[doganjo]

hello

100 acres I have land envy now (currently looking for my first patch of land)

That's why I've been so quiet too   Gobsmacked!     I can hardly even imagine what 100 acres looks like 

[bloomer]

i can imagine it

then i go all green and whistful!!!

i can see 50 acres of low density sheep, also several acres of piggy rotation, then poly tunnels and veg garden and a couple of house cows and still have land over for hay production!!!

setting it all up would be a mammoth task if its not ready for it but in 10 years it would be awesome!!!

and willow planted on the boggy areas for cutting forage and timber supply in a few years!!!

ok i need land now please!!!

[Fi]

Hi guys, honestly the land is nothing to be jealous about it is actually a real financial and labour burden. Bloomer is right we could do so much but it is mammoth. I think we could maybe go for low density sheep for the hill. I have fencing to sort out. How many sheep are low density and what breeds would be best?
 

[bloomer]

can you claim farm subsidy etc to support your running costs?

how did you aquire such a plot?

[Fi]

I've been looking at single farm payments etc but it all looks so complicated and onerous, I think you'd need an agricultural degree just to understand it, be very well organized and a full time farmer to keep up with it all.
I kinda inherited the farm. It was my Grandfathers who farmed it. He died 25 years ago and over those yeArs the family did less and less with it. We took it on in part 10 years ago and spent alot of time effort and money into getting the farmhouse habitable into which my Mum and Dad have retired. We have then converted one of the outbuildings into a home for ourselves. It all sounds very idillic but it has been a real struggle and we have just about completely burnt ourselves out.
It would be nice to have some animals and see the land doing something though  

[bloomer]

what about renting some of the land out to provide an income to help you work on the rest of it?

[Beewyched]

i can imagine it

then i go all green and whistful!!!

i can see 50 acres of low density sheep, also several acres of piggy rotation, then poly tunnels and veg garden and a couple of house cows and still have land over for hay production!!!

setting it all up would be a mammoth task if its not ready for it but in 10 years it would be awesome!!!

and willow planted on the boggy areas for cutting forage and timber supply in a few years!!!

ok i need land now please!!!

Plus an orchard & veg plot, with bees to pollinate everything.  Don't forget the chucks & ducks for pest control (eggs & meat).  Only another 94 acres to go for us 

[darkbrowneggs]

Hi there from Sue in Worcestershire