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    Re: Cleaned up compost pile.

    I was told by an older friend of mine that 40 acres is all one man can really take care of, if he farms it and really keeps it up. I believe this is probably true. I have had a big farm before, just over 350 acres and it was just a never ending job of catch up. I now live on 5 and it is just not quite enough. I recently bought an additional 20 close by and look forward to getting it ready to use. I really believe in all my years of farming in various forms my friend was right, about 40 acres, if a man really manages it, is really all one man can keep up.
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    Re: Cleaned up compost pile.

    Yes and don't forget the mule
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    Re: Cleaned up compost pile.

    JCO,
    It goes without saying I would have a mule (or 2) can't honestly ever see myself without one, as long as I am still alive. When I get to old to ride, I will get a wagon. When I get to old to ride in the wagon, well then I will just pet them.
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    Re: Cleaned up compost pile.

    I use to own 40 acres in the foot hills of the Ozarks in Southeast Missouri way back when. I raised registered Appaloosa Horses, chickens, ducks, geese, guinea foul, fancy pigeons, and even had a couple Black Angus cows. Also had a couple dogs and a cat.

    It was 1/4 mile X 1/4 mile, fenced and cross fenced into 4 10 acre sections. That 40 acres was a nice size for walking the perimeter as often as I had time checking fences and gates but I would have been happier with about 100 acres because of the need for more space for the horses.

    What I wouldn't give now to have that 40 acres back...to me it was paradise and because of a work related injury I lost it and the idiots that bought for next to nothing because I was forced to sell, put a gigantic house in the middle of it and let the rest grow up into brush.
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    Re: Cleaned up compost pile.

    JCO I know what you mean. I have seen some real nice property around us here divided up into lots and now have houses where there used to be hay fields. My father-in-law pointed out one day that every where else in the world the people live on the land that is not suitable for farming and the best land they farm. Here in the US we do it ass backwards if you ask me, everyone wants a nice level piece of property to build their house on and slowly but surely we are losing a lot of good farm land because of that. Like I always say "if you want to mess a place up, just send people there and give them some time"
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    Re: Cleaned up compost pile.

    At this point, I just need land....dont care if it is "farmable" or not. That is the beauty of AP. I will just build on top of the rocks if I have to. I just feel the need / frustration of not having enough space to do the things I want to do....
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    All that talk of large acreage is something that really wets my appetite. I live on an eighth if an acre, and engage in all kinds of intensive planting, vertical growing and space savings techniques. I think that if I were to get a few acres I might just buck wild.

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    Aloha Don, maybe a small volcano will pop up close by and add a little more to your island property. You could then run over and put up a no trespass sign and claim it as new land...course it might be awhile before you could actually walk on it. I've heard of HOT PROPERTIES but really
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