How much property?

6 for now. 10 would be nicer. Much more will be too much to handle.

Or not.

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We have forty acres. In my part of the world you don't usually hear folks measure trees in "acres" though. You usually have a pretty good head-count on your trees.

So far as how many acres in the future? As many as possible! I've spent most of my adult life on ranches in the 30-60,000 acre range, but i'd settle for 5 or 6,000.

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40, 3/4 clear, the rest in timber. Sits on a good sized river. It's more than we need (in this climate) to provide firewood, timber for our sawmill, pasture for our sheep, goats, and horses, a huge garden, chickens and rabbits, 2 shops, and a hay field. It really depends on where your acreage is. I know a family near me that is growing most of their own food on a very organized 2 acres. My daughter in central oregon can barely manage a 10X10' garden on 2 acres.

Oh I wish we had less...the older you get the less you want to care for. We have 70 in the deed but 90 plus according to the soil and water folks. We only need ten or less and certainly a smaller house. But nothing is selling so we are enjoying what we use and are thankful.

17 acres,most in pine and overgrown brush.
We have maybe 1 acre cleared,although the goats are doing their part in clearing the land.

How much would I want?

I would like to own enough land that it takes 30 minutes to reach the property line...driving.

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9.5 acres, about 2 cleared around the house, 2 more in pasture (that slopes down a mountain, fit only for goats and covered now in blackberry) the rest woods. We've owned it since 2005 but just moved here in June...now that we live here I think it's more than we need - we are not farmers and have no animals except cats.

But DH would love to buy the 22 acres next to us owned by an absentee owner...when I ask 'why?', he says...'just to have'. Hmmm...land hoarder.

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We have about 120ac or so. It is mostly mature hardwood forest with oak, tulip poplar, hickory, maple, ash, and a few others. We have about 10-12 springs and seeps that feed two perennial branches. It is a great place-the land takes care of itself really so 'caring' for it should not be a drawback for anyone looking to buy acreage. Paying taxes on more land would be the kicker but the cost is worth it to us to have privacy and resources. We burn wood in an outside furnace and only cut dead, dying, or downed trees and have more than we can use. Good luck to all that are in the hunt and my advice would be to buy all the land that you can and then a bit more. You can always sell a portion for more than you paid(well basically always unless you over pay) to pay off the original place or purchase/build something else. TTT

130 acres and with all that has happened in the last 2 years that is 129 to many .

Mmm, about 240. 200 at the farm. We'd like to sell the 20 acre parcels (in different counties than the farm) and buy land close to that.

I've found through the years that you can do all of your basic living on 10 acres, whether you own 10 or 10,000. We have a small creek that runs through the farm. That is lined with trees=firewood. We continue to plant trees for fruit, nuts, and windbreak.

Living next to gov land would be wonderful. Why pay taxes, when you could harvest wood and food off public land?

Of course, we have most of our ground in row crop....

Currently have less than 1.5 in 3 parcels. I want 100 or more. Lord willing I'll have enough to have livestock (5 acres or more in this state) before I'm too crippled up to mess with critters.

I have 160 acres that is basically just pasture. We dont live there yet. After we get a house out there I would realistically like to buy 2 more quarter sections at least (160 acres is a quarter section) for pasture/investment. Right now my land takes zero work besides feeding the animals and cutting the odd tree off the fence.

Wow it is pretty interesting the difference of opinion on acreage. Some want more, some want less.

We just built on 13 acres, most of it in mature red/white oak and hickory. Some pine and red maple, too. There are 80 adjacent acres (mature hardwoods) that I'd love to own, and the owner is willing to sell, but I've got to recover from this purchase first. Personally, I'm happy with at least 10 private acres (90 would be better), so long as it's mostly wooded so I can have plenty of firewood and make pasture where I want, not where someone else decided it should be. Finding land for sale around here (central Massachusetts) that hasn't been logged, clear-cut, or is some bizarre shape that's half wetlands, yet a (relatively) reasonable price, was an incredible challenge that took us years to accomplish. I'm not giving up an inch of it any time soon!

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We have 150 acres, mostly forested with 1/4 mile of river frontage.

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DJ in MA, doesn't it take quicte awhile to take wooded acreage, and turn it into tillable, or pasture land? Seems like it would be years before you could have good workable land.

Pasture land can be accomplished by getting rid of most of the trees and planting grass,or in our case simply letting nature produce the grass.

Now we have stumps and such,but then for pasture it isn't an issue to us.

If we wanted tillable land,that would be different.

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I'd like to have 40 acres, 10 of it woods the rest good tillable land. I'd figure with that amount of land I'd be able to make a good enough living not to have to work at a regular job. I live by myself so my bills are pretty low.

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We have 3 acres, mostly wooded. I would like to buy another 7 to 17 from my neighbor. Most of that would be pasture.

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We currently are living on 90 acres but in the middle of moving to 10 acres. Hoping 10 acres will be enough for my husband to play on when we retire.

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I agree - I think the older I get, the less acreage I want. We have 204 right now, but realistically, 15-20 would be ample. DH may disagree as he wants the land for hunting. When he was single he hunted the state land, but it was a real pain in the patoot to have to drag that tree out there in order to have one to hide behind. He told me a story once of getting out to his spot before it got light out, only to discover a dozen or so hunters within spitting distance once the sun came up.

The taxes are killing me.