Minimum Growing Space

[MaryN]

Devonian, it would rather depend on what you wanted to eat and what you could grow. Looking at the delightful little patchwork quilt picture you have included in your posting. I can see it is American. To be honest, it's not terribly realistic. The idea of growing wheat and carrying on with a smallholding such as described above would be problematic. Animals need forage - that is hay in winter and various "hard" feeds to put on the appropriate weight and keep them healthy. Where is the hay coming from? Nice idea - it would look lovely as a wall decoration.