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A Farm of My Own:  What is your ideal amount of acreage?  |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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 Posted - May 26 2007 : 8:40:38 PM
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I was thinking recently about my dream farm and I realized I don't know how big I want it to be! What is your ideal acreage and what would you do with it if you had all the land you wanted?
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MariaAZ
True Blue Farmgirl
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Phoenix
AZ
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Posted - May 26 2007 : 8:58:37 PM
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This is a great question! In order to fix in my mind what an acre is, I found a web reference that described an acre as being 3/4 of a football field in size.
I would love a minimum of 5 acres; about 1/4 acre for the house and yard, a couple acres for gardens & barn and the rest in woodlot & orchards.
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
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Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - May 26 2007 : 9:20:43 PM
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we own 30 acres (by far .. mostly WOODS .. surrounded by a about a thousand acres of woods that no one but 'critters' live in .. and that is lots more than we need. i think it would depend on if you are going to have farm animals .. gardens .. barns, etc. will you be running a business or not?
we have about five acres clear (i think) .. and that is the perfect amount (actually, could do with about three .. enuff for gardens and the 'dawgs'. xo
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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mom2knk
True Blue Farmgirl
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Blanche
So Cal
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Posted - May 26 2007 : 10:13:06 PM
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| We are starting to look for property and in all the conversations dh and I have had we both seem to agree to atleast 5 acres. My fingers are crossed that we do find something and soon!! |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
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Runbikegrrl
True Blue Farmgirl
250 Posts
MaryAnn
Waterbury Ctr
VT
USA
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Posted - May 27 2007 : 06:24:33 AM
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Enough so I can't see my neighbors house or hear traffic...so it would be at least 5 preferably more. In VT most of the places even if thye have lots of acreage are right literally a few yards from the road....combination of not wanting to do the snow removal thing and that the roads have been widdened in the last 25 years
"So many interests so little time!"
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
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Michelle
Rosalia
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Posted - May 27 2007 : 09:09:26 AM
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You know, I think most people want 5 acres. In two separate states in the last 10 years, I know it has become so popular to "chop up" larger farms and sell 5 acre parcels that counties (in both states) have passed ordinances to keep it from happening. The place I lived in Idaho required "new land" sales to be bits no smaller than 20 acres. Here, I think it is 40 now. Unless the parcel was "grandfathered in" as small as it is before the new rules.
They site the loss of the "family farm". Odd, since perhaps the "family farm" in this century may be about 5 acres, enough for people to use for their own family, but not enough that they have to give up other jobs to support the family farm. I know farmers-by-profession around here either have second jobs to have a "count on it" income, or they have hundreds or thousands of acres of diverse crops...with million dollar machines I could never afford.
I don't know the answer, but it is hard to balance the image we all have of farmers producing food for the world, and living the lifestyle so many want a part of.
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Harmony
Farmgirl in Training
25 Posts
USA
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Posted - May 27 2007 : 09:36:08 AM
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We moved from the city to the counrtyside last year and bought 5 acres, which seemed like a lot of land. Now that we're here, though, we want a hundred more! (And our neighbors agree with us!)
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
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Posted - May 27 2007 : 12:10:15 PM
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In our county it is 10 to 20 acres parcels. I have five acres now because it was before the restrictions were passed. Honestly I think it is a good idea because I hate to see the farm land chopped up. When I get ready to get my own parcel I know that I will be moving out of state. I couldn't afford land here. Any 5 acre parcels that are left start at $300,000!
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - May 27 2007 : 2:57:28 PM
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I would love to have as much as 100 acres, but I am not sure if I will ever be able to afford it!
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Buttercup
True Blue Farmgirl
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Talitha
Vermont
USA
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Posted - May 27 2007 : 8:50:14 PM
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Well after all I have read I would want a min. of 15 acres. This allows for 10 acres of woods, which is what they say most families need to provide your own wood for heating, and 5 acres for pasture, crops, orchards, yard, and buildings etc. But in all honesty, I would love 40-200 acres better!!! Anything over 200 I would probably not be interested in because other then a buffer for our farm, I would not have any use for it and it would be too much to upkeep and tend to I think.
I am enjoying reading what everyone else wants!! Too neat!
Hugz to All!
Talitha
"If we could maintain the wonder of childhood and at the same time grasp the wisdom of age, what wonder,what wisdom,what life would be ours" |
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lilpunkin
True Blue Farmgirl
368 Posts
Texas
USA
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Posted - May 27 2007 : 9:35:07 PM
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Me and my hubby have 75 acres that we bought back in October. Alot of it is trees and hills, but we do have some pasture at the bottom. I cant imagine how much it would be if it was all flat, whew!
I enjoy the land that we have, this summer we will have alot of work ahead of us. The people that lived here before us did alot of tree trimming and didnt get all of the trimmings picked up. So we will be working on that.
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
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Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - May 27 2007 : 10:12:05 PM
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I have around 17 acres, and it really is a good amount for me - but if I were to have a "dream farm," I would have about 60 acres, and add a wildland buffer around the farm, as well as a woodlot and meadow.
I just LOVE hearing what you all have to say about this!
XOXO, Libbie
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