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Well look at us here 3/4 and acre try to mow you want a rider and gas weed eater over 70 can be a chore I have all the chickens I could want with room for more if I so wished but makes other critters a no go have 3 dogs 4 inside 3 outside cats enough of such
 
These are very good tips!
I do not think I would get over 5 acres. That seems like a size that can be more easily taken care of
Depends on what is on the acreage and the topography. 5 acres is more than plenty for a house, some chickens and goats or sheep plus their housing. Without animals, it is a lot of mowing. Actually, WITH animals, it is a lot of mowing. We have about 1 acre of homesite including the barns and 1 acre fenced for the 2 alpacas and the chickens. It takes about an hour with the riding mower to mow around the house. That leaves about 4.5 acres of what was once a hay field that I have been mowing now that I have a tractor to knock down the weeds. Hoping to get it back to something productive. Sometimes I have to mow the fenced area because the alpacas are picky and don't actually eat much. The plant life, except when we have drought, grows faster than they eat it so they are picky about what they dain to eat. The rest of the property is a wetland, a man made pond (now in woods) and woods. Other than cutting wood for winter heat, the woods are left to the wild animals.

Depending on where you find a place, you might find one that has productive hay fields that someone will want to lease to make hay for sale. In that case, don't limit yourself to that 5 acres.
 
These are very good tips!
I do not think I would get over 5 acres. That seems like a size that can be more easily taken care of
But with our 13 acres, the neighbors are further away. We had 10 acres in TN.
 
Feels good huh cap we only have like 400 folks here in town only stop light is at the highway we looked for small town life to retire to
I like not hearing the neighbors fight, or their dogs barking. And I love being on the river.
The weatherman said we have had 59 days of over 90° temperatures this year so far! Sizzle!
 
Today I am working on the last side of the run. The mosquitoes are terrible! Hubby dug up 2 stumps I kept banging my toes on. Yay!
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