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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: philcaegrug on July 11, 2012, 06:52:07 pm

Title: Another newbie
Post by: philcaegrug on July 11, 2012, 06:52:07 pm

Hi my name is Phil  :wave: and I'm in South Wales. We have 8 acres of wet ,clay welsh land on which at the moment are our horses, but I have a cunning plan  :innocent:

Title: Re: Another newbie
Post by: SallyintNorth on July 11, 2012, 06:56:28 pm

Hi Phil  :wave: from wet cold Cumbria.  We shall enjoy seeing your plan unfold...  :)

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Post by: HelenVF on July 11, 2012, 07:20:09 pm

Intriguing......lol. 

Hello from quite sunny Lancashire :-)

Helen

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Post by: Mammyshaz on July 12, 2012, 02:01:43 pm

Hello from Durham  :wave: this sounds interesting....... Will be watching this post  8)

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Post by: littlelugs on July 12, 2012, 03:18:05 pm

Welcome to the forum from another soggy smallholder in south wales  :wave:

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Post by: Bionic on July 12, 2012, 03:20:34 pm

Welcome to the forum from Carmarthenshire, where it was lovely and sunny this morning (for a change) but we are back to the dreary wet now  :(

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Post by: rockstar on July 12, 2012, 07:11:53 pm

hi from Powys .

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Post by: Rosemary on July 12, 2012, 08:44:35 pm

Hello and welcome from Carnoustie  :wave:

Tell us the plan, do.

Title: Re: Another newbie
Post by: philcaegrug on July 12, 2012, 10:03:31 pm

Hi folks I'm in Carmarthenshire too just outside Ammanford.  Phase 1 of the plan involved purchasing a tractor ( which took the better half a lot of persuading ). Phase 2 has commenced with a small corner turned over to raised beds .

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Post by: the great composto on July 12, 2012, 10:15:13 pm

Hi baldrick (aka Phil) - no such probs with the soil here in northampton but envious of your tractor all the same.
Is the plan an enterprise or a hobby or a bit of both?
Cmon dont tease.

Title: Re: Another newbie
Post by: philcaegrug on July 12, 2012, 10:31:16 pm

Hi o mighty composto I'm a coalmerchant and have other commitments so at the moment the smallholding is a hobby.  I'm trying to keep it enjoyable not a burden. I've started land drainage but it's too wet to continue  ::). I also have a shelter to erect before winter and we're doing an extension on the house that's now up to slab level. Also my motorbike keeps making longing eyes at me to take her out  :eyelashes:. So plenty to do  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Another newbie
Post by: Fowlman on July 12, 2012, 10:46:16 pm

Welcome from sunny/wet/sunny/wet wiltshire.

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Post by: Possum on July 12, 2012, 10:55:26 pm

Do you have a cunning plan for soggy clay and livestock? I'm running out of ideas to stop my small amount of Somerset pasture turning into a permanent quagmire.

Title: Re: Another newbie
Post by: Dans on July 15, 2012, 05:32:48 pm

Hello and welcome from Midlothian,

oooo for your tractor! Good luck with the cunning plans.

Dans

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Post by: Beewyched on July 15, 2012, 07:30:49 pm

Hello & welcome from West Scotland - from an ex-carmarthenshirer  :wave:

Title: Re: Another newbie
Post by: Lesley Silvester on July 16, 2012, 10:15:24 pm

 :wave:   Hi and welcome from soggy Shropshire.

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Post by: darkbrowneggs on July 16, 2012, 10:22:54 pm

Hi from Wet and Windy Worcestershire.   :wave: