Hi all from Toongabbie Victoria.
My wife, Marion and I have just taken over our new farm. It's a 15 acre lot right with a house and a couple of sheds on the edge of town, only a five minute walk to the shop!
The previous owner let the place go and there's blackberries all over, the fences need replacing and the ground is like concrete thanks to the horses.
The good news is that we have a permenant well, originally dug for the township back in the day and therefore water isn't going to be an issue. Part of the land is designated as a creek so hopefully Landcare will help us out with fencing it off and rejuvenating it with native trees and shrubs.
We plan to run a small flock of Boer goats and chickens and, once we're a little more established I want to get some bee hives.
What I really need to know is how to get the blackberries dead, rebuild all of the fences, rejuvenate the soil, get the trees in, set up the chook and goat residences and find the livestock and keep the grass down while maintaining full time work and without any money...
And just to make it complicated... Whatever we do will need to make a profit, quickly... Before Christmas this year would be nice...
Any ideas and suggestions gratefully accepted... :D