What to do with partially boggy land?

[Chris]

So burying in a hole as per a cat hole/compost toilet on the same land not on veges = A ok and the proper bushscraft way and when it is put on vegetables on the same land then it is suddenly polluting waterways and criminal?

Exactly, glad you recognise that composting correctly is legal and not an environmental risk, but spreading human waste on your vegetables when not correctly treated is polluting and potentially criminal.

 

[Paul_B]

I wish the OP luck, he has a task and a half to make it work even without the issues of wet land and it never having been used for plant crops. I do think we are better sticking to positive advice and leaving any negativity behind. It is hard to do this when you feel you are getting criticised from all sides. However to the OP I would look seriously at the advice given as we have experienced people on here. Real time served experience that is worth a lot. Of course you need to pick and choose what you want to take on board for yourself and accept the consequences, but it is still worth listening.

I once met a guy who was in the process of turning land into a commercial and self sufficiency project. IIRC it was up Kentmere valley and it was land that had never been used for growing plant based food. IIRC he was about 2 years into the project and still had not reached full, year round, self sufficiency, let alone producing in quantity for commercial veg box business. He was starting to feel the pressure as he was running low on funds I think. I met him in a walking group and I think he needed that activity to destress from his venture.

I finish this post with another wish of good luck in the OPs endeavours. I do wish him success in it, even if it is hard thing to do.

 

[Stew]

Why the hurry? Because I wasted most of my life not taking life by the horns. No intention of just sitting things out for another year plus I want to start my journey to self sufficiency right away.

I am sure the crofters of yore didn't sit around for a year not eating waiting for the perfect time to start once they adequately studied the land.

One learns by making mistakes much faster than ivory tower philosophizing.

Send me your address and I’ll send you a couple of types of bean and acocha seeds. You can save seed from them each year - more than you would need year on year and so no ongoing expense.

 

[haptalaon]

I am thinking of buying used pallets, as discussed for other purposes earlier, as they are naturally somewhat elevated plus are wood so will rot down sooner or later so not like gravel which would stay indefinitely.

Pallets sound like a decent stopgap to me, but I wouldn't let them rot down into the soil as they are often chemically treated - you shouldn't burn them, for example.