re: Thinking about buying a house on ~4 acres

My parents had three acres in the dirty Dell that was originally half wooded. We started out trying to get the wooded portion looking good like the other side. That lasted two years. Was too much of a hassle, and I hated sharpening mower blades all of the time.

We just let it flood after that, and the canopy got thick enough to keep weeds down. Zero maintenance