You can have 2 mini jersey milk cows on 2 acres with their calfs. and a barn for them along with a milking stand. with 2 calfs, that's 4 gallons of milk a day until they are weaned then for about 9 months you will get 6 to 8 gallons of day. that's a lotnof butter, all kinds of cheese. Plus a fruit orchard. Plus an acre of hay to help with the cost of winter hay. plus whatever size veggie garden you need to feed your family. all the flowers you want. A large chicken coop to keep 24 to 36 chickens with a large enclosed run for them. build them chicken tunnels so they can venture out safely through your gardens so they can pick up bugs and weeds and drop their manure around your garden. The tunnels will keep them from destroying your gardens.
Thats a very hungry person. Growing up i was a very bad introvert. My dad fenced me off an acre and told me i could do anything i wanted with it. It became my heaven on earth. By the time i was in high-school i was growing and Canning most of our veggies that got us a family of 9 through the winter , spring and we would just start to run out by summer and the new garden was in. I had a chicken coop and small run that produced enough eggs for us and about 20 meat chickens in the freezer...when my dad came home and i had three little baby piglets tied to a tree. My dad said . Boy, you do realize you dont have anymore room left in that acre ? I said yes sir. Thats why they are tied to the tree. He looked at my mother who was mad as hell at me told my father.. give the boy another acre. Hell give him 2 just get those things out my yard.. me, my dad, my brothers and a couple of cousins spent four days putting in new fencing a bigger chicken coop and shelter for the pigs. Years later my father was talking to my son as we were working in that same garden area that became known as the little farm about how much food had been raised there and raising 9 children things got better. Him and my mother spent less on food and more on shoes, winter coats. Three grown azz men standing in the little farm with tears rolling down our faces. All crying for different reasons im sure.. mine was looking at my dad and hearing the pride in his voice while telling my son that story... until that moment i really had no clue that it made that big of a difference. My dad raised tobacco, corn and cattle besides working in school bus garage as a mechanic. The garden now has raised beds and vertical farming pods.. it still ground rows for squash, melons and what nots. And, i believe now the little farm is about 17 acres. There is a mobile home that my neice had put in a few years back. My son and his cousins put in some shipping container and made tiny houses out of them. Totally off grid. They really upgraded things. They grow worms . Not for the worms themselves but for whatever it does to soil. They compost. Its the same land but, different. No chemicals. Rain water systems... my pops is 94 im 63 and, what they do is all new to us.. but, fun..
1acre is definitely plenty my parents bought 1 acre, built a 3 bedroom house, 1 rv , outside kitchen, storage shed, pole barn, food forest, 5 goats, 4 dogs, 2 cats, 20 chickens and it still have plenty of room to build more things
Thanks for making this! 1 acre sounds so small but actually seeing it has helped me decide that it is plenty for us! Along with actually being affordable
Thank you for this video. Had a long talk with my husband last night about this. When we met, we wanted 10 acres. But in knowing many folks with multiple acres struggling to keep up with costs and upkeep, we decided that one acre would do, for just the two of us. An acre definitely isn't "nothing". Plenty of room for a home with garage, a garden, a bbq, a patio, etc. Even people with one acre and two careers struggle to maintain. Who really wants to spend hours in their weekend struggling to mow all those acres?
My pleasure. I understand. Down here on the Gulf a lot of people see the burden of maintaining large pieces of land. I cut 3 acres of grass of the 10 that I live on. Thank God for riding mowers. 😁
I love my 2 acres grandma left us. We originally started farming & running cattle back in 1800s on 400 acres then selfishness and family disputes between a daughter in law . ended up walking away with my great grandparents 2 acre plot
Same happened in our family I am from India 😢 I am from rajput caste My great grandfather was biggest landlords in whole area he had Something 15000 acres But he donated most of his land on his last days of death And left 1000 acres of land for family Then brother of my grandfather started fight and took 800 acres with him And we had 200 acres left then my father's brother started fighting Instead of taking land from those who have 800 acres he took 70% of land of my father And made fake documents and my grandfather signed on it without knowing on it Then he still didn't stop he made fake documents and donated my father's land in his name Means he got support from whole village 😢 Now we have 100 yards of land
My wife and I just got 2 acres.... it's perfect size for us! We are gonna do chickens and rabbits and goats and a pond for fish and a raised bed garden and a food forest. With room for work shops and car ports....
