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Title: Hi
Post by: simba on April 18, 2012, 08:55:43 pm

Hi all my name is sim and found this forum by chance, i live with my family down here in sussex and am a horticulturist and co owner of a landscape business i trained in farming and now my 13 year old daughter really wants to go into farming and the pair of us have been lambing for a friend of the family i am now starting to think of options for helping her and us as i love farming and would like to help her and us anyway thats a little about us for now cheers all !!  :farmer:

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Post by: Hermit on April 18, 2012, 09:11:44 pm

Hi Simba from Shetland, you seem a knowledgable person to know! :wave:

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Post by: in the hills on April 18, 2012, 09:16:51 pm

Hi from Powys   :wave:

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Post by: Bangbang on April 18, 2012, 09:19:21 pm

Hi  :wave:

Warm welcome from sunny Aberdeenshire  :thumbsup:

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Post by: Mammyshaz on April 18, 2012, 09:30:51 pm

Hello, and welcome from Durham  :thumbsup:

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Post by: Rosemary on April 18, 2012, 10:03:09 pm

Hello and welcome from Carnoustie  :wave:

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Post by: Mel on April 19, 2012, 09:56:02 pm

Hi and welcome from Northants,we wish you well   :wave:

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Post by: suziequeue on April 19, 2012, 10:43:23 pm

Ooooh - your horticulture knowledge is going to be in great demand Sim.

Welcome to the forum. It's fun and addictive here

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Post by: Lesley Silvester on April 19, 2012, 11:07:14 pm

 :wave:  Hi and welcome from soggy Shropshire.  What part of sussex are you in?  I grew up in Hastings.

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Post by: simba on April 23, 2012, 07:11:40 pm

i am in horam and grew up around heathfield thanks for all the welcomes have subscribed to small holding mag and would be glad to give hort advice

sim

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Post by: simba on April 23, 2012, 07:14:47 pm

oh forgot  we do have a large garden and a allottment and only 1 chicken at the moment but will get a couple more when margot decides to go to the chicken coup in the sky

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Post by: Lesley Silvester on April 23, 2012, 11:01:19 pm

I have a large garden (but no allotment) and manage to keep goats and grow fruit and veg.

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Post by: simba on April 25, 2012, 11:10:33 am

a house across the old railway from me has goats too but think the wife might have something to say about that although .....

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Post by: chairmanphil on April 25, 2012, 07:33:34 pm

hi welcome in  :wave:

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Post by: NormandyMary on April 25, 2012, 08:59:32 pm

A warm welcome from this side of the Channel too.  :goat:

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Post by: Lesley Silvester on April 25, 2012, 10:24:07 pm

Goats are fun.  And affectionate and intelligent.  YOu might have guessed from my forun name, that I like them.  ;D