m4s73r
Well-Known Member
the cost of buring a shipping container isnt worth it. they buckle on top and the side to compression weight. The only strenght in them is in the corners where they are stacked. now you can do it, but you have to weld in supports to handle the soil and water weights.
The cost of of those animals even from growing is insane. figure 1 pig per acre if your field feeding them. half acre per if you supliment. Then the rest of the animals will need feed. so you can either grow it and feed them or trade for them.
Then theres the work, dude im a lazy fuck. So 5 acres of orchard set up will provide for 6 pigs first season. then up to 8 after that. So 2 pigs per year to keep and 6 to sell. now were talking 100% orchard feed organic pork. Get a OMRI license and sell that shit at a PRIEMUM. proceeds go toward the rest of my food.
Then Hydro power. Wind is good too if you live in the zone for it. If i didnt have a grid tie in, id run that with hydro. but with hydro, you build a generator 4x bigger then what you need. Now for me that will include a half acre of electic fencing as i will rotate pigs around the property to make sure they dont over eat any part of the land.
And it will power the Yurt. the rest will be a pay check from the power company for helping thier grid.
Total cost for a 5 acre plot, yurt, trees, pigs and misc.... just under 75k. Potential pay off of itself, just under 25 years at current market prices. So in 25 years it will pay for itself.
If your serious join a homesteading forum. There are communities for trading goods, like milk, beef, meds, things like that to get completely off grid and off government.
