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Title: Hello from Galicia
Post by: Galician Smallholder on December 26, 2010, 12:04:18 am

Goodbye blackberry and hello the Galicia countryside. For a while now I had been reading the posts on this website with envy and wished I had some land and animals I could call my own. After a few years planning myself, wife and 2 young boys have escaped the rat race (working 80 hours a week in the city I hardly saw my kids) and now live in the depths of the Galician countryside. My father is Spanish (farming family) and I have been coming hear for years (shipped out for the summer hols to my grandparents). Now we are hear and for the past year I have been sorting out the mountain of paperwork and doing the necessary construction work required for a free range pig farm. I have permission for 30 Sows and currently have 9 (all due to give birth on new years day or there abouts). Anyway I thought I would introduce myself and also say thanks to all those that reply to the questions asked, and hopefully at some stage I will gain enough experience to share what I have learnt / going to learn.

Title: Re: Hello from Galicia
Post by: JulieS on December 26, 2010, 05:28:43 am

Hello and welcome  :)

What breed of pigs do you have?

Title: Re: Hello from Galicia
Post by: tazbabe on December 26, 2010, 07:04:03 am

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Title: Re: Hello from Galicia
Post by: plumseverywhere on December 26, 2010, 08:44:25 am

 :wave:  Hello! welcome  :)  wow! It sounds like an idyllic existance, espeically the goodbye blackberry bit!! look forward to hearing more from you about how its all going!

Title: Re: Hello from Galicia
Post by: HappyHippy on December 26, 2010, 09:14:36 am

Hello and welcome from snowy Scotland  :wave:
You're going to be very busy at New Year then ! Hope all goes well, you'll have to post some pics when you have them.
Karen

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Post by: Rosemary on December 26, 2010, 09:44:40 am

Hi and welcome from Carnoustie  :wave:

Very best of luck with the new venture - sounds wonderful!

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Post by: Daisys Mum on December 26, 2010, 01:17:50 pm

Hi and welcome from the cold snowy Scottish Borders :wave:

Title: Re: Hello from Galicia
Post by: faith0504 on December 26, 2010, 02:30:27 pm

hi and welcome from snowy moray  :wave:

Title: Re: Hello from Galicia
Post by: piggy on December 26, 2010, 06:15:19 pm

Hi and welcome from Suffolk. :wave:

Title: Re: Hello from Galicia
Post by: robert waddell on December 26, 2010, 06:18:51 pm

hello and good luck nine pigging at the same time and never done it before nine times good luck :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave:

Title: Re: Hello from Galicia
Post by: little blue on December 26, 2010, 07:42:27 pm

hello and welcome  :wave:

Title: Re: Hello from Galicia
Post by: Hilarysmum on December 27, 2010, 03:18:33 pm

Hi lovely to hear from you

Title: Re: Hello from Galicia
Post by: ballingall on December 27, 2010, 07:17:58 pm

Hi and welcome- good luck with all those piglets!

Beth

Title: Re: Hello from Galicia
Post by: morri2 on December 29, 2010, 11:20:52 am

A rather late (sorry!) welcome from north Wales.  Good luck with your pigs, hope it all goes well. :wave:

Title: Re: Hello from Galicia
Post by: Sylvia on December 29, 2010, 02:10:50 pm

Hello from wet and slushy Devon :wave: Is it lovely and warm where you are? :)

Title: Re: Hello from Galicia
Post by: darkbrowneggs on December 29, 2010, 11:07:35 pm

Another rather late welcome from misty, wet Worcestershire

Sue   :wave: