[deniseg4]

Hi All,

I live in North Ayrshire in Scotland with my husband, 2 dogs, a cat, a rabbit, 6 chickens and a highland pony.  I'm not sure we're big enough to be described as a small holding although we try to be self sufficient and grow as much of our own produce as we can.  If nothing else, we're definitely smallholding wannabes!   

Denise x

[faith0504]

hi and welcome from moray 

[SallyintNorth]

There's all sorts on here, from townie wannabe's, through ex-townie first-timers, through very experienced smallholders of all types, up to and including family farmers.

If you want to be here, you're very welcome 

It sounds like there are plenty of topics in which you will have experience to share - and it wouldn't matter if you didn't, you'd still be welcome.

We're in north Cumbria, beef & sheep farmers, smallholding on the side with a Jersey house cow, an in-pig pig, choox, native ponies.

Welcome again 
Sally

[HappyHippy]

Hello from me in South Lanarkshire 
We've got mainly pigs, poultry and children 
Look forward to hearing more from you
Karen x

[Dan]

Hello, and welcome from sunny Carnoustie. 

I'm not sure we're big enough to be described as a small holding although we try to be self sufficient and grow as much of our own produce as we can.

If it's small, and you're keeping chooks, it's a smallholding in my book, and you're smallholders. But all are welcome here! 

[Rosemary]

Hello and welcome from sunny Carnoustie 

[tazbabe]

from ayrshire too!

[bigchicken]

Hi from Fife used to stay in Ayrshire many moons ago

[deniseg4]

Thanks everyone for making me feel welcome 

smallholding on the side with a Jersey house cow

Sally, I'm intrigued, what on earth is a house cow? I have this strange image in my head of your jersey lying in front of an open fire 

from ayrshire too!

Its great to see another Ayrshire-ite, are you north, south or east?

Denise

[Rosemary]

A house cow is one that is kept to provide milk for the house. Generally, it doesn't live in the house :-)

We have two Shetland heifers that will be house cows once we get them in calf and calved 

[tobytoby]

 :wave:Hello from a wet Dalry, you must be getting the same?

[deniseg4]

I'm from Dalry too!!!  Where abouts are you? 

[tobytoby]

Denise,
I stay outwith the Blair estate, still trying to buy some 4 acres at the moment and not a lot i can do with my 1/2 acre garden? Whereabouts are you?

[SallyintNorth]

smallholding on the side with a Jersey house cow

Sally, I'm intrigued, what on earth is a house cow? I have this strange image in my head of your jersey lying in front of an open fire 

Rosemary is of course correct but BH thinks that Hillie is totally spoilt and would say that your mental image is not very far wide of the mark.  Although it'd be the wood-burner...    This from the man who owns the hand in this picture :

[Dundonald hens]

Hi there we are in sunny ayrshire as well !! i keep chickens,ducks,2 pigs,2 lambs, a baby and the wife !!!