[pauljay]

Good evening,

I've been fascinated by this fiendly, lively and informative site for a while now but I have been reluctant to join in as I don't know if I can be described as a smallholder.   

My wife and I have recently moved onto this plot into a new-build house.  We are surrounded by beautiful Wiltshire countryside, an acre and a half of which belongs to the house.  Next door we have the use of a further 2.5 acres. 

At present we have a flock of about 50 layers which provide fro family and friends plus a few gate sale.  We are also bringing on a few turkeys for Christmas.  Our 2 British Lop gilts have recently been activated by a BL boar and we have 5 Black Welsh Mountain ewes with a friend's ram.  (We bought these as being in-lamb earlier this year: that ram was clearly duff.  Having written all this, I guess we are smallholders?  Best regards, Pauljay

[Bert]

Hi from the Isle of Mull

[Rosemary]

Hello and welcome from Carnoustie 

Sounds like a great set up you have there 

[pauljay]

HI Rosemary,

Thanks for the welcome.  Yes, we are very pleased with the set-up and with the potential.  We have also been fortuante to meet some like-minded people in the village.  This has allowed a fair amount of mutual help and good advice already.  Looking forward to learning from this site as well.  Rgds Pauljay

PS for fiendly read friendly 

[Lesley Silvester]

    Hi and welcome from Shropshire.  I consider myself as a smallholder - well, micro-holder - with a large back garden containing my goats, fruit trees and bushes, and some veggie beds.

[Possum]

You are definitely a smallholder!
Hello and welcome from a beautifully mild Somerset.

[darkbrowneggs]

Hi there and welcome from Worcestershire     Sounds like a pretty productive smallholding to me 

[pauljay]

Thanks darkbrowneggs for the compliment.  We're moving forward towards more productivity but other obligations seem to get in the way of the enjoyment and satisfaction that the true smallholder achieves..

We'll get there and stop the mad rushing around.

Cheers

[Rhodie]

Hi from Laverstoke Hants, sounds as though you are already well on the ladder towards being a smallholder, keep up the dream!

[SteveHants]

Hi from just south of Salisbury...


You sound like a smallholder to me!

[pauljay]

Thanks, the dream continues.  Only work gets in the way.

[Mammyshaz]

Hello and welcome from a much smaller smallholder ( if at all ) with fruit and veg in  allotments and a few hens