Truth be told I probably run it about 200 hours a year, way less than the 1000+ that my neighbors would do.

35ac should be a good size for working with horses or oxen. Not too big really. Some pasture, some crops. But to use human power only makes it a bit of a stunt. I have a friend with a 100+ha farm who wants to move to horses so that’s going to be quite a big deal.

He’s missing the obvious, though. You don’t only clear land by hand, you use your livestock to do it. Cattle, sheep, goats, pigs. I’ve got 2ha of scrubby land with small trees (and a lot of old vines) and I’m just about to put some pigs on to go through all the small stuff.