Using Spare Land, be a farmer?

r10crw · Post by **r10crw** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 12:19 pm

Ive got a couple spare fields, not masses of land but maybe around 6 acres doing nothing and Id like to do something with it.

Anyone got any ideas?

So far Im not allowed ostriches and being honest Im not keen on keeping any animals that require work as I travel to much. Maybe plant some foods? Or stick up a wind turbine? Planting vegetables would be good for the boys to learn I guess and I have my trusty fergy.

Suggestions that require little effort (I dont however expect much gain) warmly recieved.

woody · Post by **woody** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 12:34 pm

Rent them out or run a honda pilot type buggy course?

Scotty C · Post by **Scotty C** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 12:48 pm

big polly tunnel, grew your own veg

Jam_s160 · Post by **Jam_s160** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 12:50 pm

ha ha... we have 3.5 acres and during the last 3 yrs it now has...

2 horses...
some sheep...
a selection of chickens...
poly tunnel to grow veg is next on the lits...
ive just bought 2 mini 1275 Gt to restore... which will be going into a makeshift VERY large temporary tent garage.

a riding school has been requested by my wife short term, but long term we are likely to build 3 houses on the land within the next 6-8yrs

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 1:19 pm

Scotty C wrote:big polly tunnel, grew your own veg

Whats the lowest maintenence crop you could harvest that would also "keep"? Honey.

Mānuka honey is produced by introduced European honey bees (Apis mellifera)[1] feeding on the mānuka or tea tree (Leptospermum scoparium and/or Leptospermum polygalifolium)[2] which grows uncultivated throughout New Zealand and southeastern Australia.

Aberdooms only Manuka producer?

Dark · Post by **Dark** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 1:24 pm

Sublet to a local farmer.
Rent the land if it's for livestock; profit share agreement if it's for agriculture.

kerryxeg · Post by **kerryxeg** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 1:30 pm

Christmas trees, but leave some access for the quad bike tracks

DJ · Post by DJ » Mon Feb 23, 2015 1:40 pm

kerryxeg wrote:Christmas trees, but leave some access for the quad bike tracks

This.

At £7 per foot now for a Christmas tree and dirt cheap as saplings; stick them in, forget about them for a few years, then cultivate.

r10crw · Post by **r10crw** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 2:04 pm

Scotty C wrote:big polly tunnel, grew your own veg

Yeah I like this idea, might even ask one of the local farmers about it.

Xmas trees means I would need to sell and honestly Im the worst salesman in the world, Id just give everything away.

I love honey but wouldnt know where to start.

Mike Scib · Post by **Mike Scib** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 2:14 pm

r10crw wrote:Xmas trees means I would need to sell and honestly Im the worst salesman in the world, Id just give everything away.

I will offer 6k for your S1 in that case

j2 lot · Post by **j2 lot** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 2:55 pm

r10crw wrote:.

I love honey but wouldnt know where to start.

Bees !!

Equestrian centres / stables etc seem to be quite a popular pastime just now . Renting out for that purpose would probably provide a decent return for very little active involvement.

r10crw · Post by **r10crw** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:06 pm

Mike Scib wrote:
r10crw wrote:Xmas trees means I would need to sell and honestly Im the worst salesman in the world, Id just give everything away.
I will offer 6k for your S1 in that case

I couldnt take 6K off your hands, no no you need to have her for free

Problem with the horses is that we have (my mother) has a couple in the front field and shes neurotic about having other horse about.

Plus Ive spent many a night chasing escaped horses down main roads...

Post by **pete** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:22 pm

r10crw wrote: Plus Ive spent many a night chasing escaped horses down main roads...

Haven't we all.

(I've never owned horses but I love to chase them).

tut · Post by **tut** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:42 pm

Likewise, 10 spare acres that we will not be using other than stopping anyone else building near us, and walking the dogs. Will probably carry on with letting the farmer graze his sheep at so much/day/sheep, and a family that use the top field for their horses. Thanks to this all the land is fenced, so probably sheep/Khan safe as he does not like barbed wire.

Just looking at steel sheds, might have one put up as storage as it is the one thing that we are missing. We went to look at this house afterwards as we had booked a viewing, but it was on the main road with no land, but oh boy what a shed. He used it for his carpentry/metalwork business, and lord knows what the value of all the machinery was.

tut

Eric K · Post by **Eric K** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 6:34 pm

r10crw wrote:Ive got a couple spare fields, not masses of land but maybe around 6 acres doing nothing and Id like to do something with it.

Anyone got any ideas?

So far Im not allowed ostriches and being honest Im not keen on keeping any animals that require work as I travel to much. Maybe plant some foods? Or stick up a wind turbine? Planting vegetables would be good for the boys to learn I guess and I have my trusty fergy.

Suggestions that require little effort (I dont however expect much gain) warmly recieved.

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