We are a small farm, only 20 acres, but we are doing a variety of things and have plans for a much larger variety as time goes on.  Ideally, a sustainable farm, once built should require less and less work to produce more and more produce.  The reason; if true sustainability is achieved, then the land heals itself and produces an abundance of fertility, that is recycled back into the land and the cycle continues in a positive trend.
    
At the end of 1992, we bought 20 acres that had been over farmed, over grazed and abused with chemicals.  We had giant bare patches of cotton rot, and very little knowledge of what we were doing.  We had sold a high rise, downtown condo overlooking a golf course, to live in the country.  Money was tight, but freedom to do it our way was high.  We had a love of Mother Nature and a desire to live a clean, healthy life.

We made many false starts, got into emus, waterfowl, and tried many different gardening styles, but gradually, with the help of the internet and the school of hard knocks, we found a plan that works for us.  Most of the animals on our farm are endangered species, our plants are open pollinated and heirlooms.  We have never used chemicals for much, and as we learn, we used less and less, until now we use none.  Our fertility comes from worms and rabbit manure.  We use a lot of compost tea.

At present we raise Irish Dexter Cattle, with one lone Jersey just because.  We have Gulf Coast Sheep, mixed breed rabbits.  We again have Light Brahma Chickens and Naragansette Turkeys.  We have some fruit and nut trees, more planned in the future.  We have fairly extensive gardens for vegetables and fruit for the market, We are learning to grow more and more of the feed for our animals.  We have 6 varieties of bamboo for a large variety of purposes.

We are working on water catchment systems, solar panel arrays, methane digestion, solar hot water and more renewable energy projects.  Alternative building practices are a way of life here, and our research covers many options. 

 It is a busy full life that is never boring.  We eat well and work hard, but it is fun to watch the slow changes and see dreams comes to life.

This site is not finished.  I try to work on it every Sunday Morning, time permitting.  There is a lot of information that still needs to be added, I hope in time, to cover the major aspects of our farm.