Realisation
After the turmoil of the move you wake up one morning and find that what you have planned for, striven for and dreamed of has happened. You now have a smallholding. For the first few days there will be plenty to do just finding the teapot and generally trying to create some kind of sanity out of the chaos.
Before you start anything major you need to get to know your new home, both the house and buildings and also the land. There may be essential jobs that you knew about before moving in, such as a leaking roof or broken window. There will undoubtedly be other work required which was not so obvious. Perhaps fences need to be mended – possibly the wire is still good but a post has rotted off in the ground. Such things may not be obvious until you actually walk around the fence and check each stake before an animal leans against it. (Stock have an uncanny knack of finding the weakest post and leaning against it.) Try to be organised from the start. Carry a small notebook and pencil with you if necessary and jot down everything that needs attention: ditches to be cleared, hedges trimmed and so on. With all this information in one place it can help to plan work. If a digger is needed for one job you may find other jobs for it while it is on your land.