How would you repurpose and old weed farm? (Begginer questions)
Just bought 2.34 acres in NE Oklahoma. Looking for ideas on what to grow, raise, and how to lay it out
It has:
3 bed 2 bath house
Roughly 20x50 metal building on a slab
Two large greenhouses
Well water (so far solid pressure and supply, but only tested a couple weeks)
The greenhouses are currently overgrown with Himalayan blackberry and one has a tear in the plastic up top.
I’ve got some ideas already, but I want to sanity check and see what people with more experience would do with a setup like this.
Main questions:
What would you grow here?
What animals would you start with?
How would you lay out 2.3 acres for efficiency?
What would you use each structure for (metal building and 2 greenhouses)?
Context: I have solid DIY skills (woodworking, electrical, plumbing, welding), but I’m newer to actually raising animals and growing food. I’ll still be working full time from home, as well as homeschooling four kids. so I’m trying to build something efficient and not insanely time consuming.
Goals: Feed my family high quality food
Eventually sell some products (meat, eggs, plants, etc.)
Use as much of what we produce as possible with minimal waste
Use the homestead as part of my kids honeschooling.
Would love to hear what you’d do if this was your property.