I've been offered the lease of 35 acers for 10 years.
It really excites me but also really scares me.It's not really good land but reckon I could keep 15 cows and about 40 sheep (shed for winter houseing included) with space left over for potatoes and all my household veg needs.
I could maybe just about afford the lease and buying the stock but then I would need a tractor or I could hire a contractor to do the ploughing
I would need to do quite a lot of internal fencing as well that would come to another £1500 or so.I've got experiance of working on farms so the husbandry side wouldn't be an issue but with kids and a mortgate its all about the financial side .
It's also worrying me that I could make a success of it and having to walk away in 10 years time when the lease might not be resumed which would break my heart.
I've got until October to make a decision.It might be the oppertunity to do something that I miss and would really enjoy doing but it could also break me but if I don't go for it I'll always be thinking what if