[rockfan4]

I am about to retire, and one thing we've talked about doing is moving to a property with some acreage.

The town I'm currently living in is a suburb of La Crosse, and they're looking to incorporate into a village and install a municipal water system. Mo Money, Mo taxes. They also re-assessed everyone, and I think they estimated high, or the market is cooling. A house 2 down the block from me has been for sale 97 days now, they started at what the town assessed them at, now $20k under that, still no bites.

Anyway, if I do find a place, and my wife gets her way and gets a horse, what else might I need?

Another horse or similar animal to keep the horse company. I thought about getting a donkey and naming it after the wife.
ATV or Tractor? What size? What attachments? I figure I'd need a plow or blower for the driveway. We don't get as much snow here as we used to, but still, we might get 8-12 inches in a rare occurrence. I'm not going to want to clear a 1/2 mile driveway with a 26" walk behind blower.
Mower deck?
Bucket?
Anything else?
Wagon? Not sure what I might need to haul on it.
Manure spreader? I figure the horses would spend their time in a pasture, but if we do end up with a dry lot somebody is going to have to clean it.
I suppose if we clear a spot for an arena, we'll need a drag.
Chainsaw bigger than the one I have today.
Bigger, better weed whacker.

What am I missing?

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