Which way would you think one should seek after?
I live in a algeria and i want to have some thoughts on this.
I currently live in the capital, but now want to move to start this new life style as a homesteader (with enough capital to at least build proper house).
Right now, I'm between two places.
Option A: 1h30mn drive from the capital. 500-600mm yearly rainfall. Land is like 15k dollars per hactare (3.5 acres).
Option B: something in the 5k to 7k range per hectares. 3 hours drive from family/capital. Less rainfall (400mm). Bit drier and hotter in summers.
Here's a comparison between both cities weathers:
https://weatherspark.com/compare/y/47085~45837/Comparison-of-the-Average-Weather-in-A%C3%AFn-Oussera-and-A%C3%AFn-Defla
I want to run this in a permaculture type of way, by the way… And hopefully be self sufficent and sell the extra (orchard/sheep/honey) or at least that's how my vision is.
Any advise or recommendations even outside of my above questions is highly appreciated!
by hex_peson
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That is barely any water either way, and 3.5 hectares is a small area to make money off livestock at that expensive of land. Beekeeping is a possible way to make money but requires a lot of capital and knowledge to start up.
I would talk to other farmers in that geography: where I am at less than 1000 mm is drought.