My wife and I are looking to purchase a new home (new to us) with some land.

There quite a few well within our price range with at least 15 acres or more, and one with 65 acres!

I spent a short summer on a farm and had family that I visited every summer that had ducks, chickens and what not.

For a long while (decades) have been wanting to have some property with a small amount of livestock.

I want chickens, a few Soay sheep, a couple Goats.
Just a small hobby farm.

Just so you know, I have experience home construction handyman (plumbing, electrical, carpentry, concrete, roofing) welder and mechanic, and have built and repaired fencing, out buildings and built from scratch a real custom chicken coop for one customer.

The issue we have is I want more acreage, she wants less.

She fears that every square foot needs to be maintained, like someone who has to mow the yard and trim the hedges.

I feel that other than the garden, the small grass yard around the house (that is if we even decide to have one) and any land we use for planed pasture (like alfalfa or some other feed grass), most of the land will be taken care by nature, with some excessive brush removal needed once a year.

Am I dreaming or is she paranoid?

Also.

Any opinion on acreage or anything else for us first timers?