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An acre might be low, five acres might be high. Depends a lot on what the local conditions are like, what you can grow, what tools you have. I keep bees, for i
by carbadtraingood 4y ago
An acre might be low, five acres might be high. Depends a lot on what the local conditions are like, what you can grow, what tools you have.
I keep bees, for instance, and my hives produce about 50-100lbs of honey per year. It's not super nutritious, but it's low effort per lb. Ten hives could produce a lot of raw calories. But it's also a skill, and you can kill your bees if you aren't careful.
The point I'm making is that, we're all bringing different skills and backgrounds. I've grown potatoes but never at the scale of an acre. I don't know what challenges that brings.
- eru 4y agoFor bees, I suspect the limiting factor is land for their foraging?
- Scoundreller 4y agoIt’s not theft because the bees are stealing from your neighbours for you!
- eru 4y agoYes. But I was more worried about every neighbour on the block trying to run a hundred hives.
- carbadtraingood 4y agoBees don't steal anything humans want. Nectar and pollen are not something we collect ourselves. The bees, however, do pollinate the plants that provide us with food, so keeping bees can increase yields for neighbors who are growing things.
- phyzome 4y agoThere is a limit on how many hives you can have in an area. Flowers only produce so much nectar and pollen.