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Title: Time for the real work to begin.
Post by: YoungRasher on October 14, 2012, 09:22:08 pm

Hi All.
I've been a member for a few months and have spent time reading all the posts and learning as much as I could from the topics and great advice thats already on the site. We've recently sold our home and moved into rented accommodation and bought 24 acres of land near Matlock Derbyshire. Its made up of 2 fields, 1 has a 2 acre block of woodland and the other has a stream running the full length of one boundary. Although the sale has only just gone through, The farmer we got it off was good enough to let us bale it at the beginning of September and we were lucky enough that family and friends helped out and we got 215 bales of haylage.
  At the minute we're getting it all stock proof and as soon as thats sorted we'll be buying some ewe lambs to start us off.
 I'm sure I'll be asking lots of questions in the near future.

Title: Re: Time for the real work to begin.
Post by: Sbom on October 14, 2012, 09:30:01 pm

That sound lovely  :love:
Welcome  :wave: and enjoy your new land  :wave:

Title: Re: Time for the real work to begin.
Post by: Lesley Silvester on October 14, 2012, 09:56:38 pm

Welcome  :wave: .  Sounds exciting and what a lovely area to live.  I love Derbyshire.

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Post by: Mammyshaz on October 14, 2012, 10:22:46 pm

Hello from Durham  :wave:
Ooh an exciting time ahead. It will be interesting tom follow your progress and see piccies of your first new family members when they arrive.  :excited:

Title: Re: Time for the real work to begin.
Post by: Bionic on October 15, 2012, 08:11:52 am

Welcome from Carmarthenshire  :wave:  It sounds like you have yourself wll sorted  ;D
Sally

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Post by: Greenerlife on October 15, 2012, 08:32:48 am

Hello from down south in Surrey!  :wave:   Love Matlock - hope you are happy there.

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Post by: Rosemary on October 15, 2012, 09:18:09 am

Just come back from Derbyshire  :)

Good luck with your new venture  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Time for the real work to begin.
Post by: YoungRasher on October 15, 2012, 09:19:34 am

Thanks for all the kind words. I'll keep you up to date as things progress.

Title: Re: Time for the real work to begin.
Post by: Cheviot on October 15, 2012, 12:24:14 pm

Hi :wave:,
From the sunny  :sunshine:, again Scottish borders, well done you for getting all that haylage.
Good luck in your new venture.

Regards
Sue

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Post by: SallyintNorth on October 15, 2012, 01:54:59 pm

Congratulations (on the land and on the haylage!  :D) and welcome from north Cumbria  :wave:

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Post by: darkbrowneggs on October 15, 2012, 02:26:57 pm

Welcome   :wave:   Hope everything goes well for you.   :D

Title: Re: Time for the real work to begin.
Post by: YoungRasher on October 15, 2012, 07:25:04 pm

Thanks again for all your replies. I've found a few photo's on the computer, So I thought I'd share them. This was the last week in august.
(http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo120/MuddyTriker/spring2012045.jpg)
(http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo120/MuddyTriker/spring2012037.jpg)
(http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo120/MuddyTriker/spring2012043.jpg)

hope that worked

Title: Re: Time for the real work to begin.
Post by: deepinthewoods on October 15, 2012, 07:59:01 pm

it did!
good luck with your project. :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Time for the real work to begin.
Post by: colliewoman on October 15, 2012, 09:07:40 pm

 :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: Hello from Somerset and good luck with it all :thumbsup: