The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: CrazyDogLady96 on January 07, 2025, 10:57:35 am
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Hi! I'm in Bedfordshire and looking to get back into smallholding-type activities. My partner does grow some veg every year and we have a few apple and pear trees with varying productivity, and he has previous experience with various poultry and goats. I have a lot less experience but, like everybody, we did get hens during Covid - these eventually died off and we just never replaced them but we're thinking of getting some again. I want to be able to help him with the veg to take some work off him and maybe grow a few things of my own.
I guess I struggle to know where to start. Can anybody recommend any good books or articles, ideally aimed at a total novice (I'm not one but this would help with getting started - kind of like smallholding for dummies!).
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Sorry we've been a while welcoming you, usually an intro post comes up as a "new post" straight away but for some reason I've only just seen yours.
You will find lots of helpful articles on the site here, sounds like Goats (https://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/livestock/goats/) would be one you'd want to explore, also Book Recommendations (https://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/books/).
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Yes, welcome! Sorry we missed you. Grow stuff you like to eat. I used to go mad when the seed cataogues came out, seduced by the marketing. Now my veg plan is much simpler.
There's a good site called the Allotment Garden https://www.allotment-garden.org/ sign up for the newsletter. And grow comfrey - fab fertiliser, soil conditioner and compost activator.