Jangchub typed:
I only have a half acre, but it is all cultivated with very little
turf. I only have turf in the front because it's only being nice to
sort of blend in. My backyard is a very wild/disorderly jungle.

There is nothing which compares to seeing dozens of hummingbirds at
the vitex, or battling for the feeders. Same with the Great Horned
Owl who lives in one of the trees, and the cuckoo bird who nests
each year in the front trees.

I guess it's a trade off. Tons of work, but the benefits of the
wildlife is incredible.

*sigh* I miss the farm in Montana. A jungle it's not--wide-open plain with
trees/brush/vegetation along the waterways--but lots of wildlife. I miss
meadowlarks.