{"id":172,"date":"2016-02-15T09:51:56","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T14:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelittlehalfacre.com\/staging\/?p=172"},"modified":"2016-02-15T09:51:56","modified_gmt":"2016-02-15T14:51:56","slug":"the-little-half-acres-layout-i-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelittlehalfacre.com\/staging\/the-little-half-acres-layout-i-think\/","title":{"rendered":"The Little Half Acre&#8217;s Layout &#8211; I Think?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a rough drawing I made for our little half acre homestead.\u00a0 It shows where I plan to put the raised bed garden, the first Hugelkultur bed, a few small terraced beds, the greenhouse and chicken coop and &#8211; of course &#8211; the fruit and nut trees, bushes, herbs, bee hives and flowers.\u00a0 Whew.\u00a0 Click to enlarge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlehalfacre.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/permaculture-design.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-185\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-185 alignleft lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/thelittlehalfacre.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/permaculture-design-745x1024.jpg\" alt=\"permaculture-design\" width=\"584\" height=\"803\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/thelittlehalfacre.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/permaculture-design-745x1024.jpg 745w, https:\/\/thelittlehalfacre.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/permaculture-design-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/thelittlehalfacre.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/permaculture-design-768x1056.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelittlehalfacre.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/permaculture-design.jpg 1000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 584px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 584\/803;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two major problems with this plan are 1) trying to find enough space between all the rocks to dig sufficient holes for the bigger items and, 2) estimating how much sun certain areas will get.\u00a0 I know there&#8217;s a mathematical way to determine how much sun your location will get but I don&#8217;t do math.\u00a0 I do guesswork.\u00a0 I do a prayer and a promise.\u00a0 Hey, it&#8217;s only the food we need to survive, right?\u00a0 Why not just take a huge chance?<\/p>\n<p>Actually, we did at least observe the property during different times of day on two separate homestead-hunting trips to the mountains.\u00a0 We figured it might be just barely doable by cutting down twelve trees and numerous saplings on our little half acre.<\/p>\n<p>I know for a fact that there will be a fair amount of sun where the power company cut a bunch of saplings (and left them in a tangled mess on the ground) that were growing under the power lines.\u00a0 That&#8217;s about the only spot where I am certain I can get stuff to grow.\u00a0 The rest?\u00a0 Well, stay tuned and we&#8217;ll see!<\/p>\n<p>The circled numbers on the drawing represent the items to be planted.\u00a0 The numbers after the item represent the totals being planted of each.\u00a0 Two existing items on the property are the walnut tree and the witch hazel (I think?) tree.\u00a0 It doesn&#8217;t show on the drawing but there are also three mature butternut trees on the neighbor&#8217;s property to the west.\u00a0 While the canopy is partially on our land, the actual trees exist on the neighbor&#8217;s land.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a rough drawing I made for our little half acre homestead.\u00a0 It shows where I plan to put the raised bed garden, the first Hugelkultur bed, a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,5],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homesteading","category-permaculture","tag-design"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Little Half Acre&#039;s Layout - I Think? 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