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Maintaining 3 acres of backyard
Posted on 4/3/18 at 12:49 pm
Posted on 4/3/18 at 12:49 pm
I have been looking for about 1.5 acres to eventually build a house. I now have an opportunity to buy a 3 acre lot at a great price. (Can’t be subdivided or anything like that)
Ideally I don’t don’t want to maintain that large of a yard, but I am trying to see what my options would be if I did buy it.
I was just trying to do some searches on Google and came across Meadows of Wildflowers. I could do that on the back acre where I could only mow it one a year.
Anybody ever tried anything like that or have any other thoughts/ideas.
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Edited based on feedback about keeping back of property wooded.
Somehow I never really considered this.
The back acre of the property is currently very dense wooded area. I like the idea of keeping it wooded, but wouldn’t want it to be nearly as dense.
Assuming I cleared it out a little from the start, What would it take to keep it as a walkable wooded area long term and not get overtaken by brush etc?
Just round up between Trees once a year or something like that?
Ideally I don’t don’t want to maintain that large of a yard, but I am trying to see what my options would be if I did buy it.
I was just trying to do some searches on Google and came across Meadows of Wildflowers. I could do that on the back acre where I could only mow it one a year.
Anybody ever tried anything like that or have any other thoughts/ideas.
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Edited based on feedback about keeping back of property wooded.
Somehow I never really considered this.
The back acre of the property is currently very dense wooded area. I like the idea of keeping it wooded, but wouldn’t want it to be nearly as dense.
Assuming I cleared it out a little from the start, What would it take to keep it as a walkable wooded area long term and not get overtaken by brush etc?
Just round up between Trees once a year or something like that?
This post was edited on 4/4/18 at 8:43 am
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Posted on 4/3/18 at 12:53 pm to cajuntiger26
I've planted millet and sunflowers in the spring, and fall plot mix in the fall. It looks cool and the neighbors always ask what I'm growing.
It does kill off the natural grasses so between crops it doesn't look great.
It does kill off the natural grasses so between crops it doesn't look great.
Posted on 4/3/18 at 12:58 pm to cajuntiger26
Too big to maintain when you'll be older. Build a house and put a big arse pre fab shed/shop with concrete. Make it big enough to eat up the better part of an acre. 
Posted on 4/3/18 at 1:17 pm to Geauxtiga
Yeah I figured it might be too much. But dang it’s hard to pass it.
Posted on 4/3/18 at 1:27 pm to cajuntiger26
Carve out what you need for lawn and garden. The rest could be Pecan/fruit orchids, pond, or pasture. Or just plant native trees and let it slowly grow up into woods that will give your yard privacy.
Posted on 4/3/18 at 1:31 pm to cajuntiger26
Dig an 1.5-acre pond...
Posted on 4/3/18 at 1:43 pm to cajuntiger26
Buy goat(s)
Posted on 4/3/18 at 1:46 pm to fillmoregandt
chicken coup and run
garden
pond
garden
pond
Posted on 4/3/18 at 1:48 pm to cajuntiger26
Buy a small tractor and farm it. That's too big to be considered a backyard garden. I would even fence it off to help keep animals out. You won't keep them all out, but it will help some. Also a pool and decking around it can take up a good bit of space if you don't want to go Nascar pond on it.
Posted on 4/3/18 at 1:54 pm to dat yat
quote:
Carve out what you need for lawn and garden. The rest could be Pecan/fruit orchids, pond, or pasture. Or just plant native trees and let it slowly grow up into woods that will give your yard privacy.
Intriguing.
Realistically would a citrus orchard be relatively low maintenance? Just general maintenance, picking up limbs, cutting down weeds between trees?
Posted on 4/3/18 at 1:57 pm to cajuntiger26
quote:
Meadows of Wildflowers. I could do that on the back acre where I could only mow it one a year.
Depending on where the lot is located, the parish could give you trouble with an unmowed property.
Posted on 4/3/18 at 1:57 pm to cajuntiger26
My yard is 3 acres. With a regular 42" riding more its a 5 hour job by the time i weedeat and all that shite. Still no way id trade it for a smaller yard.
If you hate cutting grass and have money to burn a big arse zero turn will cut that mowing time down to about 2 hours max
If you hate cutting grass and have money to burn a big arse zero turn will cut that mowing time down to about 2 hours max
Posted on 4/3/18 at 1:58 pm to cajuntiger26
quote:
Realistically would a citrus orchard be relatively low maintenance? Just general maintenance, picking up limbs, cutting down weeds between trees?
Pretty much. You might need to rig up some sprinklers at times. My wife's grandpa bought a large hunk of land in south Alabama that was once a pecan orchard. He cleared some out eventually, but basically cut the grass between the trees and limb them as needed. I would plant grass there and try to choke out weeds and just cut it once a month.
Posted on 4/3/18 at 2:06 pm to TU Rob
When in doubt....
Limestone the yard
Limestone the yard
Posted on 4/3/18 at 2:06 pm to cajuntiger26
I mean you can keep some of it natural...There's a ton of options, an orchard is a good idea. Pecan trees if you wouldn't care would be very easy.
But yeah if you like the price I'd much rather have too much land than not enough.
But yeah if you like the price I'd much rather have too much land than not enough.
Posted on 4/3/18 at 2:13 pm to cajuntiger26
quote:You would mow less often than a lawn, especially after the trees are grown and making shade. You also have to prune, fertilize and spray for pests sometimes. It is maintenance, but you get a return.
would a citrus orchard be relatively low maintenance?
The no maintenance option is letting it become woods.
Posted on 4/3/18 at 2:14 pm to X123F45
Yea id like to do that
Posted on 4/3/18 at 2:33 pm to baldona
quote:
I'd much rather have too much land than not enough.
Exactly.
Posted on 4/3/18 at 4:00 pm to cajuntiger26
I have almost 3 acres. Small pond, pool, nice sized shop, chicken run and goat yard. My wife can cut and weed eat in 1 1/2 hours with a 60” zero turn.
Posted on 4/3/18 at 5:19 pm to cajuntiger26
A 4-wheeler with a 15 ft boom
A broadleaf herbicide plan
Plant Growth Regulators
A 72 inch deck mower
You’ll basically be farming grass
Or fence that son of a bitch off and buy you some livestock
A broadleaf herbicide plan
Plant Growth Regulators
A 72 inch deck mower
You’ll basically be farming grass
Or fence that son of a bitch off and buy you some livestock
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