Been reading

Reading a lot lately on living more frugally. Urban Homesteading especially. We live in the city, just on the edge of the city limits. Have a nice sized house and 3 lots of land to take care of. There is pleanty of yard to grown fruits and veggies on as well as raise chickens. Eggs anyone?

Why do I want to do this? Several reasons really. Save money on food. During harvest time I can freeze, can, and/or dehydrate the crops. Chickens will give us eggs; we go through two dozen a week right now. Plus we know if chemicals were used or not. Organic food at its best. Whatever leftovers we may have, beyond what we need canned, frozen, etc. We could sell to the neighbors or give them away. (I'm thinking more on selling to help pay for our expenses, but that's me.)

Don't know where to start. Want to do it all, now. Yet I keep reading to start small and add more year after year. This means that this spring we need to get clean dirt (not dirt from a construction site) to fill in the hole in the back yard, build raised beds for the garden, and start out with that for now. Next year, we could build a chicken coop and add chickens to the fun. The more we add to our yard, the less we will have to mow. That would be heaven in my life.

Wonder if there are plans or beginners guide on the net somewhere.