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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: Newfoundland on April 07, 2011, 11:58:21 am

Title: Hello
Post by: Newfoundland on April 07, 2011, 11:58:21 am

Hope i'm in the right place. Living in Lincolnshire on 6 acres. We have 9 ducks, for ex-bat hens and three horses. Getting 3 pygmy goats this weekend, and making this the year we really start growing our own (and surplus we hope!).

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Post by: Hilarysmum on April 07, 2011, 02:40:48 pm

Hi welcome, what are you planning to grow?

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Post by: JulieS on April 07, 2011, 05:12:23 pm

Hello and welcome from Devon  :)

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Post by: cluckingnuts on April 07, 2011, 05:25:42 pm

Hi from the Llyn Peninsula. Goats + crops! which you could see what mine have done  >:(

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Post by: Rosemary on April 07, 2011, 10:06:14 pm

Hi and welcome from Carnoustie  :wave:

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Post by: piggy on April 07, 2011, 10:43:51 pm

Hi and welcome from Suffolk  :wave:

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Post by: Roxy on April 07, 2011, 11:09:32 pm

Hello from Derbyshire!

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Post by: jacquip on April 08, 2011, 09:35:43 am

 :wave:

Hi and welcome.

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Post by: chrispy4949 on April 08, 2011, 01:03:51 pm

Hi from Bulgaria.  chrispy4949    :wave:

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Post by: Newfoundland on April 10, 2011, 12:03:09 pm

Thank you everyone for your welcome! We have lots of tomato plants started, leeks, lettuces, broad beans, rocket, beetroot, parsnips, berlotti beans, squashes, sprouts and chilli peppers. The conservatory, which is usually our dining room, is like a green house. Had quite a bit of success last year with spinach, lettuce, broad beans, carrots and turnips, but our tomatoes did not really produce too much fruit. Think we started them too early and they got rather leggy!

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Post by: Beewyched on April 13, 2011, 09:29:47 pm

Hiya & welcome from West Scotland  :wave:

Your conservatory sounds like ours at the mo  :D  PYGMY GOATS - hope you've got the fencing secure  ;)

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Post by: Venus on April 13, 2011, 10:53:54 pm

Hi from Lancashire  :wave:

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Post by: Sandy on April 15, 2011, 09:06:37 am

Hello and welcome from Clackmannan, once from Leicestershire and now enjoying Scotland you never know where next!! Linconshire is ideal for growing stuff so fingers crossed you will have loads of frozen fruit and veg..


cluckingnuts
I did have an uncle who lived on the  Llyn Peninsula, he died a few years ago but he certainly lived rough and sustained himself on the land and sea, in fact his scavenging were notoriouse around the area!!