Good evening everyone. I used to want hundreds of acres, as I thought it would be no problem to maintain by myself. I currently have 3, and with a full time job, it's all I can do to maintain and improve it. I've slowly been able to clear brush and weeds; and planting fruit trees, grape vines and blackberries. I still have a long way to go. My advice is to start small as the mistakes will be smaller, less expensive and have lesser consequences. Small acreage means less taxes as well. If you don't have help, find some. Hard work in more enjoyable when it and the fruits of ones labor can be shared.

Let's get dialogue going about what has worked on our individual places, what we would do different if we could start again and what we still plan to do.