Lawn/Grass help

[peejman]

10 hours ago, gregintenn said:

Yeah....I had envisioned building near the road, and having a small pasture behind the house. My boss (wife) made the executive decision that the place to build was right in the middle of this lot, rendering it all pretty much useless, save for mowing.

 

It does provide plenty of privacy.

I hope you've got a tractor that makes relatively quick work of it. I'd put the house in the same spot,  but mow 1-2 acres around it, and let the rest go.  The field is good habitat with enough mowed buffer to keep the critters away from the house. 

  My in-laws have 5 acres and mow about 2.  They (and several neighbors) let a nearby cattle farmer have the hay.