Ideal Homestead Size

Well, many people here are talking about having hundreds, or even thousands, of acres, most of which are wooded. However, the amount of land you’d actually need to have a homestead that provides only the food for one family is certainly less than 50 acres. It’s less than 20. Depending on the size of the family, it’s between 5 and 15. The ideal size for me and what I want to do (a milk cow, chickens, garden, pigs, a few fruit trees and 2 acres or less of wooded land) would probably be around 7 acres. So I think the ideal size for a homestead (not a bunch of wild land; that is NOT a homestead) is about 10 acres.