If you had 4 acers of farm land what would you do with it to make a good living?
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design a golf course mate you will make a fortune i go to a course that used to be farm land and it is always busy £10 a round its great value for money but that farmer must make an absolute packet
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Produce a go cart track. Little overhead, much liability, but decent profits.
grow marijuana
depends on soil type and other funds avalable, grow cultivate or graze it.
plant cocoa
sell it
smallholding and be as self sufficient as practical. http://downsizer.net is a fantastic resource for ideas on this topic
Buy a massive marquee and hire that out along with the land for functions and weddings, people love functions in marquees and you will make a fortune, good luck.
campsite? I dunno, try working with 1&3/4 acres of trees and grass. it's awful!
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Are you in Wisconson or Hawaii? Basic or acidic soil? etc.
Sell or grow what others are growing around you.
OR raise grass fed cattle.
rent it out - assuming that you are in the UK, small farms just cannot complete with large ones (over 100 acres)..
For a start I'd find out how to spell the word of land measurement you're using here, for an "acer" is a type of tree, and as you can't do it aloud I can only presume that you'll have to do it in silence. If English isn't your first language, tough ! and if it is, you should be ashamed of yourself if only for not being ALLOWED to build on four ACRES of farm land. If it's FARM land, then of course you can't build on it: You'll have to FARM it - and that means growing crops or keeping animals. Strange, isn't it !
hold a tiny glastonbury festival so that I don't go mad from lack of something to do this summer
grow weed and sell it and get stoned man, or sell it.
1. Plant wildflowers and keep bees. Then sell the honey at a farmer's market.
2. Rent the land to a local farmer.
How about doing some actual farming?
This may sound crazy but:
1. Plant potatos.
2. Do some fish farming (i.e. you need to dig)
Then when you get your fish and potatos ready, you can sell organic home made fish & chips and charge a premium.
Some posh people will truly appreciate it.
Good luck
Thuta
start a naturopathy resort
rent it out or a camp site you will make a few quid
Honey is an idea, but you need so much up front investment in equipment. A hive will cost about $250 in materials and bees and more for medications and feeding. It will only produce 100 pounds a year if you are lucky (25 first year). Plus many local farmers markets already have honey and limit how many vendors they accept for things like that.
4 acres is enough to make a living. BUT ONLY if you plant the right stuff. You want to NET $10,000 an acre. That is pretty high, but not unobtainable.
Plant herbs and greens. Those are your highest value produce items. Flowers also do well, but they are high chemical and part of the reason you will pull a lot of money for your produce will be because it is "natural" Herbs and Greens don't require a ton of equipment but they are high labor.
Talk to chefs in your closest large city and see what they want. Grow that. Heirloom tomatoes are high value, but also high risk and lots of people are doing them. I'd grow heirloom peppers! We've had lots of luck with these.
Go to local farmers markets (you will need to sell at these so you get 100% of what the consumer pays, you cannot wholseale off 4 acres.) See what everyone has. DON"T GROW THAT! Sweet corn and melons are not for you, you don't have enough land.. She what is missing. Beets? Lima Beans? These are your possibilities. After your first year at market you will get more of an idea on what sells well in your area.
Remember you are more about how you sell and your image then what you grow. Your display should look good, and you should play the part. Educate yourself all winter and you'll be ready by the spring.
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