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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: JFDI on August 30, 2012, 09:02:44 pm

Title: Hello
Post by: JFDI on August 30, 2012, 09:02:44 pm

I've got ten acres of rented land in Hertfordshire and keep sheep, a few chickens and my partner's retired horse and rescue companion.  I'm now mostly retired but we've have been doing this for quite a long time.  I tend to read the instructions and google when it isn't clear which is how I found this forum.  Hope not to bother you with stupid questions too often but you only stop learning when you're dead.

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: Mammyshaz on August 30, 2012, 09:21:53 pm

 :wave: hello and welcome from Durham.
 It great to have another experienced hand to help with queries  :thumbsup:  I'm still waiting for somewhere to keep livestock so only have allotments, with a couple of hens  :chook: for the last 18 months or so.

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Post by: deepinthewoods on August 30, 2012, 10:16:54 pm

hi from cornwall :thumbsup:

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Post by: Lesley Silvester on August 30, 2012, 10:18:42 pm

 :wave:  welcome from Shropshire.  As is often said on here, the only stupid questions are the ones you don't ask.

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Post by: Rosemary on August 30, 2012, 10:55:31 pm

Hello and welcome from Carnoustie  :wave:

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Post by: darkbrowneggs on August 30, 2012, 11:00:15 pm

Hi there, and welcome from  :raining:  Worcestershire  :wave:    though there was a bit of  :sunshine:  late on today.

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Post by: heidih on August 30, 2012, 11:09:51 pm

Hi there from wet / sunny walsall.. :raining: :sunshine:

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Post by: Carl f k on August 30, 2012, 11:39:09 pm

Good evening :bunny: :chook: :&>

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Post by: goosepimple on August 31, 2012, 05:06:39 pm

Ask away all you like with stupid questions, we all do it quite regularly!  Welcome!   ::)

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Post by: Dan on August 31, 2012, 06:21:25 pm

Hello, and welcome. :wave:

Ask away, the only stupid questions are the ones you don't ask. :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: luckylady on August 31, 2012, 09:46:16 pm

Quote from: JFDI on August 30, 2012, 09:02:44 pm

you only stop learning when you're dead.

So very true JFDI.
 :wave: Hi and welcome from Yorkshire.

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: suziequeue on August 31, 2012, 09:48:14 pm

Hello from Powys. Like the acronym..... you must be ex-military  ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: JFDI on September 01, 2012, 09:49:04 am

Managed to be stupid already. Going to keep my head down for a bit.

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: Factotum on September 01, 2012, 11:19:29 am

Managed to be stupid already

No you haven't, you've just bumped into a bit of history...

Never mind, and welcome to the forum from Moray - it's a bit chilly here today with the wind gusting at 25mph and the sun hiding behind low cloud.

How's sunny Hertfordshire?  We used to live near St Albans, we kept chickens & ducks back then. Nowadays we have bovine beasties as well as the chickens & ducks.

What are your future plans for your 10 acres?

Regards

Sue

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: lill on September 01, 2012, 02:45:24 pm

Hi and welcome to the forum form Bathgate  :wave:

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: JFDI on September 01, 2012, 09:57:35 pm

 :sofa:

and I'm staying there. 

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: Beewyched on September 01, 2012, 11:32:24 pm

Quote from: JFDI on September 01, 2012, 09:57:35 pm

:sofa:

and I'm staying there.

Don't worry about it JFDI - I think we all have to  :surrender:  at some point (some - like me - more frequently than others  :innocent:  )
Hiya & welcome from West Scotland anyway  :wave:

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: JFDI on September 03, 2012, 02:45:48 am

We lived in the middle of St Albans - Victoria St -  for a long time but escaped about ten years ago.  We got the sheep because we had too much grass, then we got some more land, then some more sheep.