[yankieGirl]

public school teacher (high school)

[sheila]

Retired psycho- sexual councillor.

[yankieGirl]

You're kidding!?

Was this question insulting?

[robert waddell]

soil technician

[JulieS]

Not sure I have a job title anymore......and I love every minute of GOS breeding, butchery, holiday cottage cleaner and I've just started to learn how to milk at the dairy farm opposite 

[yankieGirl]

I just wondered how everyone supported themselves.

I think I would love to turn my hobby into a business. 

I just love everything (even cleaning the pig stalls in the middle of a hot summer day) about this thing called farming.

I gives me such a sense of purpose.  I have a great respect for those who came before us who had to depend on the fruit of their labor to get through the winter months.

[doganjo]

Hello, Yank
First of all welcome to the forum.  Perhaps an initial introduction might have gone down better before a straight question such as that.  I'm not a real smallholder (Is there such a thing?  )- I only have ducks and chickens for eggs, grow some veg and fruit, so perhaps some people might look down on me a little,  I'm retired, but I never get a day off    I was a Company Accountant most of my working life and latterly a Management Accountant with the NHS until 7 years ago.   So I don't support myself from being a smallholder, the Government and NHS do that!

I hope you'll tell us a bit more about yourself.

[mab]

I'm a Sparky.

I'm still a newbie at self sufficiency - I've yet to make a profit let alone earn a living from it.

Having said that I have reduced my living costs ('free' eggs, electricity & such veg as I can persuade to grow)    .

mab

[ambriel]

Like some of the others, I seem to have a profusion of job titles these days.

That which earns me money is computer programmer but I also dabble with holiday caravan operator, smallholder with pigs and hens, and general maintenance man.

My wife earns the big bucks by teaching sciences at our local high school.

[sheila]

Sorry if you thought my reply was a joke. I actually did work as a psycho sexual councillor.

[Hermit]

I am a full time crofter/ housewife and my OH is a heating engineer/ plumber.We are self sufficient in meat, veg, eggs, milk ,cheese but still need that wage coming in for bills .

[HappyHippy]

I thought this was going to be easy to answer, til I actually thought about it 
I'm a mum of 4 who breeds pigs and makes handmade signs, jewellery and a range of other crafty stuff (when I get time )
BUT pre-children I was working for Costco (I'm sure you know who they are Yank ) I've got a degree in Ophthalmic dispensing (optician stuff) a diploma in Interior design and have completed the first degree of Reiki training - so I suppose I'm a jack (or Jill) of all trades. Gimmie a job and I'll do it 
Hubby is the breadwinner though, he drives a taxi 

[Rosemary]

Perhaps an initial introduction might have gone down better before a straight question such as that. 

yank did introduce himself a while back in the "Introduce Yourself" section.

I'm now a full time farmer (albeit on a small scale). Dan earns the real money as a web developer / consultant. I also care for our daughter, volunteer for the Royal Highland Education Trust and run TAS, with Dan. Oh, and I'm the administrator for Dan's business.

Worked in local goverment for 20 years until 2009, but have a BSc in Agriculture, so always wanted to farm. I love the seasonality of it and the sense of purpose too. What can be more satifying than producing food. God bless farmers.

[gavo]

I work in I.T the wife is a nurse she works part time minds the kids, runs the little farm shop, and generally does the day to day care of the animals. I do evenings, weekends ,the runs to the slaughter house and building enclosures and housing.

[Hilarysmum]

In a past life I was an assistant to a  psycho sexual councillor (honestly), now I breed pigs and produce meat.  I am registered as a small farmer here.