14 acres, all improved pasture. About half of what I wanted, but this will do for a start. I can always up-size if this smaller size doesn't kill me first.
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Good for you :cool:
Regarding the livestock---build the very best fence you can afford---chasing cows is not romantic :bleh:
Dan had plenty of aliases. You can get a big ol herd.:cowboy:
If memory serves, the Hobby Airport Bath House District is small, yet it's home to a large number of residents - uh, suspects - OK, inmates...:mob:...Ben
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Now for an opposing viewpoint.. have lived on a half acre for forty years. (16 miles west of the White House, one mile east of NRA museum).. partially retired for ten years then fully retired for another ten..
Be forewarned young apprentice retiree.. the half acre has doubled in size over the past ten years.. fall leaf blowing, raking and hauling has increased three fold in the past ten years.. can’t go up on the roof anymore.. can’t climb a ladder anymore.. just mowing the lawn takes an afternoon and can’t do front and back at the same time..
Good luck.. but be forewarned..
Having lived on a little over 2 acres for the past 31 years, I feel your pain. Since I retired 5 years ago everything seems to be a bigger task. At a very young 67, I think I will live longer with this new adventure than I would sitting around the house between grass cuttings - I don't do leaves, have a mulching attachment on the the Z-turn for that.
I’m often told to mulch my leaves.. I go out into the back yard every few nice days with the big stehl back pack blower and “round up” the leaves to a 10x30 mound down the center of the back yard.. I use a 9x18 tarp to move the leaves to the front ditch where the city “super suck” truck picks them up. I haul 7-9 tarps full, three different times each season.. front is easier.. mow/mulch late in season and then blow everything up to the ditch.. front is all neighborhoods donations..
I’m the oldest neighbor Still using a (gas) push mower, my 1982 Snapper on its 5th engine.. new Kid neighbors all have little tractors..
At 69 a knee had a major failure.. the new steel knee isn’t all that was in the advertisement.. (finalized no roofs or ladders)..
Buying a new truck (96 4Runner has frame rust issues, RR shock fell off while still bolted to mount) new truck will be a slushbox, first one I’ve ever owned.. unplanned things happen.
I hope that you enjoy the new homestead for many years.
Oh.. and storage units are $$$ pits.. after six months donate the contents to charity and cut your losses..