So it seems to me that most of you live on large acreages.
Care to share how many acres y'all have?
I have a tiny 1/3 acre.
Care to share how many acres y'all have?
I have a tiny 1/3 acre.
How Many Acres?
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You can do something with 1/3 acre. Get some chickens. Start some raised gardens. We have 23 acres. Plenty for husband and I. Not even considered a "farm" with the acreage around here.
We only have 5. But it is productive and could do a lot more if I had the time
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A few hundred. But I'd like to scale down to about 40 - 80 acres at a lower elevation with a milder climate. And more rainfall.
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Do you want more acreage? If so, how many could you manage?
I have 1/3 of an acre and would like anywhere from 5 to 40. The challenge is how to manage more? The other thing is to make the most of what you have.
I have 1/3 of an acre and would like anywhere from 5 to 40. The challenge is how to manage more? The other thing is to make the most of what you have.
We have 4.
Every time I wish it was 40, I remind myself that God gave us this land, and He can take it away.
And, I have a hard time managing 4 let alone 40.
Every time I wish it was 40, I remind myself that God gave us this land, and He can take it away.
And, I have a hard time managing 4 let alone 40.
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Nearly 400.
About 100 here...
My home acreage is only about 1/3 acre, but I also am one of the owners of the strip mall where my grocery is located.
There are several plats including the mall and most of the parking, another section of parking, the parking deck, and then the large lowland (mostly drainage) behind the loading bays on the backside of the mall (and beyond the rear retaining wall.)
I added them up and it’s just over 33 acres. Of course, no one ever owns all their land because of all the easements!
Would I want more? Yes, I would like to have maybe another adjacent 30 acres of heavily wooded land (that's behind our swampy area) for exercises we currently have to drive several miles to undertake and that means driving and carpooling etc. The group trips are "fun," but it wastes a lot of travel time. (There are 3 rather large homes nestled in that particular acreage, so it's probably not land I can ever get.)
Am I managing it OK? I think so. The layout and mall structure leaves few change options, but huge maintenance. Fortunately, the rents cover all that, so by hiring all our own maintenance people and "doing stuff right," we have a property we're proud of and not one of those malls you've seen that look abandoned and falling apart.
There are several plats including the mall and most of the parking, another section of parking, the parking deck, and then the large lowland (mostly drainage) behind the loading bays on the backside of the mall (and beyond the rear retaining wall.)
I added them up and it’s just over 33 acres. Of course, no one ever owns all their land because of all the easements!
Would I want more? Yes, I would like to have maybe another adjacent 30 acres of heavily wooded land (that's behind our swampy area) for exercises we currently have to drive several miles to undertake and that means driving and carpooling etc. The group trips are "fun," but it wastes a lot of travel time. (There are 3 rather large homes nestled in that particular acreage, so it's probably not land I can ever get.)
Am I managing it OK? I think so. The layout and mall structure leaves few change options, but huge maintenance. Fortunately, the rents cover all that, so by hiring all our own maintenance people and "doing stuff right," we have a property we're proud of and not one of those malls you've seen that look abandoned and falling apart.
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1 acre. The back 50 feet of it is woods that's outside our fence. A creek is at the end of our property in back. It's just a large yard.
I’m suburban so most properties are calculated in the square footage. My grandparents purchased two lots and it’s a 1/4 of an acre.
Me too. I wouldn't even know how much we have, but I would guess between 1/4 and 1/2 acre.
The county auditor websites thoughtfully provide the lot acreage.
The new place is:
CREEKSIDE ESTATES SEC 1 LOT 13
Acres
0.1790
The old place:
LOT 42 HILLENDALE SUB BLK B
I used to want more, but not anymore. I can do plenty with what I have, utilized thoughtfully.
The new place is:
CREEKSIDE ESTATES SEC 1 LOT 13
Acres
0.1790
The old place:
LOT 42 HILLENDALE SUB BLK B
| Acreage | 0.173 |
I used to want more, but not anymore. I can do plenty with what I have, utilized thoughtfully.
Only 5 acres! In a nice spot surrounded by other acreage!
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We are small only 19.5 acres.
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We used to have a lot more acreage but sold off all of the non adjoining pieces. The kids didn't want any.
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I am on a tiny plot, barely 1/4 acre, including the house, over have of my lot is next to the street, so the only space I have for gardening is about 1200 square feet. Not optimal, by any means. I would prefer to move to someplace where I could have 25 or so acres, but just can't make the jump. The other thing is that the closer I get to being able to make the move, the further my body moves away from being able to take care of a larger property...
I erred .... I'm on tad less than 1/4 acre.
Big house and pool take it all up!
We'd both like a dozen or more acres, but we're too old to manage a lot of land.
Big house and pool take it all up!
We'd both like a dozen or more acres, but we're too old to manage a lot of land.
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It takes me about 3 weeks to repair our fences every spring, and between 300 to 600 new fence posts added every year. Our fences were in pretty poor condition when we moved on the property.
At my age I can see a time coming when this property will be too much for me to handle on my own. I think 40 acres would be just about the right size for me to manage, even up in to my 80's and 90's. I could fence 40 acres in just a few days.
At my age I can see a time coming when this property will be too much for me to handle on my own. I think 40 acres would be just about the right size for me to manage, even up in to my 80's and 90's. I could fence 40 acres in just a few days.
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I’m also a renter. Less than a 1/4 acre lot I guess.
We are on just under 20 acres, I really wish it was 40 that would be perfect for us.
just a tad over 20 acres
We measure ours in feet, not acres. About 200 feet across by 250 ft deep, whatever that is, 1/3 acre?
But here's a nice ranch in AZ...
But here's a nice ranch in AZ...
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That is way more common then a good fence, some will last forty years with good maintenance.
The one we put up when I was in grade school, is all but gone.
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Our fence is probably about 75 years old. For the last 30 years before we bought to place there wasn't any maintenance done on it. I've also added a mile or so of new fence, with plans of another 2 miles of cross fencing.
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I "live" on a half acre...for now.
But I have part interest in a 430 acre tree farm and am sole owner of another 62 acre tree farm. We are planning on moving to the 62 acre place as soon as we can afford to build something. I have about 6 acres carved out for crops and critters. Half of that is already cleared and I will clear the rest of it when we sell some timber next year.
We want to start with chickens and hair sheep. We also want to buy the 25 acre parcel next to it.
But I have part interest in a 430 acre tree farm and am sole owner of another 62 acre tree farm. We are planning on moving to the 62 acre place as soon as we can afford to build something. I have about 6 acres carved out for crops and critters. Half of that is already cleared and I will clear the rest of it when we sell some timber next year.
We want to start with chickens and hair sheep. We also want to buy the 25 acre parcel next to it.
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we currently have about 36 acres, had 90 but sold some a few years ago since it was 20 minutes away and we couldn't find a reliable person to cut our hay field on there
It's about all we can handle I think, enough to run a small farm for sheep and goats, not enough for a lot of cattle
we have 2 large gardens about half acre each . I do wish we had that hay field next to our property here and someone to cut and bale it for us , now we have to buy our hay
It's about all we can handle I think, enough to run a small farm for sheep and goats, not enough for a lot of cattle
we have 2 large gardens about half acre each . I do wish we had that hay field next to our property here and someone to cut and bale it for us , now we have to buy our hay
Had about 10-11, sold about 10-11, will have about 10-11 in the future. Unless I hop a state border North or East, then I can get 20-30 for the same price as 10-11.
