"Pete" wrote in message
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"'Mike'" wrote in message ...



There is of course the matter of deeds and permission to keep pigs. It was
in the deeds to may last house which had a large garden, well, half an
acre which as everybody has been informed is a lot larger than the postage
stamp MY WIFE has now, that we could keep 1 pig to the acre ;-))

Mike

One pig to the Acre --- unenforcible.
You can either keep them or not ---- enforcible
(Snippo please btw0

Pete

In the deeds to my house it says I can keep pigs providing they are 75 yards
away from the road frontage. I have only 1/4 acre but the garden is long
and narrow so could easily be done. It doesn't specify how many I can have,
presumably I could fill the rest of the length of the garden with them if I
chose! it's 156 yards long in total. Quite a few pigs.
There are some things I am not allowed to do that are specified in the
deeds. I cannot be a tallow candler maker or manure merchant by way of
business. The first is ok but the second might be hard to stick to if I
had a lot of pigs, which may be a cunning plan to make sure you limit
yourself to a couple for your own use.
My house was built in the 30's. My road has an interesting history. It's a
way out of the village and plots were available for ex-servicemen returning
from WW1. Some plots were up to 2 acres but most were smaller. The idea
was they could be self sufficient and feed their families at least until
they got back on their feet.
All sorts of weird wooden constructions were put up to serve as living
accommodation on these plots and were gradually replaced over decades as
finances improved - there is hardly a house the same. When I came here in
the early 80's there were still several wooden "bungalows" and even a man
living in a railway carriage on his plot, still living the "good life"
Alas, as the older people have died, their children have sold the land off
for building twee bungalows on each plot. It breaks my heart.
Not just for myself, because I saved and saved and saved to get here - to a
place I could keep my livestock, but because places like this are/were
achievable with a no spend policy for years to save for it- for a young
person who goes for it, I managed it.
I have a fancy to put in my will that my house & land should be rented to
someone who has a dream of trying self-sufficiency rather than leave even a
part of it to my younger brother, who when I had cancer, came to see me and
wanted have a tour of the garden to see how far it went..
Unluckily for him, despite the docs saying very firmly that I would die, I
didn't. Since he never gets in touch with me from one Christmas day to
another it is very unlikely that he will inherit.
My second choice would be that a wildlife hospital could rent it, cheaply.
They'd have to pay something to cover maintenance of the house, of course.
It's perfect for a wildlife hospital.