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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: mart2671 on September 23, 2012, 03:38:52 pm

Title: Hello From South Devon
Post by: mart2671 on September 23, 2012, 03:38:52 pm

Hi my names Martin and i live in the Avon Valley in the South Hams in South Devon, My parents and i have a smallholding of some 50 acres which has been down sized to this acerage over the last ten years due to my Farthers health.
I have been involved in livestock farming all my 40+ years of my life and enjoy it everyday. We have over the years had Pedigree AA Cattle and around 250 breeding commercial ewes and a herd of Pedigree British Alpine , Anglo Nubian and AOV Dairy goats. Now we are only small fry we have two Pedigree Dexter cows with calves at foot , two Saddleback x weaners for the freezer, around 60 ewes ( pedigree Zwartbles,Pedigree Hampshire and few cross breeds) plus lambs also poultry in numerous breeds .
Well that's me i hope u all enjoy ur Smallholdings and have fun discovering the joys of living with animals ,.

Title: Re: Hello From South Devon
Post by: deepinthewoods on September 23, 2012, 05:26:29 pm

hi from rainy cornwall :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Hello From South Devon
Post by: Rosemary on September 23, 2012, 07:43:45 pm

Hello and welcome from sunny Carnoustie  :wave:

Title: Re: Hello From South Devon
Post by: darkbrowneggs on September 23, 2012, 07:45:26 pm

Hi from a horribly wet and cold Worcestershire  :wave:

Title: Re: Hello From South Devon
Post by: Beewyched on September 23, 2012, 09:22:35 pm

Hi & welcome from  :sunshine:  West Scotland  :wave:

Title: Re: Hello From South Devon
Post by: Lesley Silvester on September 23, 2012, 09:27:16 pm

 :wave:  and welcome from  :gloomy:  Shropshire.

Title: Re: Hello From South Devon
Post by: Sylvia on September 24, 2012, 08:23:57 am

And Hello from Newton Abbot :wave:

Title: Re: Hello From South Devon
Post by: Mammyshaz on September 24, 2012, 10:37:32 pm

Hello and welcome from Durham  :wave:

Title: Re: Hello From South Devon
Post by: SallyintNorth on September 25, 2012, 02:33:18 pm

Hello and welcome from a rather dismal north Cumbria  :wave: :raining:

I have friends and relatives in Devon, used to live in Exmoor and was active in DASH.  I do miss my friends, especially the DASHers, and Oh!  I miss summer! 

But, I love it here (apart from the weather) and am at last living the life I have wanted for so long.   :pig: :chook: :cow: :dog: :horse: :sheep: :&> :farmer: :knit:

Title: Re: Hello From South Devon
Post by: LittleMrsC on October 22, 2012, 02:23:45 pm

Hello from North Devon........it's gloomy up here today :wave: