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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: Floyd on December 17, 2010, 07:29:15 pm

Title: Hello from the NorthWest Highlands of Scotland
Post by: Floyd on December 17, 2010, 07:29:15 pm: Hello to you all.

I live on a 5 acre Croft in the North West Highlands and have been an active member of a couple of forums.

I currently keep Chickens, Light Sussex, Ixworth and Aracana, including Lonely the Cockerel who is a Gold Pencilled Hamburg, he may be small in size but what he lacks in stature he makes up for in aggression and regularly patrols all the pens looking for trouble. He was the remaining survivor from a fox attack that took 14 birds so he must have some good genetics in him. I have just slaughtered 3 Bronze turkeys and am currently trying to find out if I am hanging them correctly with the guts in and feathers on!

I am ankle deep in snow at the moment, mainly due to the fact that the winds were blowing northerly over the Croft so I was spared this time.

I live completely off-grid and produce all my own power requirements via Wind/Solar and Hydro which sadly at the moment is broken!

Hope to get some sheep next year for meat and my partners spinning requirements after the essential fencing has been erected.

My partner is just venturing into the art of Cold Process Soap making, along with spinning, natural dying and candle making. Me I am trying to master the art of woodturning.

Floyd by the way is my 3 year old Border Collie who is always at my side.

Look forward to talking to you all soon. Merry Festives

Lee
Title: Re: Hello from the NorthWest Highlands of Scotland
Post by: robert waddell on December 17, 2010, 07:32:26 pm: WELLCOME TO THE FORUM I HAVE ABOUT 1CWT OF WAX
Title: Re: Hello from the NorthWest Highlands of Scotland
Post by: Floyd on December 17, 2010, 07:37:59 pm: I forgot to mention that I have 4 hives which I started from one this year, but a good supply of beeswax is always good maybe we could come to some arrangment .My partner has just been making furniture polish for the 1lb I got from my intial hive,

Many thanks

Lee
Title: Re: Hello from the NorthWest Highlands of Scotland
Post by: Rosemary on December 17, 2010, 09:04:09 pm: Hello and welcome from Carnoustie :wave:
Title: Re: Hello from the NorthWest Highlands of Scotland
Post by: HappyHippy on December 17, 2010, 09:12:22 pm: Hello from me in Lanarkshire :wave:
Welcome to the forum
Title: Re: Hello from the NorthWest Highlands of Scotland
Post by: Hilarysmum on December 18, 2010, 10:40:37 am: Hi welcome, not cold here no snow just a drop of rain. Very welcome rain too.
Title: Re: Hello from the NorthWest Highlands of Scotland
Post by: morri2 on December 18, 2010, 11:26:01 am: Hello from north Wales. :wave: Sounds like you'll have plenty of advice for us all. Your life up there sounds wonderful. Have a Happy Christmas.
Title: Re: Hello from the NorthWest Highlands of Scotland
Post by: faith0504 on December 18, 2010, 03:23:31 pm: hi and welcome and merry xmas from moray :wave:
Title: Re: Hello from the NorthWest Highlands of Scotland
Post by: Sylvia on December 18, 2010, 05:53:17 pm: And Hello from very snowy Devon :wave:
Title: Re: Hello from the NorthWest Highlands of Scotland
Post by: Eastling on December 18, 2010, 09:50:40 pm: Hi from a very white kent :wave:
Title: Re: Hello from the NorthWest Highlands of Scotland
Post by: Bright Raven on December 19, 2010, 01:30:59 pm: Ho ho ho and Welcome, Its -12 in North Shropshire. Bbbbrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Title: Re: Hello from the NorthWest Highlands of Scotland
Post by: dyedinthewool on December 19, 2010, 06:52:27 pm: Hi Floyd,
Welcome from a cold and snowy West Wales. :wave:
Title: Re: Hello from the NorthWest Highlands of Scotland
Post by: egglady on December 19, 2010, 06:52:54 pm: and a very snowy welcome from Fife :wave:
Title: Re: Hello from the NorthWest Highlands of Scotland
Post by: Sudanpan on December 19, 2010, 07:46:28 pm: Hi, and welcome from West Cornwall
My brother and his wife have just bought a place near Ullapool (well, on the opposite shore of Loch Broome to Ullapool) so we could very well be taking advantage of the opportunity to come up that way and take the bikes (motorbikes!) for a spin along the fabby scottish highland roads ;D ;D
That won't be until the summer though.....!
Tish
Title: Re: Hello from the NorthWest Highlands of Scotland
Post by: sabrina on December 20, 2010, 04:41:00 pm: Hello and welcome from the frozen snow covered Banff. :wave:
Title: Re: Hello from the NorthWest Highlands of Scotland
Post by: ambriel on January 31, 2011, 12:06:42 am: Hello Lee, and welcome. We're also in the northwest - in Kinlochbervie - so presumably not too far from yourselves.