do well with squash,,,,, lucy decides squash would also get old real quick if that was all she had to eat next year,,,, so lucy gets online n rather than ask them ol geezers, she researches n finds nice veggies for her soil type her growing season available water,,,, etc ,,, lucys garden is beautiful,,, even though her carrots n corn died too,,,, lucy survives, lucy took the steps ,,, lucy worked hard,,, lucy learned that its trial n error n learning ........
it really isnt that hard lil bro,,,, but the answers you are lookin for can not be anmswered by any one of us here,,, it takes doing on your own ,,,, it is not as easy as readin a book and having a good imagination n bein able to envision,,,, its a 365 day 24 hour every day lifestyle....

 

im far from having to be sustainable on my own. im in college w/ plenty of money. so yes, i could chuck my corn seeds and the crop would fail, and i wouldnt care. even if it doesnt fail im not going to harvest it. get it? if you dont want to help me, dont respond to the thread?

 

this is a trainwreck. i would need 5 acres.

 

Yup...thst's the truth.

 

this thread was about self sustained living,,now you say you dont care about succeeding,that you have other priorities..

so its ok for you to waste all our time asking about something you dont care about succeeding at but when we give advice that you dont wanna here you get all pissy an say we aint tryin to help you?

WTF?? sounds to me like your just another spoiled poor lil rich kid wanting to live a dream but wanting everyone else to do the work for you..

once again,if your not even willing to do your own research,,then im glad you dont care if you fail,,cause you surely will...

dont worry we wont waste our time on you anymore,we are not fond of people picking and choosing what they want to here when they ask for advice.

 

im in college w/ plenty of money

Boy , and I mean boy, does that take the cake....college+money=mainstream stupidity.

So your getting scooled and have some cash, at that stage in life your still trying to figure out why your dick gets hard.


I grew up on 400 acres, 60-80 is alot.....alot of land is good but I agree with the others if you took the 60 or 80 and focused on 5-10 great.

Now since ya got money and already the land you must already have tractors and all that goes with alot of land.

Or are you going to use all the skilzz and money and teach a horse to pull a plow, which if your not a blacksmith you got go into town and buy one.

It really sounds to me your right where you need to be already...in school.

 

what is the smallest amount of land that you can be self-sufficient on for food well it would depend on where the land was and what you did with it and if you were vegan or meateater .
john jeavons says 3200 I think sq foot per person for the entire diet if your vegan , the chinese used to keep I think 9 people per acre .
this is with intensive gardening in a temperate climate with good soil and composting all your waste .
he actually gets people who live off this sort of space there is a book called one circle by another bio-intensive gardener that says you can survive of 1000 sq foot .
if you have a big plot of land you often dont work it as intensively as someone with a tiny garden .
so it would depend what you did with the land and how good a gardener you were , if your keeping animals for a more varied diet then yep 5 acres , but just gardening and doing it really intensive you can do that in very little space .
again having things like greenhouses cold frames being in a sheltered position can all help , as does having ground thats in good shape and has been worked for a while , and having water

 

"temperate climate",, those are the opperative words ...

 

Ah, so many variables. Climate comes to mind.

Certainly, much more land is needed to survive on in a semi arid climate than in a lush subtropical climate.