It's such a beautiful place Very nice land Your right one acre is huge I had a half acre with an old farm house on it in Wisconsin I bought for 48 thousand and it was a chore to mow every week We had a huge vegetable garden And rabbits and chickens so we had way more extra food than we could eat We grew so many tomatoes corn and watermelon we had to give them away
One acre produces far more food than for just one person depending where you live. In the Deep South ants year round gardening we can feed a family of 4 with that space easily.
That's what I was thinking. I have 5 acres and I'm not even using a good part of it. We haven't grown any vegetables yet, but there are a few fruit trees and a greenhouse that was already here. I'm raising meat rabbits, turkeys, pigs, and goats. Not sure I want to eat the pigs or not, but they are amazing brush clearers.
Thanks for making this video! It’s the only one I came across that shows what an acre looks like in a way that I understand it. Te drone view doesn’t real do it me like this does!! May The Most High bless you an your family 😊
Apparently I’m in a different mindset than most of the people in these comments. 1 acre is NOT a lot of land. Not even close. My house is on 2 acres and I feel insanely cramped and small. I’m looking for 20+ acres on the very small side of “a lot of land”. I guess it’s where you grow up that makes the difference
@@chrisbinfotheelder3091 i understand that, in the comments though so many people are saying “1 acre is plenty and is a lot” and how they want to homestead or something and that is where I’m coming from. It’s not that much land really at all.
@ALswampfox And that's why this video is heavily viewed, because a lot of people don't really know how big an actual acre is. Some people have hundreds and thousands of them, and don't know the measurements of one.
I am living in 1000sft rented apartment for 10 years. 1 acre land is for me like life goal. Its really changes everything for me that I dreamed of. If I have a 1 acre land i would build a house on it and grow my own food.
One acre to feed one person seems inefficient. You should be able to feed at least one family if not more. I have 5 acres and it's been a ton of work fixing up the property, but I'm planning on selling a bunch of fruits and vegetables at the farmers market next year.
My sister's n I worked 1/4th acre of pickels every growing year so we could sell them in summer months. So yep it was large, hot solid work, picking, weeding, watering every week. This was in the 60s 😅
Thanks bro i just bought my first acre and i thought it was alot smaller and i never been to a football game to see the field but you sir have made my planning much easier Love!
200 acres of timber in Northern Maine and 30 minutes away from that I have 12 acres on a small private lake 100% off grid and about 70% self sufficient
That's amazing but That's a lot of land for one person to eat from. Maybe your grandfather was speaking of feeding one person for a year or something. 🤔😊
264ft by 264ft is one acre. One acre is 4 lots and your can build 4 houses on one another so with that been said, you can build 16 houses on one acre. Ps: Houses not mansion
We have a little over an acre, mostly the backyard. Just cleared it so it's a blank canvas. We've only got 5 trees on the entire property and they're on the outskirts. North facing so full sun in TX. We have no clue how to landscape it!!
That’s nice . I’m thinking of a few ways I want to landscape. Just waiting to figure out the best one according to how I’m using the land. It’s fun having that blank slate tho.
Wow. I love it. I want to buy acre im in search in india. I love soil farming myself making my own food building my own things ans studying by my own. Yes of course i like cities but i need mainly a time. A time i can get is here
Yeah that’s something that would be best done with multiple acres. An Acre is still a nice piece of land for what the majority of people are building and using these days. Don’t hear many talk about building barns anymore. 😆
I dunno. We have so far 5 goats, about 25 chickens, 7 ducks, 2 dogs and we're talking about a small horse, guineas, turkeys and more goats cause they can't keep up with the weeds. All on 1 acre. It really depends on where you are and how you do it. An acre can be enough to sustain a family of at least 3 almost entirely if done right. That being said, we do wish we could get more land. We are limited to 1 horse and don't have enough land to not need to buy hay from someone else. We have to think carefully about everything we place on the land and how it might take away from other things. We can't build out our orchard like we'd like either. It really just depends on what you want to do with the land.
