| | Downshifting has become synonymous with selling up, starting a smallholding and escaping the rat race. Some people are lucky enough to purchase a property large enough to ensure that the whole family is self-sufficient, but for most only enough land will be available to make smallholding a hobby. Accordingly, this book caters for those with a small amount of land and for the lucky minority with a much larger acreage. Many of the books currently available mention only the pleasures of owning a smallholding, this volume adopts a pragmatic approach and discusses the many pitfalls.
Topics covered: examines the essential characteristics of a smallholding with reference to location, size, water sources, safety and security, tools and machinery; discusses the all-year-round vegetable patch, and how to create an orchard and grow fruit; considers practical poultry keeping and beekeeping; analyses what is involved in keeping cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, horses, donkeys, rabbits, walls, fencing and grassland management; and presents ideas and information on recycling, composting rainwater storage, and the natural harvest of the hedgerow, fields and woods. | |
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