When we first started on this journey we were looking further than SE Queensland. We had thought that this might have been the opportunity to secure some land back closer to Canberra where Cath and I are from.. but timing wasn't right and we both wanted to do something now - not wait for the future. So we started looking closer afield
We finally found 9 acres out west of Ipswich in a suburb called Thagoona. It had a dam and was very close to public transport... in fact, if we got on well with QR we could pick up the coal train and ride it in to the city!! well, I did say Ipswich..
It has a dam, fully fenced, and the building envelope was relatively clear of trees. This is the good news. The bad news is the soil is E type - highly reactive clay. Not the best soil to build on, or to grow anything in. I am , however, in high hopes for it - I think with a little (or a lot) of gypsum, and organic fetilisers it might product the results we are after. I have a copy of 'Natural Farming' by Pat Coleby that I would thouroughly recommend to anyone starting out. If the soil isn't good - and by all accounts most of soils in AUS are not - then you are going to have some heartache.
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