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Midgie

  • Joined Jun 2016
Newbie crofter
« on: June 25, 2016, 09:21:37 pm »
Hi , my name is Kate and I have just taken over the family croft up on the Western Isles , it's been 30yrs since I've done any crofting / small holding so feel like a complete newbie ! In the past I had 2 milking goats of my own and then helped out with the families blackface sheep , hens and ducks. So far we've got 3 hens and 5 runner ducklings ( donated by a "kind" friend ! ) . Planning on pigs next year to churn the ground up but in the long term I'd like some native breed sheep .
Anybody else up on the Western Isles ?
« Last Edit: June 26, 2016, 08:54:45 am by Midgie »

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: Newbie crofter
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2016, 11:44:40 pm »
Hi and welcome from Shropshire.  :wave: I'd love to be in the Western Isles.

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Newbie crofter
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2016, 06:53:53 am »
Hello and welcome from  :sunshine: Carnoustie!  :wave:

There are a few crofters on here including some from the Western Isles

oor wullie

  • Joined Jun 2012
  • Strathnairn
Re: Newbie crofter
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2016, 08:35:23 pm »
Hello and welcome from a crofter near Inverness.  Where in the isles are you?

I'm always happy to try and help answer questions having been a newby crofter for about the last 4 years.

CarolineJ

  • Joined Dec 2015
  • North coast of Scotland
Re: Newbie crofter
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2016, 09:35:27 pm »
Hello  :wave: :wave:  Another crofter here, but on the north coast of Sutherland.  I had a week's holiday on Lewis and Harris a couple of years ago, absolutely loved it, beautiful, beautiful place.

Midgie

  • Joined Jun 2016
Re: Newbie crofter
« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2016, 07:43:33 am »
Hello , thank you for the replies  :thumbsup: , I'm about 8 miles outside Stornoway .

devonlady

  • Joined Aug 2014
Re: Newbie crofter
« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2016, 08:20:48 am »
Hello from dark and chilly Devon. Good to know you!

 

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