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So what options does a landowner have for ways of producing income sans full time farming on his property?
Down here many people have 100+ acre tracts and one spouse has a "regular" job, usually a county type gig for health insurance, etc. also and another spouse has a more flexible job wherein they can do some farming as well. My land would take some massive changes before I could do conventional farming and honestly, I have no inclination to do so.
Cattle I am interested in doing as roughly 1/3 of my land is now pasture.
The rest is wooded, mix of hardwoods and pine. A good portion of the wooded areas are low lands.
My intention is not to "live off the land" ala it being my only income. However it needs to PRODUCE some income to add to other streams, to pay for improvements, necessary equipment, etc.
A good portion of the timber could be cut now. However the intention is not one big score, but a way to set things up wherein their could be some regular income.
In addition down here there are crews that will come and rake pine straw from planted pines and pay $100. an acre per year for it. They keep the brush cleared in those areas and keep it clean, which cuts down on fire hazards also and makes for a cleaner look. Supposedly they only come twice a year and they are usually done in a couple of days (depending on size of land). So this wouldn't interfere with other things going on much. Nothing critical from a survival standpoint is anywhere near the areas this would happen in, so little chance of theft, etc.
So outside of farming and any crazy "grow echinacea and make a million" type non sense, what other ideas should I look at?
Down here many people have 100+ acre tracts and one spouse has a "regular" job, usually a county type gig for health insurance, etc. also and another spouse has a more flexible job wherein they can do some farming as well. My land would take some massive changes before I could do conventional farming and honestly, I have no inclination to do so.
Cattle I am interested in doing as roughly 1/3 of my land is now pasture.
The rest is wooded, mix of hardwoods and pine. A good portion of the wooded areas are low lands.
My intention is not to "live off the land" ala it being my only income. However it needs to PRODUCE some income to add to other streams, to pay for improvements, necessary equipment, etc.
A good portion of the timber could be cut now. However the intention is not one big score, but a way to set things up wherein their could be some regular income.
In addition down here there are crews that will come and rake pine straw from planted pines and pay $100. an acre per year for it. They keep the brush cleared in those areas and keep it clean, which cuts down on fire hazards also and makes for a cleaner look. Supposedly they only come twice a year and they are usually done in a couple of days (depending on size of land). So this wouldn't interfere with other things going on much. Nothing critical from a survival standpoint is anywhere near the areas this would happen in, so little chance of theft, etc.
So outside of farming and any crazy "grow echinacea and make a million" type non sense, what other ideas should I look at?
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