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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is OP, thanks. I’m thinking of this more as a luxury project, and 10 years feels about right. I like to daydream about moving to the country and while I was out near Round Hill recently I watched a small army of guys with mowers turning into a small farm and it made me wonder. Like I can guesstimate what it takes to maintain a big house and an acre in Bethesda, but not a small farm property. I thought maybe someone here would share a benchmark. I’m not trying to make a profit from goats. [/quote]

I grew up on an 11 acre hobby farm in Round Hill. It is a ton of work.[/quote]

Right so assuming I have 11 acres including a garden and some small animals and I don’t want to do much of the work. Am I talking 3 employees? 1 full time and a bunch of contractors? $100k/year or $300k/year?[/quote]

We did most everything ourselves, which was hard freaking work, so I can't comment on the labor market. But even if you DIY the equipment is really expensive, like good tractors. It's also a pain because if you want to go anywhere for vacation, you need to find people to take care of stuff, feed the animals, etc.

At the hobby farm level, there are also arrangements people make, like oh, you can board your horse with mine on my property but you have to take care of my horses, too. That kind of thing.

But that assumes you know people in the community really well. I feel like that part of Western Loudoun is a place where a lot of stuff still runs on "knowing people" if you want to run a hobby farm.

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