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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: Joseph on October 23, 2011, 10:16:07 pm

Title: Hi From Hackney in London
Post by: Joseph on October 23, 2011, 10:16:07 pm

Where I keep hens, bees rabbits and two Saanens!!

Why have I never come across this site before. Seems fantastic.

Title: Re: Hi From Hackney in London
Post by: Rosemary on October 23, 2011, 10:18:57 pm

Wow, how brilliant. Hello and welcome from Carnoustie  :wave:

Title: Re: Hi From Hackney in London
Post by: Bionic on October 24, 2011, 08:40:35 am

Welcome Joseph. 

Yes this is a fantastic site.  Although I don't yet have a smallholding this site has helped me to prepare for when I do. There are some great people on here with lots of diverse knowledge.

I hope you enjoy your time with us.

Sally

Title: Re: Hi From Hackney in London
Post by: Dan on October 24, 2011, 09:15:17 am

Hello Joseph, great to have you here.  :wave:

Are you in rural Hackney? Does that even exist?   :)

Title: Re: Hi From Hackney in London
Post by: Cinderhills on October 24, 2011, 10:25:57 am

Hi and welcome from North Yorkshire.  :wave:

Title: Re: Hi From Hackney in London
Post by: deepinthewoods on October 24, 2011, 10:58:27 am

hi from a wet and muddy mid cornwall! :wave:

Title: Re: Hi From Hackney in London
Post by: melodrama on October 24, 2011, 03:09:42 pm

Hello from a very blustery Forfar  :wave:

Title: Re: Hi From Hackney in London
Post by: Joseph on October 25, 2011, 01:59:53 am

Thank you all!!

Quote from: Dan on October 24, 2011, 09:15:17 am

Are you in rural Hackney? Does that even exist?   :)

No, it does not exist sadly,  I am really lucky that our garden is larger than most allowing me to have what I have here. The upside is that in this grey urban jungle, the honey yield by far surpasses that which a rural beek gets in most cases. There is something for the bees throughout the year almost.

Title: Re: Hi From Hackney in London
Post by: Lesley Silvester on October 30, 2011, 06:46:36 pm

 :wave:  HI and welcome from sunny Shropshire.  I keep Sanaans in my garden as well.  I have mother, daughter and grandson (whose name is Curry in readiness).

Title: Re: Hi From Hackney in London
Post by: blades on March 06, 2012, 07:45:43 am

I am originally from Hackney and many moons ago I kept a goat and chickens in my garden. I used to walk the goat on a lead and exercise her on Hackney marshes... from memory she used to love long walks along the River Lee..... Happy Days!!

Who would ever have thought that one day I'd end up in the North East of Scotland with our own acres?  :trophy:

Title: Re: Hi From Hackney in London
Post by: in the hills on March 06, 2012, 08:47:55 am

 :wave:
Hello from a cold and sunny Powys

Title: Re: Hi From Hackney in London
Post by: Bert on March 06, 2012, 10:29:30 am

Hi from a very grey soon to be very wet Isle of Mull.  :wave:

Title: Re: Hi From Hackney in London
Post by: Brijjy on March 06, 2012, 02:19:41 pm

 :wave: Hello there from beautiful Powys. I do like going to London and being a tourist  :D

Title: Re: Hi From Hackney in London
Post by: Sudanpan on March 06, 2012, 05:46:26 pm

Hi - I also spent several years in Hackney - Clapton for 6 years, then next to Hackney Downs for a couple of years, then to Walthamstow for 5 years until finally getting out and moving to West Cornwall  ;D

Uppermillfarm - I might have seen you and your goat when you wlked the path by the river Lea - I spent many hours rowing up and down it!

Welcome to the site Joseph  :wave:

Title: Re: Hi From Hackney in London
Post by: blades on March 06, 2012, 07:10:41 pm

Quote from: Sudanpan on March 06, 2012, 05:46:26 pm

Hi - I also spent several years in Hackney - Clapton for 6 years, then next to Hackney Downs for a couple of years, then to Walthamstow for 5 years until finally getting out and moving to West Cornwall  ;D

Uppermillfarm - I might have seen you and your goat when you wlked the path by the river Lea - I spent many hours rowing up and down it!

Welcome to the site Joseph  :wave:

Quite possibly you did.... I used to canoe the river myself and went to infamous Hackney Downs Grammer School.

Title: Re: Hi From Hackney in London
Post by: smudger on March 08, 2012, 09:47:52 am

 :wave:  Hi from North Devon (via Stokie.............hugely miss the best curries in London, the pubs within walking distance and ..... the gunners).  We probably grew more in our small patio garden than our allotment now (pots everywhere, including the flat roof of the kitchen!).  Fantastic you are having it all it seems!