hey .... hello every one and thanks for welcoming me, i know its a bit of a late reply 11 mnths later, but i could blame living in the welsh hills and internet being real slow..... but honestly I only just fathamed out my user name and log in details....lol , its been an amaizing year, next year we...ooops no this new year we are going to really be totally reliant on our farm for everything we can... i'm sure hard times are going to hit very hard this year, and everyday i 'm glad we have this land that we can support our sleves on, we are the luccky ones and no longer the wierdos that play at self sufficiency up on the hill on that funny farm...lol.... i predict that soon the neighbours will be popping round to barter goods... i already to swaps and trade with my solicitors, and planning advisers in pork and bacon, so theres hope for civilisation.... its the ony way forward, I have also decided to try and make some money writting up our exploits and sending it in to magazines... as are madness on the hill is a little unusual... see what you think and let me know.....