Do you have any tips or advice to offer?

I want to start a homestead when I finish college but I really haven't the faintest idea of what to do. How long would it take and how much would it cost to buy an acre of land along the south shore of Lake Superior and build a 20'x20' log cabin (with loft, outhouse, and shed)? If I started work in early spring and spent all of my spare time on it, would I have enough food canned/dried and wood stacked up for the winter? What would be the most ecologically friendly way to heat my home and have some electricity... like how much would solar panels cost? Would it be wise to have a cellar?





I really do not know much about all of this, but I would like to know if it is something a person just out of university (I'm very good about saving my money and my parents are paying for my tuition) can afford, or if I'd best get an apartment and work on the homestead for a few years before moving in.Do you have any tips or advice to offer?
you can move in right away, but you may want to check into alternative power, F.D.A. loans, raise chickens, grow vegies.


P.S. you need more than 1 acre at least 2.5.Do you have any tips or advice to offer?
A log cabin will be cold in the winter unless it's very well insulated.





Not sure about how much land you'd need for enough home-grown fruit and veggies for winter; but 1 acre sounds a little small for that.





You're talking about stacking wood to burn for heat during the winter, but burning wood is not very ecologically friendly. Wood combustion is very inefficient and produces a lot of pollutants.





Solar panels will probably cost around $10000. My parents have them, and they're only good when the sun is shining. They're very weak when it's overcast. You'd need batteries to store the electricity for evening use.





Basements next to a lake sound like a bad idea. If you reach the water table when you're digging, you'll have a ';well'; instead of a basement. I guess if you're at a high enough elevation, then it would be fine.





I'd advise taking advantage of services such as electrical utilities wherever practical, with your own system only as a backup.





I'd also advise getting a career that pays enough so you can buy groceries at the store rather than having to grow your own. Working with computers is a lot easier than farming.





I like the idea of a lake shore house. Sounds like a cool dream.
Hi, do I ever have a website for you! www.backwoodshome.com, they have a story about Dorothy Ainsworth, a woman that did just that, not on lake Superior though. I know one thing, that type of lifestyle means hardship, probably like you've never known. But its real cool though. Best way for heat is to burn wood, that in itself is quite alot of work. Good luck with that.

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