I know you are joking a little, kcab, but we have been searching our region for a small farm. DS is one of five children ages 1.5 to 11, and we've been looking for a place where we could have more animals--a couple of horses (I grew up riding, and my brother runs a large horse farm/riding stables and is more than willing to help us get this underway), chickens and a large dog or two--and expand our gardening efforts. We see this as a priority for DS especially--his mind whirs constantly, but he seems to get very centered and peaceful around large animals--my brother's horses and any dog he can get near, for example.
I think it probably sounds a bit flaky, but DS does connect with animals. Even when we lived in an apartment in dirty, overcroweded Moscow he was able to find creatures--insects, mice (!) and straycats--in what seemed like a lifeless urban tower.
