I've had green tendencies for many years now, done the house-buying, capitalist bit and felt there was something missing!
After doing a lot of thinking about what I want from life I finally decided that I wanted to go completely off grid and self sufficient as resonably possible. I am in the process of buying nearly three acres of land in Devon, I already own an acre there but it's not as usable and at the moment it is a holding area for my orchard trees, that will be transplanted to their new home in the winter.
I live in Dorset and hope to move near to my plot in the next twelve months or so, in order to run my plot as a small market garden. Any advice from those who have been there and done that would be supremely appreciated!!!!!!! I have been reading John Seymour's Guide to Self Sufficiency and it is very useful, and any further info will help me get a good start and avoid making expensive and time consuming mistakes!
My first concerns are how to secure the site cheaply (I'm thinking post-and-wire as I have no livestock currently) and what is best to plant for fast growing coppice wood for heating. Any other preliminary things I should be thinking of to make my life easier?!?
Thanks in advance and I'm glad to be here...and where I can give help I hope to be able to.
Eph xx
