The Good Life - starting a smallholding
PUBLISHED: 08:11 28 March 2014 | UPDATED: 14:09 12 May 2014
Smallholders are a varied bunch – some have lived in the country all their lives, others leave behind totally different jobs to take up some kind of smallholding enterprise and lead a completely new way of life. You might be thinking of joining their ranks...
Starting on your first smallholding can be daunting – the lengthy, and often expensive, search for the right property or the right piece of land, perhaps moving to a new area or making career or lifestyle changes are steps towards your smallholding, but once you’re ready to make a start and actually get some animals, or start planning activities, what is it that you need to think about first?
Country Smallholding provides some tips on starting a smallholding:
Smallholding:
The Good Life - starting a smallholding
Starting a smallholding - find the right property
Starting smallholding: a quick class
Smallholding can feed the world
Planning permission: the basics
Making money from smallholding
Can smallholding feed the world?
The Good Life - The Next Stage
Making money from smallholding
The Good Life - Grow Your Own Vegetables
The Good Life - Tools and Equipment
Livestock:
Keeping livestock: an introduction
The Good Life - Keeping Poultry
The Good Life - Keeping Animals
Keeping your animals dry and mud-free
