How to Plan a 6-Acre Homestead For Maximum Production

I've gotten a lot of questions about how our homestead is laid out. So here's a video showing how to plan a homestead for maximum food yield.

Happy homesteading!

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Timestamps:
00:00 6 Acres
00:54 6 Enterprises
01:46 #1 Ruminants
03:40 #2 Meat Chickens
05:28 Permaculture
06:11 #3 Laying Hens & #4 Pigs
07:25 #5 Vegetable Garden
09:19 #8 Perennial Garden

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Thank you for the music!
Track: Splashing Around
Artist: The Green Orbs

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We practice REGENERATIVE agriculture on a small scale.

better soil | better plants | better animals

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ABOUT THE HIGH MOUNTAIN HOMESTEAD

Hi! I’m PJ, and my family loves the homesteading life! It’s something my wife and I have always wanted to do, but we grew up with ZERO HOMESTEADING EXPERIENCE!!!!!

We grew up in beautiful southern California, 15 minutes away from the beach. As amazing as that was, we both dreamed of a life closer to land and animals. After getting married and moving to Utah, our family slowly grew. We had become a family of four living in a townhome with a small backyard filled with potted plants.

In 2019 we dipped out feet into homesteading on 1 ¼ acre lot in Utah. In 18 months we were ready to do this for real. So in 2021 we packed everything up (including our sheep) and moved to North Carolina to 12 acres and we love every inch of our homestead!

We raise Dorper sheep and have big plans for:
• grass-fed lamb
• fullblood Dorper breeding stock
• meat chickens
• laying chickens and ducks
• heritage breed pork
• honey
• row crops
• perennial food forest
• and more

I hope you join us on our journey, subscribe and ring the bell if you haven’t yet.

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#pigs #sheep #chickens

[earlinemcgahen]

Put sheep after cows and chickens after sheep, that breaks the parasite cycle, Kune Kune pigs are grazers instead of rooting pigs.

[miriammigliacci]

I love it! “I’ll keep it but you can watch the video!”

[miriammigliacci]

So exciting to hear and see what you are doing!! Good for you!!

[WhittAcres]

Great layout. I have 4 acres that I'm trying to fit everything into and it's nice to see another small setup. I'll be following along!

[seifer]

You're living my dream man. Id like to get some land and build a nice homestead so I dont have to buy so much food. My local grocery store got lamb in and it's really got me looking into sheep. They're delicious.

[nooneask-hf]

You are incredibly dialed in, phenomenal job!

[johnberry]

Surplus is possible. Economics can be challenging. Fun and lifestyle do have value. Stay safe.

[julayalo]

Smart use of your land, enjoyed this!

[mlindsay]

Nice setup! We have similar arrangement. I’m working hard to reduce our purchased feed. Don’t forget about mulberries and hazelnuts in your orchard.

[Mrmagnum]

Ooof that easement. Hopefully that’s how you suggested it, besides that wonderfully done

[GRolla]

It'll be our drone 😂 nice. First time checking out your videos. I'll watch some others and see if it's my taste. But so far so good

[rossholmes]

Greetings from Australia...great vid - very interesting and very clever use of resources. You have me thinking, young fella...you have me thinking.

[jenniferscotten]

Thank you for sharing. I love seeing all this detailed info of what others are doing with their land. Love the whiteboard!

[Xian]

We have 5 acres and have done chickens (meat and egg), sheep, and pigs. Look for a local organic or minimal spray orchard or garden and see if you can collect windfall apples, broken pumpkins, etc. They work great for finishing the pigs! Also, we're teying to establish a silvo pasture with apples, pears, oaks, chestnuts, etc that will drop and the pigs can eat.

[OctMEAG]

That is a really practical set up and a nice no nonsense video. Thanks!

[dexl]

Best video I’ve seen rotating and allow different processes to work together the way our grandparents did it 👍

[TylerZeigler]

Here’s a sub and a comment for the drone! Thank you for sharing, I’ve got a half acre in suburbia that I have chickens and a garden / wanna be backyard farmer. This year has been huge for learning, looking forward to next. Cheers.

[Adnancorner]

Have you thought of growing grapes on the road pathway, and use the "L" shape area for meat chickens with sparsely planted fruit trees ? 7:40 Just a suggestion.

[spoolsandbobbins]

This is great PJ! We’re dreaming and planning along side of you here in Nova Scotia. 30 dual purpose birds (starting a new flock this spring - Bresse), 5 sheep, 3 pigs, 11 rabbits. Our gardens get bigger every year. You’ve given us some great ideas/confirmation and you’re an inspiration to many! Hope you get that drone soon!!

[rayneorshine]

In the future if you want to do another one of these but you still don't have a drone, my family and I use a screenshot of Google Maps and use that to add lines and such to show what is/will be there. Very economical and helps really show the lay of the land.