Self sufficient farming..

I forgot about Murray's calculator for land use. After looking into that as well i've realised that I can support drastically less than the 1000 peole i'd thought I might. But that would probalby make more sense for the size of the educational program anyway.

 When the future projections are put into it, it decreases the projected ability of the land to support the population.

 However I believe that my sustaianble farming techniques on the site would allow the site to support more people, more effectively than Murray's calculator suggests.

Aim:

Self sufficient regions - of which Woodfordia is a sub community.

My aim is a mostly self sufficient community of 500. The production within Woodfordia wouldn't be the same as Murray's calculator predicts due to the changes in farming methods i'm proposing and the fact that there will be greater trading with nearby communities.


I did a bit more research into self-sufficient farming and found some really simple steps that will be mostly easy for the community at woodfordia to live by:


Tips to self sufficiency

1.  Grow your own Vegetables
2. Save seeds
3. Learn how to grow herbs
4. Grow edible flowers
5. Make your own compost
6. Start a worm farm
7. Collect rain water
8. Make your own leaf mould
9. Make your own liquid manure and liquid fertilisers
10. Make your own pesticides and insecticides
11. Add solar panels
12. Raise some backyard chick
13. Keep a bee hive
14. Make you own jams
15. Preserve vegetables
16. Make homemade bread
17. Make homemade wine, cider and beer
18. Make meals from scratch
19. Juice your own vegetables
20. Make your own yogurt, cheese and ice cream
21. Sprout your own seeds
22. Make you own furnishings, materials and quilts
23. Make your own soap
24. Make your own makeup
25. Build your own home
26. Recycle

From  Country farm Lifestyles. Self Reliant Living. Accessed October 11, 2012. http://www.countryfarm-lifestyles.com/self-reliant-living.html