http://www.smallestsmallholding.com/the-art-of-conversation/ A young would-be smallholder trying to live the good life in her own backyard smallholding Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:50:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.smallestsmallholding.com/the-art-of-conversation/#comment-490 vegmonkey Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:37:53 +0000 http://www.smallestsmallholding.com/the-art-of-conversation/#comment-490 I know what you mean. I tend to wave to people if i end up in west wales or west coast of scotland in my car...it's just polite. I think the days when people were neighbourly are long gone. I know what you mean. I tend to wave to people if i end up in west wales or west coast of scotland in my car…it’s just polite. I think the days when people were neighbourly are long gone.

]]> http://www.smallestsmallholding.com/the-art-of-conversation/#comment-488 Kate Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:58:11 +0000 http://www.smallestsmallholding.com/the-art-of-conversation/#comment-488 I love saying good morning to all unsundry you get to spark up some of the best conversations going and meet people you might never get to meet otherwise, being ever so slightly nosy helps as well. One day I was walking out of the village and said good morning to an old chap in his front garden I'd never met before, noticing he had a green house I asked him about his veg and he invited me to look at his veg gardens and told me some of his secrets. But what I really love is when you get chatting to someone and it turns out they do or have done something you just wouldn't have expected like pensioners who were spys or strippers or just people who have weird and wonderful jobs like collecting pig semon. I love saying good morning to all unsundry you get to spark up some of the best conversations going and meet people you might never get to meet otherwise, being ever so slightly nosy helps as well. One day I was walking out of the village and said good morning to an old chap in his front garden I’d never met before, noticing he had a green house I asked him about his veg and he invited me to look at his veg gardens and told me some of his secrets. But what I really love is when you get chatting to someone and it turns out they do or have done something you just wouldn’t have expected like pensioners who were spys or strippers or just
people who have weird and wonderful jobs like collecting pig semon.

]]> http://www.smallestsmallholding.com/the-art-of-conversation/#comment-486 uphilldowndale Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:42:40 +0000 http://www.smallestsmallholding.com/the-art-of-conversation/#comment-486 It would be a very dull old world without a chat. People tell me the most extraordinary things, I love it. It would be a very dull old world without a chat. People tell me the most extraordinary things, I love it.

]]> http://www.smallestsmallholding.com/the-art-of-conversation/#comment-482 Amy Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:02:52 +0000 http://www.smallestsmallholding.com/the-art-of-conversation/#comment-482 You are totally right, last year I grew my veg at the back of the garden so it has been a revelation to get an allotment this year. Now a trip to water the plants might take twice as long if you are lucky to bump into someone willing to have a quick chat. At my allotments you have to pass some mystical 6 month mark before any of the old men will talk to you, it was a great honor for me to get my first conversation about the weeds! You are totally right, last year I grew my veg at the back of the garden so it has been a revelation to get an allotment this year. Now a trip to water the plants might take twice as long if you are lucky to bump into someone willing to have a quick chat. At my allotments you have to pass some mystical 6 month mark before any of the old men will talk to you, it was a great honor for me to get my first conversation about the weeds!

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