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Hi, We have 5 chickens in our garden, all of which we thought were hens until a couple of months ago - the girliest looking one has turned out to be a...
Hi Jo I don't know if you're a member of Smallholding_and_Self-Sufficiency, but that seems to be a much more active group, and I know does have some members in...
Hello everybody, Have just joined the list and have been trawling through the archives (not many posts recently - is anyone out there....?) Was wondering if...
We have decided to go ahead with these and are in the process of setting out the courses now. We had a lot of posative response from people here, and on other...
Morning all, I'm looking for advice, yesterday one of my sheep seemed to get up with flu, snotty nose, slight wheeze, the others are fine...she's eating...
I am, but it's a worm mini-farm, only a small number for now. I'm just starting, took me a long time to find the right worms - I hope I've got the right ones....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3714733.stm Eggs and the city By Christine Jeavans BBC News Online Urban dwellers across the land are being encouraged to...
Hello to all! I have to give a paper about small farming / organic agriculture in the UK. Could anybody help me a little with that? Is it OK if I post some...
Hello to all! I have to give a paper about small-holding-farms in the UK. Could anybody please help me a little with that? I thought of some questions, which...
Hi , Yes it is ok to put some questions on smallholding . We run North Yorkshire Smallholders Society which has nearly 500 smallholdings .We will be glad to...
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Hello, Does anyone know if/where I can get a pen suitable for writing dates on eggs. I'm nervous about giving my chickens eggs to friends & family without an...
Hi all, My name is Bernie and I am a new member here. My first post (the first of many i hope)is to ask if anyone knows of a website or even land agent showing...
... Hi Karen, My name is Bernie (new member), I also am interested in joining a local smallholders group in either Dorset or Hampshire. If you should hear of...
Given that, so they tell us, most shop-bought eggs are already weeks old when they get to the supermarket shelves, I bet you don't really need to worry - your...
Hi Bernie Welcome to the list. How much land you need will depend on what you want to do. Do you want livestock? If so, what sort and how many? Do you want...
I don't think they use lead in pencils anymore - it's all carbon - so presumably that should be fine. Other than that I'd speak to one of the smallholder...
Hi Bernie You could start with my favourite although some think them expensive: www.ruralscene.co.uk Then all these: http://www.rivercottage.net/index.jsp ...
Hi Bernie I have only been able to find the East Hants group which I sent earlier. If anybody else hears of another group I'd be ever so grateful. Regards ...
Hi all, I joined this group quite recently and don't yet own a smallholding. I live in Cumbria, and the option I'm looking at is to buy some land separately...
The Complete Guide to Self-Suffiency by John Seymour is a fabulous book - I think it's pretty well accepted by now that in fact no human could sustain...
Hi Karen, Bernie Not sure if the link you sent was www.frya.freeserve.co.uk/ehss.htm - I found that in the Yahoo group Smallholding_and_Self_Sufficiency....
Hi Sally Thanks for this. I've seen this group thanks, they are a bit far away for me really. However, I have just joined the Yahoo group, so thanks for...
Ooh you beat me to it, I was also going to suggest John Seymour's fab book. If you want to read the biography of a couple who read the book and fulfilled their...
I am a member of a Wiltshire group, yes, but so far nothing has happened! I'll give it another month or so and then, being me, probably end up volunteering to...
