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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: greenfingerninja on May 14, 2012, 09:03:36 am

Title: Hello
Post by: greenfingerninja on May 14, 2012, 09:03:36 am: Hello,
I live in North Yorkshire and currently have an allotment (my first one) which I write about in my blog http://greenfingerninja.wordpress.com/ (http://greenfingerninja.wordpress.com/)
I am looking to start a smallholding in a few years and I am researching everything I can find. The plan is to find a small house with at least 3 acres of land where I can keep livestock, grow fruit and veg and have a farm shop where I can sell the produce. Will probably be asking lots of questions :)
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Post by: Bionic on May 14, 2012, 09:06:23 am: Greenfingerninja. welcome :wave:

This is a great place for answering questions. Folk on here have so much knowledge.

Sally
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Post by: Fowgill Farm on May 14, 2012, 11:46:31 am: Well living in North Yorkshire too, i'd say you were very brave for planting out when the weather has been so poor, but best of luck and welcome to TAS, theres quite a few yorkshire puds on here across all the ridings so no doubt they'll be along soon.
best mandy :pig:
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Post by: Small Plot Big Ideas on May 14, 2012, 11:51:56 am: Welcome from a fellow newbie on these forums!

I'm currently in Tyne and Wear but looking at buying somewhere in Northumberland or maybe County Durham. The description you give of your plans is amazingly similar to my own ideas (and probably many others too I guess). However I'm concious of the advice I see in many books/magazines that you should get as much land as you can afford - better to get too much than too little?

My only problem right now is that I'm getting itchy feet and I'm keen to get started so I will probably want to get going by next year at the latest if possible.
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Post by: greenfingerninja on May 14, 2012, 02:24:16 pm: Thanks for the welcome. Already been finding some helpful advice on the forum :)
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Post by: Mammyshaz on May 14, 2012, 09:29:28 pm: Hello :wave: I'm near Durham welcome to the forum.
I have 2 allotments behind the house, with fruit, keg and hens.
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Post by: in the hills on May 14, 2012, 10:04:47 pm: Hello and welcome from Powys :wave:
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Post by: Lesley Silvester on May 14, 2012, 10:10:22 pm: :wave: Hi and welcome from sunny Shropshire.
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Post by: Rosemary on May 15, 2012, 08:56:46 am: Quote from: Mammyshaz on May 14, 2012, 09:29:28 pm
I have 2 allotments behind the house, with fruit, keg and hens.

I like the idea of a keg on the allotment ;D I fancied a bottle of sherry in the greenhouse.

Hello and welcome, gfn, from sunny Carnoustie ;D
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Post by: HelenVF on May 15, 2012, 09:32:36 am: Welcome to the board. I'm over the border in Lancashire :D

This is such a friendly board. I've only been a member for a very short while but loving ever minute of it.

Helen
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Post by: lill on May 15, 2012, 09:44:37 am: welcome to the forum :wave: :wave:
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Post by: Possum on May 15, 2012, 12:58:57 pm: Hello and welcome.

I read the TAS diary for years before I finally started smallholding, and learnt an enormous amount. It is also worth subscribing to Country Smallholding magazine. A good book to read is The Smallholder's Manual by Katie Thear. I ordered it from the local library first and then bought a copy from Amazon because I knew that I would want to keep referring to it.
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Post by: scotelf on May 16, 2012, 09:49:05 pm: Hello, welcome to the forum from another relative newbie :wave:
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Post by: The Mobile Butcher on May 20, 2012, 12:53:34 pm: hi, from a sunny Whitby - North Yorkshire. :wave:
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Post by: luckylady on May 20, 2012, 04:23:00 pm: Welcome from York. :wave: Not been a member for long myself but so far found advice and support is amazing.