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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: Frugaldom on April 11, 2009, 11:13:15 pm

Title: Hello from south west Scotland
Post by: Frugaldom on April 11, 2009, 11:13:15 pm
Just popping in to say hello and introduce myself. I grew up on a farm in Lanarkshire, most of my jobs have involved working with animals and I'm now self-employed pursuing a self-sufficientish lifestyle in rural southwest Scotland. A housemove late 2008 meant I'd to start from scratch with a small patch of land that is slowly becoming our garden and home to the poultry.

Livestock = 2 laying hens (hybrids), 1 white Pekin bantam cockeral (on holiday here), 1 Silkie, 1 broody who just hatched 6 eggs last week, 6 x bred chicks, 2 Lavender Araucana, 5 Coturnix quail and a selection of eggs in incubators.

Looking forward to getting to know others on here

Edited in on 16th April - We had 9 chicks hatched last night out of eggs in the incubator  ;D  :chook: 5 Silkies and 4 lavender splash Pekins.
Title: Re: Hello from south west Scotland
Post by: Hilarysmum on April 12, 2009, 08:29:17 am
Hi and welcome from Brittany, warm and sunny so far today.
Title: Re: Hello from south west Scotland
Post by: HappyHippy on April 12, 2009, 10:28:43 am
Hello and welcome to the forum from me in sunny Lesmahagow  ;D

Where in Lanarkshire were you ? and where are you now ? Sorry - I'm just nosey, tell me to mind my own !  ;)

Look forward to hearing more from you
Karen
Title: Re: Hello from south west Scotland
Post by: carole on April 12, 2009, 03:28:34 pm
Hi from me too,

Carole
Title: Re: Hello from south west Scotland
Post by: doganjo on April 12, 2009, 06:12:44 pm
I love Lanarkshire - there are so many garden centres between here(Clacks) and there that the ground must be really fertile and the climate good.  Hope you enjoy being with us, we're not a bad lot  ;D
Title: Re: Hello from south west Scotland
Post by: Rosemary on April 12, 2009, 09:20:27 pm
Hi and welcome from sunny / rainy Alloa.
Title: Re: Hello from south west Scotland
Post by: Fluffywelshsheep on April 13, 2009, 02:04:33 pm
hiya from sunny and wee bit windy (lovely washingline weather) tullibody
Title: Re: Hello from south west Scotland
Post by: Frugaldom on April 13, 2009, 09:51:27 pm
Hi guys, thanks for the welcome :)

Grew up in North Lanarkshire,. Lesmahagow was a 'horsey' haunt and from there I ended up in Newmarket area. Came back to Scotland and am now in a farm cottage about 25 miles from Stranraer. I don't have a smallholding, but I've crammed as much as possible into my garden. :chook: :&>   :farmer: Does that count?  ;D
Title: Re: Hello from south west Scotland
Post by: Rosemary on April 14, 2009, 08:46:34 am
Certainly does!
Title: Re: Hello from south west Scotland
Post by: Hilarysmum on April 14, 2009, 05:17:59 pm
I think if you grow anything with a view to eating it you qualify as a smallholder. :-*