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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Factotum on March 19, 2015, 02:31:57 pm

Title: Scottish Farmer article about the Acc. Smallholder
Post by: Factotum on March 19, 2015, 02:31:57 pm

Well done Rosemary - just seen the article about you (and the lovely Dan) in the Scottish Farmer.

Nice article.

Sue

Title: Re: Scottish Farmer article about the Acc. Smallholder
Post by: Rosemary on March 19, 2015, 04:03:46 pm

Thanks Sue. I haven't seen it yet as my subscription has lapsed but a chum is keeping it for us  :)

Title: Re: Scottish Farmer article about the Acc. Smallholder
Post by: bloomer on March 19, 2015, 04:16:37 pm

its on their web page

Title: Re: Scottish Farmer article about the Acc. Smallholder
Post by: Womble on March 19, 2015, 05:47:25 pm

Well at least put a link in Bloomer! (http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/article/meet-accidental-smallholder)  ;)    I tried searching for Champion, and just ended up with photos of very expensive bulls!  ;D

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The move to Carnoustie to a smallholding with more land was back in 2010, and they agree that this year feels like the end of the beginning, as they are feeling fairly satisfied that the house has been completed, the fences are where they should be, and vegetable plots are looking good, animals are settled and thriving.

As I sit here in my uncompleted house, with my still knackered fencing, knackered back, abandoned vegetable plot and two sick animals today, it is hard not to feel jealous you know!  :-\   

In all seriousness, well done to both of you for raising the profile of smallholding as you have - I'm very glad you're there to show us how it can be done!  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Scottish Farmer article about the Acc. Smallholder
Post by: bloomer on March 19, 2015, 05:48:16 pm

 :P

Title: Re: Scottish Farmer article about the Acc. Smallholder
Post by: Louise Gaunt on March 19, 2015, 07:34:36 pm

Lovely article, and I like the picture of your Ryelands, they are such teddy bear sheep!

Title: Re: Scottish Farmer article about the Acc. Smallholder
Post by: Lesley Silvester on March 19, 2015, 10:10:09 pm

Great article and I think I am  :love: with those sheep.

Title: Re: Scottish Farmer article about the Acc. Smallholder
Post by: mojocafa on March 20, 2015, 05:55:43 am

 :thumbsup:
What a fabulous article,

Title: Re: Scottish Farmer article about the Acc. Smallholder
Post by: nimbusllama on March 20, 2015, 08:24:32 am

Thanks for the link Womble.... great article and I salute you Rosemary and Dan!

Title: Re: Scottish Farmer article about the Acc. Smallholder
Post by: Rosemary on March 20, 2015, 08:53:02 am

Thanks for your kind comments. Karen Carruth is lovely and has been very supportive of the SS&G Festival etc.

I still wish I could find a way to make smallholding more accessible to young folk. By the time you've accumulated the capital to buy one, you're too physically knackered to work it  ;D

Title: Re: Scottish Farmer article about the Acc. Smallholder
Post by: benandjerry on March 25, 2015, 09:24:46 pm

Congratulations :trophy:

Title: Re: Scottish Farmer article about the Acc. Smallholder
Post by: Carse Goodlifers on March 26, 2015, 09:01:34 pm

It is a good article.
The paper copy fills the entire inside back page.

Title: Re: Scottish Farmer article about the Acc. Smallholder
Post by: Anke on March 26, 2015, 10:51:14 pm

So Rosemary - are you proper farmers then... ;)

Title: Re: Scottish Farmer article about the Acc. Smallholder
Post by: Rosemary on March 27, 2015, 08:38:41 am

Quote from: Anke on March 26, 2015, 10:51:14 pm

So Rosemary - are you proper farmers then... ;)

Well, I hate the term "hobby farmer"; I think it's such a derogatory term. Trying to categorise folk is always a minefield  :)

Title: Re: Scottish Farmer article about the Acc. Smallholder
Post by: Anke on March 27, 2015, 06:07:32 pm

I am not a hobby farmer - I am a small-scale farmer!

Title: Re: Scottish Farmer article about the Acc. Smallholder
Post by: Lesley Silvester on March 27, 2015, 10:38:22 pm

That must make me a microscale farmer then.

Title: Re: Scottish Farmer article about the Acc. Smallholder
Post by: Bionic on March 28, 2015, 09:11:27 am

Good article. Thanks for the link Womble

Title: Re: Scottish Farmer article about the Acc. Smallholder
Post by: Rosemary on March 28, 2015, 02:00:50 pm

Quote from: Anke on March 27, 2015, 06:07:32 pm

I am not a hobby farmer - I am a small-scale farmer!

Me too.