Hi all, I've been lurking for a while - absorbing lots of information!
I don't have a smallholding but have dreamed of one as long as I can remember! I DO have a large garden and I grow veg in raised beds (when I can overcome the weeds) and I have kept chickens for 3 years now. Currently I have three gorgeous girls, 1 Calder Ranger, 1 Pied Sussex and 1 Sussex Heritage Skyline (as told to me by the knowledgable lady I bought them from) They all lay different coloured eggs, (1 blue, 1 light brown , 1 chestnut brown) and are a joy to keep.
I read the forum daily (ish) and dream of lots of chickens, a cockerel, piggies and bees!
So I am now working on a financial plan to achieve my dream within a few years I hope............
Keep writing everyone, you are my inspiration!