[lethe]

Hi.  I'm Lynne.  Phil, my husband, and I live on a narrowboat on a river in Cambs and work 2.5 acres there (rented).  We've just bought 5 acres across the river in Norfolk.  We keep Wiltshire horn sheep (5 ewes and a ram - 5 lambs this year), Dexter cows (a steer, a young heifer and about to take a heifer in calf), Tamworth pigs (i sow, 7 weaners), rir chickens and have 2 horses.  We are trying out veg growing on half an acre.  Very much looking forward to good advice from people here!

[Bionic]

Welcome to the forum Lynne from a sunny (at the moment) Wales 
Gosh, living on a narrow boat, that must be interesting.
 
Sally

[Rosemary]

Hello and welcome from Carnoustie 

Sounds like a fabulous set up that you have

[sabrina]

  Welcome

[chrismahon]

Hi Lethe and welcome to the forum. Don't know how you cope with life on a narrowboat. There are a lot of resident narrowboats along the Canal where we live and it looks really miserable in Winter. Especially when the Enforcement Officers keep moving them on every few weeks. Good luck to you and your growing smallholding.

[Mammyshaz]

Hello, and welcome from Durham 

[Beewyched]

Hi & welcome from West Scotland 

[Rosadollymixture]

  Hi, welcome to the forum from Aberdeenshire.

[chickenfeed]

  welcome from the fens of cambridgeshire

[Teapot]

Hello and welcome from another newbie.

[lethe]

Hi all, well, that's been a lovely welcome!  Regarding the narrow boat and winter......well, we did have minus 17 degrees in January, but the boat actually is too hot!  We tend to have the hatch open as the woodburner keeps us too cosy!  The boat is moored on private land where we keep our livestock so luckily we don't get moved on!  Anyway, back to thinning out and replanting sprout plants - I do believe every seed has germinated, will be fed up with sprouts until at least Christmas!!

[Lesley Silvester]

   Hi and welcome from soggy Shropshire.  I have long had hankerings to live on a narrow boat, so I am filled with envy.

[Pedwardine]

Appeals to me too but alas too many pets!

[Bert]

Hi from the Isle of Mull