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trollwumple

  • Joined Jul 2008
  • France
French small smallholding
« on: June 22, 2011, 11:01:24 pm »
Hi,

I Didn't know where to post this, so feel free to move it.

We have some land "mostly forest and a swampy bit" which we would like someone to work and create a smallholding from. This is the perfect opportunity for someone or a couple of motivated people to start from scratch and create something real, live of the land and build a small cabin/house to live in.

You would be building the house from the trees which you cut down, "with my help", clear the land and fence it, set up veg plots, work the land and maybe keep some small livestock.

Various tools and a tractor could be made available, the only thing which we would ask is that you help out on the main smallholding for 4ish hours per day, this work could entail, cutting firewood, helping with some building work, fencing, helping with the livestock, clearing paddocks, helping in the veg gardens, planting food, etc, etc.

The land is in southwest france and is situated within our small holding, "so you would in fact be creating a small, smallholding", the land available is around 5 acres.

Obviously this is just a tentative enquiry as to whether there are people out there who would be able and like to give this a try, we are looking to get this set up by the end of the year, but if we could find the right person/couple this timespan could be brought forward to summer/autumn.

The google earth reference is 46.044195, 1.318274 for those who would like to look at the area.

regards

william

Hilarysmum

  • Joined Oct 2007
Re: French small smallholding
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2011, 09:42:28 am »
Hi trolwumple have you tried putting this on Pigs in France?  Being more local as it were.   :D

OhLaLa

  • Joined Sep 2010
Re: French small smallholding
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2011, 10:29:49 am »
Not as straightforward as it sounds:

Besides the complications of French law and 'possession', you would need to contact your mayor first, let him know what you propose to do with your land and ask about permissions re building a 'log cabin'.

And on another note, boggy land isn't much good for growing veg, and can give foot problems to sheep etc.

Other questions also arise, for example, where would the good folks live whilst the cabin was being built? Are there any services (it can cost a small fortune to have cables/meter put in), any road access? etc etc

 ???
« Last Edit: June 23, 2011, 10:33:11 am by OhLaLa »

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: French small smallholding
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2011, 01:11:36 am »
Hello trollwumple.  I expect you have already advertised this opportunity in WWOOF circles?
Don't listen to the money men - they know the price of everything and the value of nothing

Live in a cohousing community with small farm for our own use.  Dairy cows (rearing their own calves for beef), pigs, sheep for meat and fleece, ducks and hens for eggs, veg and fruit growing

 

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