Paddock Management - Basic Advice

It can't be that hard to keep a few sheep or a couple of horses on a couple or acres can it? Having bought in to the ultimate lifestyle choice of becoming a landowner, all be it in a tiny way, the potential to fail suddenly seems highly probable. Struggling to keep a small lawn mown every Saturday pails into insignificance when shown waist high brambles that lead directly onto an unfenced lane. http://bit.ly/m6ZDi1