We'll look forward to hearing more about gardening in your part of the world. 
It's a diverse and friendly group here. I'm sure you'll fit right in.
How-dee! Glad to have you growing with us here at TheEasyGardener. This is a great place for questions, advice, tips, and friends and we 
LOVE new friends from everywhere and anywhere in the world.
. I've no garden to speak of at the moment but as soon as I get to France I'll be jumping in with both feet! I'm just hoping my fingers aren't quite as far from green as I suspect and I don't kill off everything I try to grow!
Start small and gradually increase your gardens and animal groups as you develop your skills and knowledge. Trying to do everything at once sounds like a pretty clear scenario for disaster.
before you purchase 100 birds and find you can only manage to keep a dozen healthy.
If you do your research -- here and in other places -- you will be more confident and have a better start, but funding a large operation that's too big to handle is not the way I would approach this endeavor.
Whatever you do, know that we are here to help in any way we can.
Not sure I'll manage that many all at once even when fully self sufficient! I've got my research head well and truly on these days. All my computer time is devoted to smallholding plans, I've even got the OH (who is severely allergic to technology ) on youtube binges about self sufficient living!
