[CameronS]

in full time education. work weekends in a dog kennels.
Have hens & ducks and soon to be veg aswell inmy back garden

[chriso]

Fire Officer.

[tazbabe]

staff nurse, orthopaedics

[scattybiker1972]

im just undergoing a career change.at present im a gardener,and do varous things as well like teach kids in a school where their food comes from,and i work for james wellbeloved at the weekend as an instore demonstrator.
im just having interviews at the moment to work as a care worker for the elderly. as hubby is training with the merchant navy and the training allowance is not enough to live on ...yet...so bills need paying.
when hes qualified as a second mate well be rich......and i can get my land. at the mo just grow veg fruit keep quail and   but do have land to run pigs on.

[daddymatty82]

professional driver in a haulage firm was out of work for 2 yrs started in november and it feels like im a millionaire atm but its just a case of not getting any cash for 18 months to a full time wage  but i do do the hours for it so will need to sort out hay making etc

[Anke]

Trained Chemical Engineer, then PhD in Chemistry. Worked for ICI for three years, got fed up with multinational businesses, went back to academia to work in research administration. Had children and suddenly ALL my salary went on childcare, cleaner, travel to/from work, nothing left! Got John Seymoour out of the library, while waiting for an allotment to come up.... well here we are. Now - smallholder, main childcarer, housework doer... and happy!

OH works in IT and earns our keep. We are self sufficient in eggs, meat, honey and jams, veg for most of the year and milk as well. Also in my hobbies (I don't want to turn any of them into businesses) - spinning knitting, dyeing, making soap, cheese....

[jonkil]

Never turn your hobby into a business. 
I am a business owner, run quite a large car sales business for 30 years, pretty fed up with it now.
Bought a beautiful small farm and use it for leisure purposes only at the moment. Will farm it as a hobby when I retire in a couple of years time when daughter & son finish Uni.

[faith0504]

i stay at home look after the animals, land and run our holiday cottage. my OH goes out and does the wages thing to keep the bank manager happy

[waterhouse]

Retired banker with four decades of years of experience across Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific.  I have a depressingly deep understanding of what went wrong and why but rather fewer good ideas on how to fix it.

Long term interest in conservation led us into smallholding.  OH is an ecologist, botanist and landscape gardener and keeps me sane.

[smallholder in the city]

Consultant Psychiatrist in a very deprived bit of London and hopefully a future as a native plant nursery owner and GOS pig breeder with a bit of psychiatry on the side.

[The Chicken Lady]

I,m a midwife working in the NHS. Can't wait to become a full time small holder. 

[JD]

Retired police officer now a gardener growing fruit and veg and keeping chickens in an inner city garden.
JD 

[yankieGirl]

I hurry home from work now to see the posts!

Thank you Rosemary for coming to my defense!!

I think I will change my name to YankieGirl.

OH?  other half?

[Fergie]

I've been an X Ray Engineer & techie in the NHS for most of my life, more recently an NHS Manager of a Medical Physics Dept.  About to retire in March.

There seem to be quite a few Health Service employees on the forum?

John

[Bionic]

I work in investment banking and hoping to retire later this year. Should then be able to get my smallholding.  Waterhouse what type of banking were you involved in?
Sally