Hobby farm vs homestead Patch#

Therefore, plenty of homesteaders utilise their gardens as much as possible with resourceful container planting, beehives, and poultry keeping or they have to rent land instead. We are a small country and have very limited space for land and housing. To that point, the price of land in the U.K. This makes it ever harder for people to pursue a more natural, closer-to-the-earth lifestyle. There are, unfortunately, plenty of struggles for homesteaders in the U.K. is so short on land, quite often people farm or work the land in places that are not, perhaps, very suitable to use-for instance: hill farmers in the Lake District and North Yorkshire struggle to work the land in the harsh, severe weather conditions and hilly terrain. For example: choosing a location because of the better soil suitability, wind shelter, or flatter land. is so large and with such varying terrains to choose from, homesteaders can often be a bit more selective about the land they want to use. One of the good things is that, because the U.S. There’s much more room to spread out in the United States. They may have a successful homestead, but may find the driving distances to local amenities, or markets at which to sell their produce to the public, much harder and more challenging.

Additionally, the sheer size of America can sometimes cause problems for homesteaders. The weather conditions in America can be much more severe-a tornado, hurricane, or even an earthquake could potentially decimate a needed crop or damage livestock fencing or housing. is well known for having quite wet weather to deal with however, we have mild, temperate weather in comparison to the U.S.

There are completely different struggles that need to be mentioned of homesteading in the U.S. This is a shame and I hope with time self-sufficiency enthusiasts on both sides of the pond get comfortable with relishing all helpful resources, regardless of the differing buzz words and spellings.

For instance, in a library or book shop if someone is looking for smallholding reference books they will more often go for the ones titled, “Smallholding Advice on Family Goat Keeping” rather than something like, “Keeping a Backyard Family Goat”. get confused and do not realise that smallholding, self-sufficiency, homesteading, and backyard farming all come under the same umbrella. Additionally, the buzz words of “self-sufficiency” and “self-reliant” are smallholding’s keywords of choice in the U.K. In contrast, in the U.K., “smallholding” is the common term for “good lifers” who want to work closely with the land or livestock for personal interests, goals, or lifestyle choices. Additionally, the phrase “ backyard farmer” is often used and known to be a term for a person who either homesteads for pleasure or hobby or, someone who farms on a very small scale rather than industrially.

Hobby farm vs homestead Patch#

for people who have anything from a small patch of land right through to people who choose to go off-grid and become completely self-sufficient. “Homesteading” is the more commonly used term in the U.S. So to begin, just the name is different in the U.K. All this information and the quirks of different countries, and their approaches to smallholding vs. While living and working in an international Girl Guide centre, I have discussed with many volunteers and guests from America how the land works, farming, and the differences between states, too-my good friend from Colorado explained about her parents’ smallholding. for a few years now, I have noticed the pros and cons of it here. I am here to tell you about how homesteading in the United States and the United Kingdom differ there are many aspects that are different and many that correspond to each other.