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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: Teal on July 19, 2012, 12:36:54 am

Title: Hi
Post by: Teal on July 19, 2012, 12:36:54 am

I am a lambasted college lecturer in forestry,Arboriculture and wild deer management. Married with two young teenagers. We live in an beautiful part of SWScotland and home is on 11/4 acres which incorporates large ponds for trout, garden for veggies and an orchard. I have reared pigs in the orchard on several occasions and am doing so at present again. I would like to try my hand at a couple of lambs one day preferably Jacobs for the meat value. Did have chickens when the kids were small, they used to be allowed to take live chicks in at Easter to show the other kids and teachers but that soon became non pc health regs etc etc. still when we got rid of the chickens it was 6 months before they realised soo much for kids observations! If I won the lottery it would have to be a 50 acre small holding no doubt a dream of many :farmer: :farmer:

Andrew

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Post by: HappyHippy on July 19, 2012, 01:08:55 am

Hello Andrew and welcome to TAS  :wave:

I'm probably north of you, in South Lanarkshire, with loads of trees and loads of pigs  :D :D :D
Look forward to hearing lots more from you.
Karen

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Post by: Fleecewife on July 19, 2012, 02:05:49 am

Hi from another one in South Lanarkshire  :wave: .  We have sheep, hens, a veggie garden (currently full of champion weeds  :-[ ),  recently planted trees and hedges, too many vehicles and a new pond with nothing in it yet - fun to come.  Oh - I also spin and my OH plays the pipes - small pipes these days as he's run out of puff for the Highland War pipes  :o

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Post by: bangbang on July 19, 2012, 05:55:52 am

Hello  :wave:

Big welcome from sunny Aberdeenshire!
Winning the lottery....now that's a good topic. ;D
Hope you enjoy the forum!

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Post by: tizaala on July 19, 2012, 08:17:01 am

Hi from Powys, ( please don't play the pipes at us ) they are to music what Patrick Moore is to Ballet.

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Post by: Rosemary on July 19, 2012, 09:39:29 am

Ah, the skirl of the pipes  :love:

Welcome from sunny Carnoustie  :wave:

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Post by: darkbrowneggs on July 19, 2012, 10:27:31 am

Welcome from Worcestershire  :wave:  (for once not wet and windy Worcestershire) :D

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Post by: Dans on July 19, 2012, 12:50:52 pm

Welcome from a sunny  :o Midlothian!

Dans

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Post by: Beewyched on July 19, 2012, 03:54:32 pm

Hi & welcome from an overcast Renfrewshire  :wave:

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Post by: Lesley Silvester on July 23, 2012, 04:59:43 pm

 :wave:   Hi and welcome from sunny Shropshire.

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Post by: Mammyshaz on July 26, 2012, 09:08:10 pm

Hello and welcome from Durham  :wave: