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In short

• Start small and do it well: one bed you really look after is worth more than a big garden lost to weeds.
• First settle why, who, how much time and how much money. Land and animals come later.
• The rule for beginners: one new area per season.
• The first three things on almost every homestead are water, compost and the vegetable garden. Hens, fruit trees and everything else come after.
• Keep records from day one: what you sowed, how much you harvested, how much you spent. A journal is the cheapest teacher there is.