Starting a Smallholding
Starting a smallholding? How to get started in running your own smallholding. Interesting articles from. If you are thinking about starting s smallholding then you’ll find useful advice, information and articles here at Smallholding Times from people who have been there and got the t-shirt!
One for the bookshelf. Pig Keeping – Inspiration and Practical Advice for would-be Smallholders Guiding you through every stage of the pig keeping process – from choosing livestock to finding a partner for your sow – this book covers everything you need to know about keeping, breeding, eating and selling pigs. * A fascinating and [...]
“Return to the Country” is an incentive scheme launched by the Croatian real estate company www.inlandcroatia.com offering EU rebates and grants of up to €75,000euros. For example up to €75,000 is available towards the cost of renovating a traditional Croatian farmhouse or cottage with another €2000 for anyone installing solar power or solar heating systems. [...]
We won’t bore you with the why’s and the where-fors, suffice to say New Smallholders has had a facelift and is now a fully functional community-based website for smallholders, new smallholders, wannabe smallholders and anyone seeking a greener, more self-sufficient lifestyle, however small or big that may be. The Members Area is comprehensive. New Smallholders works in [...]
You may be an existing smallholder, or someone that’s thinking about starting a smallholding. There are lots of different elements to running a smallholding, and depending on what it is that you want to do with your smallholding, you need to get yourself educated in that particular field. Many of the smallholding courses available are [...]
Is a smallholding way of life really for you? If you’ve had a bit of a ‘Tom & Barbara’ moment and have decided that getting some chucks in, and growing yoiur own fruit and veg is the lifestyle you’ve been yearning for, then beware. Being self-sufficient, or working towards self-sufficiency isn’t as easy as you [...]
Smallholdings insurance Protecting your smallholding with smallholdings insurance is essential to protect you, your buildings, your equipment, your livestock, and more. As a smallholder you really can’t afford to do without it. Is your livestock covered? The current economic climate makes us all think hard about our expenditure and unfortunately some of us tend [...]
Okay, so you’ve decided to get a smallholding group going in your area. Great! Now you need a plan of action for it to work. Our top tips will help to get your smallholding group started. Step 1 > Establishing a Need We presume that you’ve checked that there isn’t a smallholding group already active [...]
We have a small but dedicated team of planning consultants available to assist you with any agricultural planning related work. Whilst we recommend that people read the book and forums to equip themselves with their rights we realise that often things can get very complicated and time consuming. Our services range from telephone based consultancy [...]
Making a living? If your plans involve young family, you will no doubt hope to make a decent income. It is of course, also possible for one partner to keep on a well paid city career and commute to and fro each week, and if a mortgage is involved it will be almost essential at [...]
Finding the Dream When a surviving family inheriting several hundred hectare decide to sell off the farm, a similar body to DEFRA, known here as SAFER (Societe Amenagement Financement, Environment Rural) have to be notified by the officiating Notaire. (a well respected citizen who is a kind of solicitor, and always handles the legalities [...]