ratface
Recycles dryer sheets
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- Jan 13, 2009
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I own 40 acres of land just as you describe with creeks, springs, and a river running through it. Lots of woods. To a farmer it's a small unproductive piece of ground. To a homeowner its a huge maintenance battle to keep nature at bay. Constant brush hoging to keep the willows from taking over. The grass can literally get over 10 feet high and so thick that the ground never dries out. The creeks and river rise with floods and deposit whole tree trunks on what you cleared last year. The landscape changes from year to year with storms. If you are raising a family and working full time your dream house will turn into a frustrating chore. In heavily wooded ravined country with multi flora rose growing in the underbrush it will take you an entire day to walk the perimeter of 40 acres.