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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: berni on June 20, 2011, 04:01:07 pm

Title: Another Newbie
Post by: berni on June 20, 2011, 04:01:07 pm

Found you from another site and after some hint/tips to start our smallholding :)

Title: Re: Another Newbie
Post by: SallyintNorth on June 20, 2011, 05:53:10 pm

Hi berni.  What are you hoping to do on your smallholding?

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Post by: lill on June 20, 2011, 06:47:44 pm

hi and welcome to the site :wave:

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Post by: Rosemary on June 20, 2011, 08:37:47 pm

Hi and welcome from Carnoustie  :wave:

Do tell us a bit about yourself  :)

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Post by: CameronS on June 21, 2011, 07:42:49 pm

Hello from Fife  :wave:

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Post by: little blue on June 21, 2011, 07:50:21 pm

hello and welcome  :wave:

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Post by: Hilarysmum on June 22, 2011, 08:41:53 am

Hi welcome, whereabouts are you?  Chickens are good livestock to start with, and of course fruit and veg

Title: Re: Another Newbie
Post by: Eastling on June 22, 2011, 01:15:18 pm

Hi welcome from a windy Kent  :wave:

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Post by: Barrett on June 22, 2011, 02:37:00 pm

Hi Berni,
I started just over a year ago with 2 pregnant sheep that hated my guts and weren't pregnant just fat, so they went to the freezer, my eldest son kept on at me can i have a pig please, please, please so we got 3 and that was the start, I grow a lot of veg to help feed everybody I have planted apple trees in the field to help feed them aswell, we also have 22 chickens much to my Jack Russell's glee though they drive him nuts.  Good luck I personally would start with chickens, get them housed and get your veggie plot on the go and go from there. :wave:

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Post by: darkbrowneggs on June 24, 2011, 10:48:05 am

Hi there - Welcome from Sue in Worcestershire  :wave:  I started many years ago with a hand milked Jersey house cow.  Talk about in at the deep end  :o  Anyway enjoy the forum, I am sure there will be lots of info for you here.

Title: Re: Another Newbie
Post by: berni on July 05, 2011, 11:07:37 am

Sorry not been online :( We have just bought 20 acres in worcestershire (bham border) we firstly have to sort getting water on there before i can start to go any further, what i would really like is an orchard, hens duck's and geese to start, we're vegetarians so any animals which end up with us will be for life, i would like a couple of pig's who are not for breeding to turn an area at a time :)

Title: Re: Another Newbie
Post by: littlemisspiggy! on July 06, 2011, 01:37:53 am

hello from notts! :wave:

definatly thearable route for you then..well mostly ;)...we have ducks,chickns and used to have geese (to noisey for me! ;D)

i'd love an orchard of my own...pear cider..mmmmmmmmmmm :D ;) :D

Title: Re: Another Newbie
Post by: katie on July 06, 2011, 08:55:10 am

Hello from Worcestershire - but the Warwickshire end! We've got a large apple orchard and are now selling our apple juice. We also have sheep, chickens ducks and goats as from tomorrow (all being well!).

Title: Re: Another Newbie
Post by: tobytoby on July 06, 2011, 09:53:32 am

Hello and welcome from wet North Ayrshire :wave: 

Title: Re: Another Newbie
Post by: faith0504 on July 06, 2011, 05:37:21 pm

hi and welcome from moray  :wave: