Hi, I've become something of an accidental smallholder myself. My other half had a smallholding that she ran a stables from, but just before we met, she left over family problems. These have resolved now, and 6 months ago we retook control of a neglected 7.5 acres and 3 ponies. Now our daughter has just started school, the OH has time to get more than basic feed/muck out/exercise done, and I have been spending what spare time I have taming the overgrown hedges, and uncovering bits of rusty old machinery. I also work full time, so between ponies daughter and work there isnt much time spare, expecially with the nights drawing in.
We have made a massive difference so far though. the enormous mountain of muck that started halfway across the front yard and ended under years of grass growth some 50 metres back and 3 metres high is now forming the base of a devon bank along half of one side of the property, courtesy of a local digger owner/operator. the weeds that had been encroaching onto the sand school have been strimmed into submission, and the families old show cob has a new lease of life as he was on the verge of having to be shot for starvation when we went back.
There is still at least another 2 years work to be done before its all in the kind of shape it should be, and the ultimate plan is to put a small log cabin for me, the OH and our daughter to live in permanently, although short term we're hoping to bring her old showmans caravan back to a livable status.
Enough about the property, my name is Patrick, the OH is called Jay, and our daughter is Sophie. Jay also runs a small blog on facebook called '
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Shetland-Diaries/187447964701069?hc_location=stream'
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