how big is ur farm?

392 acres. 100 farmable, hay fields currently. Most of the property is wooded. Have a stream going thru property and a pond.

8.21 acres here. Enough for 3 sheep, 2 dogs, 12 chickens and a bunch of grandkids to have fun on.

we have 40 wooded sloping acres that are currently being logged (selectively) due to beetle issues and another 20 we rent that is pasture attached to our own.

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www.MontanaSticksAndStones.com at Goshen Farm

... 6 acres hold the house, driveway, large pond, outbuildings, garden, etc. almost 20 acres in field at the moment (4 to be reclaimed for trees, orchard, etc next spring), and the rest in horse pasture and woodland. The entire farm slopes to the south, with the bottom 20 almost flat. Top 20 is near a hilltop, but below (think military crest).

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0.25 acres. Thought I'd just bring the average farm size in this post down a bit.

But it's a start!

We have ten acres. One acre cleared, the other nine full of trees. We just moved here so will be clearing a little more for garden area by spring.

About 4 acres here and 105 acres at our other place. Here 2 acres wood, creek and the rest is gardens, buildings and pasture. There, 75% pasture with some trees, 25% wooded. Also have 3 ponds. Can't wait til we can build there!

Seventeen acres, on the farm where I live, about half of it cleared and tillable and the other half is wooded. There's an additional 120 acres I'm blessed with in other states and provinces. Most of that is wooded, but there is some open, tillable garden spots on both these tracts.

The earlier posts about the size of the farm/homestead not mattering, but rather how you use what you have is right on.

1/6 of an acr. Nothing but yard for kids and dogs.

In my dreams...
100- 200 acres. In the mountains. 75% wooded. Trees of ALL sorts. 2 acers of Garden. 1 acre House and yard. 1acre kennels and dog yards. (income) 2 acres barns, 1 acre shop for dh. 3 acre pond or 2. fields, pasture. etc,etc,etc.

15 acres here we went from 75 acres to our current, it was much better to maintain It was just better land cause of the grass and water around our new place plus 3/4 of it got paid off by selling it to land people that wanted to make our old place into 1-5 acre plots.

They had bought the huge 300 acre ranch near us and were going to do the same I wasnt keen about having 1 acre city neighbors around us. Country neighbors are fine love them, but most likely these people would have moved in and bought a dog right away letting it run wild and have music blaring you know what I mean.

5 acres is where our two houses sit (ours and my parents cottage they moved with us so they can retire) and our 60 tree pecan orchard and our garden and 15 tree fruit orchard we just planted. The rest of the 10 acres is coastal field mixed with clover where we run our sheep and chickens, turkeys. We have a canal that runs around most of the property that we can use, water well as well as city water. Lots of cheap Water is plus here to have in South Texas.

We have one red brick barn where we use to put equipment, rabbits, our processing center and future milk room and stalls. The other old barn will be made into corrals for sick or pregnant animals. The bee hives are out in the field along the fence we think of them as guard dogs hahaha. We plan to add a root celler, smoke room, green house and a bee hive shed. We have two other sheds right now, one is my husband wood working shed the other is storage for us and my folks.

Pictures of our farm can be found at my website hit my name up top on my profile RANCHERMOM and the link will be there. Love this Post to hear what everyone else has.

Samantha

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We are DEBT FREE!! as of Feb 21, 2008

208 acres, 40 pasture, the rest my son has planted in cotton. Half of it is my sister's but she lives in Westminister, Co.

We only have one acre...but i think we kick butt with what we have!!!

Belinda

Our homeplace where we are building the log house consists of 37 acres, about five is consumed by hardwoods, another 2 in creek, the property goes to center of creek along the back of the farm, and the rest is hayfield and pasture for the cows. (5 cows, a bull, and their calves) Its more than we need but its there and its nice, we wouldnt part with an inch of it.

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U guys and gals have some nice places.

We live on my wife's familiy's farm. With my wife, it has been in the family for 4 generations. Perhaps our son will make it a 5th generation farm?

Our farm consists of about 144 acres with half of it being woods, and the other half open land. We have an old farm house and old barn along with some old buildings (one of which is the original house which in today's standard is a shack - it makes a great storage place though!).

We don't actually "farm" it but rent it out to a local farmer who raises corn, soy beans, and hay. In exchange, we get paid rent, he brush hogs the whole farm once a year, plus I get some hay and grain for free.

It's still a farm though with my chickens & goats on it.

I won't ever sell any of it, but would buy up adjoining land if it becomes available. I've already been teaching my 7 year old son that when he gets older, he should never sell any land, regardless of what somebody may want to offer him , but if the opportunity ever presents itself to buy adjoining land, he should jump at the chance.

Both my wife & son have been told that in order for me to leave this place, they are either going to have to cart me off to a nursing home, or carry me out in a body bag (and I'm only 38!)

If upon my death, my wife or son decides to sell the propery, they can count on me to be turning over in my grave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!

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Michael W. Smith in North-West Pennsylvania

"Everything happens for a reason."

• 55 in alfalfa, redclover, timiothy mix, with nurse oats this year
• 10 piled ready for burning and heavy disc or breaking plow
• 40 second growth poplar 10 years old, needs clearing and breaking, stumps
• 10 clear needs breaking
• Remainder old growth Poplar, Pine, Spruce, Birch, road, house & garden

Part of 55 acres in 1st year Hay and nurse Oats, Sep 05, beyond is a part of the perimeter old growth


40 acres with 2nd growth Poplars is shown above a part of the 55 seeded field, , June 05, and above left is a part of the old growth

Very happy with the land we can use, we have been blessed, for sure.

Alex

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10 acres, all tillable.

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Brain, an apparatus with which we think we think.

Five acres, a long, narrow lot, with a year-round creek as the back property line. Property used to be a hayfield, so no exisiting trees, but it's great bottom land for ag uses. Just bought it a few months ago and had a little doublewide put on a permanant foundation on it. then fenced off the back 2 acres, and built a chicken coop and goose coop for my birds. Over the next several years, I will plant berries and an orchard and develop the front three acres as a pick-your-own farm-based business. I will be retiring in about 10 years and will need the extra income. That's why I chose this particular piece of property.

Same here - we only farm a small section of about 50 acres and do sugaring and sustainable forestry (e.g., loggin') in the rest.

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We have 96 acres. Back in January we planted 33 acres in hardwoods as part of a wetlands reclaimation program. There's 13 acres fenced for the horses and we plan to fence that much or more this winter for a couple cows. Drainage work was finished today on 12 acres of which ten is going to be plowed and planted in Tifton 44 for hay. The other two acres will be planted in corn/peas/pumpkins. There's about six acres in woods and the rest is yard, three ponds, barnlot, garden, chicken pen, beginning orchard, etc.

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