I am so pleased to be in the smallholder community and look forward to learning and sharing. We live in Normandy and have just radically downsized which has meant reducing our flock of Ouessant sheep which we have had for the past 13 years. However sheep and chickens have moved well and we have just had our first lamb for this year, a strapping little black ram called Mars. We kept our 4 best ewes and a young ram bred by us but of completely different bloodline - interesting times sheepwise.
Normandy differs very little in the countryside from the UK, we have much the same problems and very similar climate to the south of England. Like everyone else we are in lockdown at the moment so innovation is the key.