hello everyone, I discovered this site yesterday and just cant stay away.years since i did the smallholder stuff (had chooks , horses, geese and veggy plot in the past) I have been living in a village for the past 10 years with just a garden nice but not really big enough to put in a veg patch (and deeds stated no poultry could be kept).I really missed this type of living and thought i would never feel the freedom of open fields and animals in the garden. However things are looking up for us in about 4 weeks we will be the very excited owners of a little bungalow in a neighbouring village with a field at the back of just over 2 and a 1/2 an acres. We plan to get some 6 chooks, 2 geese and would love to get 2 Norwegian forest cats. and i want to plant an orchard, a strawberry patch, veg plot, ooooh I'm so excited. The down side is that i cant do much (no lifting) for about 8 weeks as I had a hysterectomy 10 days ago Pooh!!!!! would love to get to know you all and share your fun. lara x