realistically i would have a burgage plot, which is a house with a yard like pic rel. if i was rural (which i am) i would have a slightly larger house and slightly more land.    i grow about half of what i need and get all of my eggs from chickens. the rest is foraged, trapped or hunted for with my major meat sources being rabbits, hogs, cayote and deer. hogs need to have their meat washed 2-3x for it to be any good imo. if i had a family of 4 i would probably need double the amount of chickens and go from .5 acres up to 1-3 acres depending on land quality. at that point i would probably buy either a tractor or rent a horse to pull a plough.
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