Hi,
I spoke with my brother, he said that there is no shortage of property in the area for sale. There is a 16 acre working vineyard down the road and another 2 acre farm near by him for sale. He also said that alot of new developments were going up, but they grandfather in all the time. For example, a 2 acre farm with donkey, goats, chickens, and many cats next to a new development with restrictions. He said you will need to live rural and work with a realtor, but should have no problems. He said for example 2000 sq ft. on 1/2 acre is about 250K, 4000+ sq ft on 1.5 acres is about 650k. If you do not want to go the realtor route. You need to go up there, look in the paper, go talk to the locals at feed stores, tractor sales etc. lots of sales in the country are word of mouth.
He also has a friend who does rescue, dobermans in town. If you would like to speak with them, I can put you in touch.
Best wishes hope to see you on BPO more in the future.
Deena