Me and my wife just purchased 5.5 acres and I remember just a couple of months ago thinking, “Is 5.5 enough?”
I feel stupid. Lol
Lol. Congrats
You can have 2 mini jersey milk cows on 2 acres with their calfs. and a barn for them along with a milking stand. with 2 calfs, that's 4 gallons of milk a day until they are weaned then for about 9 months you will get 6 to 8 gallons of day. that's a lotnof butter, all kinds of cheese. Plus a fruit orchard. Plus an acre of hay to help with the cost of winter hay. plus whatever size veggie garden you need to feed your family. all the flowers you want. A large chicken coop to keep 24 to 36 chickens with a large enclosed run for them. build them chicken tunnels so they can venture out safely through your gardens so they can pick up bugs and weeds and drop their manure around your garden. The tunnels will keep them from destroying your gardens.
I have 160 acres… and i feel like i need more
@@masonshipley8425walk your land and you’ll think it’s enough lol
@@livenletlive7537wow! Thank you so much. I want a simple homestead. Cows, chicken coop is great enough for me. Thank you!
Thats a very hungry person. Growing up i was a very bad introvert. My dad fenced me off an acre and told me i could do anything i wanted with it. It became my heaven on earth. By the time i was in high-school i was growing and Canning most of our veggies that got us a family of 9 through the winter , spring and we would just start to run out by summer and the new garden was in. I had a chicken coop and small run that produced enough eggs for us and about 20 meat chickens in the freezer...when my dad came home and i had three little baby piglets tied to a tree. My dad said . Boy, you do realize you dont have anymore room left in that acre ? I said yes sir. Thats why they are tied to the tree. He looked at my mother who was mad as hell at me told my father.. give the boy another acre. Hell give him 2 just get those things out my yard.. me, my dad, my brothers and a couple of cousins spent four days putting in new fencing a bigger chicken coop and shelter for the pigs. Years later my father was talking to my son as we were working in that same garden area that became known as the little farm about how much food had been raised there and raising 9 children things got better. Him and my mother spent less on food and more on shoes, winter coats. Three grown azz men standing in the little farm with tears rolling down our faces. All crying for different reasons im sure.. mine was looking at my dad and hearing the pride in his voice while telling my son that story... until that moment i really had no clue that it made that big of a difference. My dad raised tobacco, corn and cattle besides working in school bus garage as a mechanic. The garden now has raised beds and vertical farming pods.. it still ground rows for squash, melons and what nots. And, i believe now the little farm is about 17 acres. There is a mobile home that my neice had put in a few years back. My son and his cousins put in some shipping container and made tiny houses out of them. Totally off grid. They really upgraded things. They grow worms . Not for the worms themselves but for whatever it does to soil. They compost. Its the same land but, different. No chemicals. Rain water systems... my pops is 94 im 63 and, what they do is all new to us.. but, fun..
Such an amazing story and experiences. Thank you for sharing. 💜
Loved reading this ❤️ I hope to have memories like this with my daughter one day
Such a beautiful story! Thank you for sharing! I enjoyed reading it!
💯
Y’all are blessed❤
1acre is definitely plenty my parents bought 1 acre, built a 3 bedroom house, 1 rv , outside kitchen, storage shed, pole barn, food forest, 5 goats, 4 dogs, 2 cats, 20 chickens and it still have plenty of room to build more things
I’ve always been told that 1 acre of land is about the size of a football field.
A football field is more than an acre it 1.3 acres to be exact
@@ayaankhanijo6660 Like I said “about” but thanks.
Thanks for making this! 1 acre sounds so small but actually seeing it has helped me decide that it is plenty for us! Along with actually being affordable
My pleasure. I’ve learned myself. It’s a lot of space. And you can go upwards and downwards. Such a priceless resource.
Another way to get an idea is... a football field is one acre... its huge...
Just purchased my 1 acre here in Central Fl 🙌🏾 So, ready to start homesteading!!!!
Congrats! 💜
Congratulations 🎉
How much did it cost you ?
What’s homesteading?
