Hi there, new member here.
We bought a house with a reasonable chunk of pasture land for what we plan to do (6 acres) in March of this year in Llangadog, Carmarthenshire on the north side of the Brecons. Love the location, except for the rain over the past week
We have relocated from Salisbury Plain and wanted somewhere for the other halfs dobbins and to raise our daughter somewhere even more rural. The Hawks out of Valley generate a similar environment to the military activity over SPTA, so I feel quite at home (just less small-arms fire)
So far we have installed SWMBO's three horses, 8 chickens and not much else, initially. Hopefully 2-4 sheep next year to bring on for meat. But it's all new to us and we haven't much of a clue where to start with paperwork. Any advice would be gratefully received. Apparently the land has a holding number but I don't know where to go to find it and then 'transfer', if applicable?
The land is bordered by a host of hardwood (oak/beech) which has yielded a few tonnes of firewood to season for next year. The plot is broken up into four roughly equal sized fields. The two top fields we have allocated to hay pasture and regular topping and harrowing has seen them improve over the past few months. Drainage will need fettling though. This summer these two fields yielded 400 small bales but the contractor cost came in at £500. Next year I will get a tedder which will drop that cost somewhat (we had one here but 'accidentally' sold it
).
Equipment wise we bought a '61 MF35 3 pot diesel which is big enough for what we need but needs a few oil leaks fixing over the winter. Sump and rocker gasket then crank seal. We haggled on a 4ft topper/5ft chain harrow/6ft ring roller and fert spreader as part of the house deal (plus the tedder than SWMBO sold).
Paul & Lou