Just closed yesterday on 37 beautiful acres in Vermont (zone 5a)!! My partner and I have had this dream for 15 years and we’re thrilled it’s finally happening. We’ve used plenty of permaculture practices in our rentals over the years, but nothing’s quite like doing it on a space that’s yours forever I think. No house yet, but we will yurt it over the next couple years while we build and establish everything. I’m reading Ben Falk’s “The Resilient Farm and Homestead” and Michael Phillips’s “The Holistic Orchard” while we pack up our rental and spend time getting to know the land.
My question- if you bought land just before summer solstice, what would you do before winter arrives to prepare for next year? What are the first few things you’d do? We have about 8 acres of cleared meadow, 12 acres of flat forest land with some small clearings, and 17 acres of steeper forest and two creeks. There’s also a small pond in one of the front meadows. Trying to make my to do list for this year and overwhelmed by all the potential first steps.
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