What part of Florida? I'm looking in Florida
i live in florida but i have 5 acres in az, plan on selling my 400k home then moving to az,laws are less strict in high rural areas, but gratz
Thank you for this video. Had a long talk with my husband last night about this. When we met, we wanted 10 acres. But in knowing many folks with multiple acres struggling to keep up with costs and upkeep, we decided that one acre would do, for just the two of us. An acre definitely isn't "nothing". Plenty of room for a home with garage, a garden, a bbq, a patio, etc.
Even people with one acre and two careers struggle to maintain. Who really wants to spend hours in their weekend struggling to mow all those acres?
My pleasure. I understand. Down here on the Gulf a lot of people see the burden of maintaining large pieces of land. I cut 3 acres of grass of the 10 that I live on. Thank God for riding mowers. 😁
I love my 2 acres grandma left us. We originally started farming & running cattle back in 1800s on 400 acres then selfishness and family disputes between a daughter in law . ended up walking away with my great grandparents 2 acre plot
Families are rough when it comes to land. I know personally 😁
Same happened to my family in India
Grandpa had 200 acres and now my dad handed me 5 acre patch coz all the rest is either sold or taken by "family"
Same happened in our family
I am from India 😢
I am from rajput caste
My great grandfather was biggest landlords in whole area he had
Something
15000 acres
But he donated most of his land on his last days of death
And left 1000 acres of land for family
Then brother of my grandfather started fight and took 800 acres with him
And we had 200 acres left then my father's brother started fighting
Instead of taking land from those who have 800 acres he took 70% of land of my father
And made fake documents and my grandfather signed on it without knowing on it
Then he still didn't stop he made fake documents and donated my father's land in his name
Means he got support from whole village 😢
Now we have 100 yards of land
@@Nuggets-kc3mx Wow. That’s such a harsh way to steal generational wealth such as land.
Damn I thought it only happened with me😂....we are left with like 8 acre
My wife and I just got 2 acres.... it's perfect size for us! We are gonna do chickens and rabbits and goats and a pond for fish and a raised bed garden and a food forest. With room for work shops and car ports....
Congrats. Sounds amazing
It's such a beautiful place
Very nice land
Your right one acre is huge
I had a half acre with an old farm house on it in Wisconsin I bought for 48 thousand and it was a chore to mow every week
We had a huge vegetable garden
And rabbits and chickens so we had way more extra food than we could eat
We grew so many tomatoes corn and watermelon we had to give them away
Very nice
Super useful
One acre produces far more food than for just one person depending where you live. In the Deep South ants year round gardening we can feed a family of 4 with that space easily.
That's what I was thinking. I have 5 acres and I'm not even using a good part of it. We haven't grown any vegetables yet, but there are a few fruit trees and a greenhouse that was already here. I'm raising meat rabbits, turkeys, pigs, and goats. Not sure I want to eat the pigs or not, but they are amazing brush clearers.
I was gonna say! One acres is prob enough for a few
@@kraziecatcladyplant the rest with trees you can easliy over 100
You can feed a family on 1 acre easily.
I own 6.5 .. I wish it was 65.. I'm starting to dislike people
1 acre definitely great for homesteading
Owning at least 1 acre is a life goal
I'm glad to see this video. Now I know 1 acre isn't enough for me. I need 2 to 3.
😂
For real though the same thing, like that's just the in zone. I need the whole field.
@@DawnGuyo
So you want 1.3 acres? 😂
I don’t want to see my neighbors
For real I was planning on only getting 1000 but now I’m planning on getting 2000
Thanks...always wondered how big it was
My pleasure. It’s a good size indeed .
😮WOW
Thanks for making this video! It’s the only one I came across that shows what an acre looks like in a way that I understand it. Te drone view doesn’t real do it me like this does!! May The Most High bless you an your family 😊
My pleasure
I feel cheated you were supposed to walk the whole thing lmao
😆
Apparently I’m in a different mindset than most of the people in these comments. 1 acre is NOT a lot of land. Not even close. My house is on 2 acres and I feel insanely cramped and small. I’m looking for 20+ acres on the very small side of “a lot of land”. I guess it’s where you grow up that makes the difference
This is more of a perspective of what an acre is. Not multiple acres.
