Hello everyone! First post here, been lurking for a while though. I'm interested in starting a
permaculture style farm in Kelowna BC Canada. My grandfather has some property with incredible potential that is being grossly underutilized. There are 13 acres facing south with a shallow slope all the way across. It is currently only being used to grow small amounts of
hay. I live here with my parents, who are builders and keen on subdividing the property. I've recently sparked an interest in aquaponics because I was interested in the automation aspect of it (long lime electronics hobbyist) and this
led me to the whole world of
permaculture. I'm totally convinced that
sustainable farming is what I want to do but I am hopelessly ignorant at the moment as I've been focusing on electrical engineering school for the past two years and have had no prior
experience with farming/gardening. I've been reading every book I can get my hands on and am looking for some resources to help me plan exactly what/when/how to grow as many plants as I can. I also have no idea how I would approach selling (or distributing for free) the product once it was grown. I will be spending some time around kelownas farmers markets in the near future and continue to research what will/wont grow here. There is a lot of information out there with tips and techniques once you're going, but I need to create a very comprehensive plan in order to convince my parents that this has potential. They are very skeptical by nature and like to know all the details of projects I attempt before I start digging around and spending money, which is absolutely understandable. Anyways to wrap this up, I have not put nearly
enough time into researching yet and if anyone here could suggest some links or
books or examples that would help me with the
specifics of executing a small farm I'd be very grateful. Thanks for reading!
