Getting started
Starting a smallholding: the kit to buy first, what to hire, and a planner that turns your acres and jobs into a kit list.
Calculators
Smallholding kit planner
Example: A compact or sub-compact tractor with a three-point linkage and PTO, for 5 acres (2.02 ha)
Smallholding starter kit list
Example: 5 to buy first, 4 to hire or borrow first, 5 for later, for 5 acres (2.02 ha)
Guides
Smallholding equipment list: what to buy first
A smallholding equipment list by priority: buy first, hire or borrow, and leave until later, for your land and stock.
Your first year on a smallholding
The first year on a new smallholding: what kit to buy, hire or leave, jobs by season and the rules to check.
Machinery storage
How much shed space your machinery needs, access and doors, and keeping kit dry and secure.
Servicing your own machinery
Service intervals from the maker's manual, what you can do yourself and keeping a service record.
Smallholding machinery
The machinery a smallholding needs, from hand tools to a compact tractor, worked out from your land and jobs.