@@chrisbinfotheelder3091 i understand that, in the comments though so many people are saying “1 acre is plenty and is a lot” and how they want to homestead or something and that is where I’m coming from. It’s not that much land really at all.
@ALswampfox And that's why this video is heavily viewed, because a lot of people don't really know how big an actual acre is. Some people have hundreds and thousands of them, and don't know the measurements of one.
@@chrisbinfotheelder3091 i totally get it. I guess I just disagree with the idea of “1 acre is a lot of land” since that is the title of the video
I am living in 1000sft rented apartment for 10 years. 1 acre land is for me like life goal. Its really changes everything for me that I dreamed of. If I have a 1 acre land i would build a house on it and grow my own food.
One acre to feed one person seems inefficient. You should be able to feed at least one family if not more. I have 5 acres and it's been a ton of work fixing up the property, but I'm planning on selling a bunch of fruits and vegetables at the farmers market next year.
That was the recommended measure years and years ago.
I want to get at least 1 acre in the UK & build a house on it
Great plan
My sister's n I worked 1/4th acre of pickels every growing year so we could sell them in summer months. So yep it was large, hot solid work, picking, weeding, watering every week. This was in the 60s 😅
Very nice😄
Thanks bro i just bought my first acre and i thought it was alot smaller and i never been to a football game to see the field but you sir have made my planning much easier Love!
So helpful! Exactly what I was looking for thank you!
You are welcome. Indeed my pleasure to share.
200 acres of timber in Northern Maine and 30 minutes away from that I have 12 acres on a small private lake 100% off grid and about 70% self sufficient
Beautiful
Thank you for this, helping me get a vision of what I need
My pleasure
Thank you for ACTUALLY showing in real life what 1 acre if land looks like. 🎉
You're welcome
❤ WOO-HOO‼️You sure were a doer!! God blessed 😇 you for sure‼️
Such beautiful land!❤
Thank you
It can take a lot of supplemental water to keep soil for growing viable
Thanks for the information!
My pleasure . Thanks for watching
Thank you! I might go with .5 acre. 🤔
That’s still a nice size. And you’re welcome.
So clear and clean ... Congratulations and thank you for the visual, no math calculations just - feast yo eyes upon this 😜💪💯
Thank you
My dream is to purchase one acre land in Mississippi.I don't know when I don't know how but it will happen
Great dream
What part of Mississippi?
Very much informative man, thanks a lot fr ur work
That's amazing but That's a lot of land for one person to eat from. Maybe your grandfather was speaking of feeding one person for a year or something. 🤔😊
Very informative, thank you
Thank you
One acre is a football field with the endzones included. At least that's what I was taught.
Only if you are cutting grass by hand push mower on a hot day
Thanks for this video.
My pleasure
1 acre is a lot until you have an acre and then you realize u need 5
Yes. Perception 😃
Thank you. All the affordable ads were for a quarter acre of land. I see I need ad leadt a half acre.
You’re welcome
I grew up on .48 acre and I loved our big back yard.
The space is great
I just purchased a place on 1.3 acres. It's heavily treed and hopefully I will have extreme privacy.
Thanks for this
My pleasure
I appreciate this video bro! I have 15 acres and was trying to get an idea of what 1 acre worked out to be. I appreciate it🙏🏽🙏🏽
My pleasure
Great video!
Awesome video
Thank you
Very helpful thank you
Wow thats huge.
That’s amazing, man.
I would love to buy my own land as well.
264ft by 264ft is one acre. One acre is 4 lots and your can build 4 houses on one another so with that been said, you can build 16 houses on one acre. Ps: Houses not mansion
We have a little over an acre, mostly the backyard. Just cleared it so it's a blank canvas. We've only got 5 trees on the entire property and they're on the outskirts. North facing so full sun in TX. We have no clue how to landscape it!!
That’s nice . I’m thinking of a few ways I want to landscape. Just waiting to figure out the best one according to how I’m using the land. It’s fun having that blank slate tho.
I’m in Call looking to relocate I’m In ..we’re can I get
Try near Mobile AL
Thanks ive been looking for a video like this because sometimes i question if 2 acres is going to be enough for my first purchase
My pleasure . 2 acres is plenty.
