Task I foresee after construction would be tree/limb cleanup, driveway maintenance, snow pushing, and mowing for the tall grass areas. Other unforeseen task will arise.
Plan on getting a zero turn for the finish mowing.
If no mowing and no snow blowing, then you don't really need a mid mount PTO. For field work you'll really want a bush hog or maybe a 3ph mower - they're heavier duty.
A cab is the other big option a B can come with, you don't want one of them.
Sounds like you don't intend being close in to the house much, so weight on the ground isn't a big issue.
You don't mention trailering, but assuming the weight isn't an issue for you with trailering, then I think all that would push you towards the L. It's a much larger capacity engine, therefore more torque (and rumoured to have more HP than officially claimed), it's a heavier tractor that can do more things. While the listed numbers are similar to the large B (and the large B is a little better in some measures), I suspect the L has more headroom in it's numbers - there's just more metal in it and more engine in it. And I agree about the dash, but to me dash is a minor thing.
Ultimately I'd go sit on both, drive both if you can. And as others have said, hard to go wrong with either of those models.
Going larger - either bigger L, or into an MX, is also an option, but sounds like really you have only 2 acres plus some woods - it's not like you need to mow or manage all 10 acres. So the small L is enough, it avoids the DPF stuff, and leaves more money over for implements.
One other question is whether your better half will drive it at all, and whether her opinion matters. Women can lean towards smaller machines, maybe she'd prefer the B?