I still want at least 80 for my family compound but atleast 4-5 for the big house❤
I have two acres by the Petrified Forest National park,i need too put up beautiful fence,thank you,this video showed me greatness,i got to get to work
That's awesome. Enjoy.
Finally! But i just found it lol. Thanks
Not bad
A family could eat off 0.25acres
Not to pry, but roughly how much would it cost to chainlink off 1 acre?
That I don’t know. My Aunt had it done
I've got just under 60 acres in Oklahoma
Much bigger than I thought
Setting to buy two acres now! I can’t wait 🎉
And I have lots of those one acres 😂
😂
We live on a 1000 acre farm
Huge😁
are you serious? what are u really doing with 1000 acres damn it.
@@VishaP-uu6zc Some people have that much. Especially in Texas
Great perspective thanks, imagine Oprah having over 1k acres on Maui. Crazy how much that actually is.
You’re welcome. Yes an acre on Maui, where land is limited. Huge. 1K crazy.
Where did you purchase your land from?
Inherited
Thank you!
My pleasure
How long does it take to cut the grass?
An hour on a zero turn mower.
Superb view bro
Thank you
I bought 16 and wish I had 32. 🤷🏻♂️
damn, what u gonna do with 16 acre?
Nice farm... love this❤
Thank you
It's just about the size of a football field.
Next time you go to a football game - picture a house in the middle of that field😎
Yes
Thank you❤
You almost got it man couldn’t you turn around
Huge!!!😮😮
Excellent
Thank you
That looks like more than an acre
It's an acre
Glad I seen this
Wow. I love it. I want to buy acre im in search in india. I love soil farming myself making my own food building my own things ans studying by my own. Yes of course i like cities but i need mainly a time. A time i can get is here
That’s awesome
my dad has 70 acres of agricultural land
Enjoy it. 💜
DAMN!!👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏 YOU GOT ACRES IM TRYIN TO GET TO THE YAMS!!
1 acre is a little bit smaller than a Football field.
75% of a football field
Can you buy 1/2 acre ?
How much did it cost to fence that 1 acre
My aunt had it done. I don't know. I have done some smaller areas myself and its not expensive.
Yea but once you build a house, a barn, and factor in gardens and room for animals the land gets taken ip quickly.
Yeah that’s something that would be best done with multiple acres. An Acre is still a nice piece of land for what the majority of people are building and using these days. Don’t hear many talk about building barns anymore. 😆
Greetings....what State and location is this. I would like to vuy land in the future.
Mobile County in Alabama. Close to the Gulf.
It looks big until you want to raise animals on it.
Even chickens take up a lot of room. I want beef, so that's 2+ acres per 4 legs.
True
I dunno. We have so far 5 goats, about 25 chickens, 7 ducks, 2 dogs and we're talking about a small horse, guineas, turkeys and more goats cause they can't keep up with the weeds. All on 1 acre. It really depends on where you are and how you do it. An acre can be enough to sustain a family of at least 3 almost entirely if done right. That being said, we do wish we could get more land. We are limited to 1 horse and don't have enough land to not need to buy hay from someone else. We have to think carefully about everything we place on the land and how it might take away from other things. We can't build out our orchard like we'd like either. It really just depends on what you want to do with the land.
1 acre is equal to about 6 houses….ohh, and I’m not referring to the house itself, I mean the lot it sits on💀💀💀
Good assessment.
Yes my mom inherited 1.7 acres of land and it’s a nice sized piece of land.
Nice
I have 8 acre land in India and Yeah it feels big😅
One acre is 208'x208'.
43,560 square feet
i almost cried reading this story beautifull story
❤️🔐
That’s more than an acre
How much is 500 acres????
Huge!!! 😆 That’s ranch size.
@@chrisbinfotheelder3091 when I hear ranch. I get reminded of rajaneshpuram by osho.
What state and county are you in?
Mobile county, in Alabama.
Do you know of any lane for sale in that area now?
@@lucindac1793 A few places. Lots of acres. Some say they will parcel it off.
In Ga
Fulton county