The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: mad dogs and us two on March 19, 2008, 08:56:26 pm
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Hello all,
just dropped in to see what is going on, seems just about everything happens here.
We have recently moved to France and finally have the space to have some livestock.
Chooks in residence and laying well, very friendly they follow us all over the place and come to meet us when we get home.
We are picking up the sheep, Elsie and new born twins plus 3 month old Spot, on Friday afternoon having spent the last two weeks fencing and getting their shed ready.
Two gorgeous tammys will be with us at the end of April courtesy of Kate and John which should save me a lot of digging for the veg garden.
We also have Kassie, a standard poodle with a sensible haircut, Millie, a springer spaniel who f**ts with alarming regularity, having discovered the culinary delights of old cowpats, and Jill's constant companion Mutley a Jack Russel.
Currently we are all very cosy in a caravan just in front of our house.
Steve and Jill
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All sounds tickety boo! Welcome to the TAS forums - hope you enjoy them!
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hey and welcome :)
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Looking forward to seeing you both soon. Your girls are looking beautiful and growing well.
Welcome to France!
Kate
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Hi and welcome.
We're just about to move in to our caravan for the lambing 'season' - surprisingly I'm really loking forward to it! What's your secret for keeping the floors clean - ours is covered in mud......ok, we could try taking our boots off when we go in! :P
Looking forward to hearing all your news.
Pebbles
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Hi welcome, are you buying Vanessa babies ? If so they will incredibly full of character. HM
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HM - They are Linnies babies, Vanessa is their grandmother. The whole litter have her character though and their mothers good nature, they are just so lovely!
Kate
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Hi, In reply to Pebbles' question re keeping the caravan floor clean....we don't! Tried taking carpets up but that cost us much needed insulation. It is the dogs that make the mess 'cos they don't have wellies; so we just keep the vacuum cleaner handy (in case the vicar calls)! To make matters worse (or mud, rather than matters), we have just had two septic tanks installed - so where there was once lovely grass.......
Happy as .... .. .... so we should get on well with piglets when they arrive.
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Welcome to a very friendly forum. I have yet to come across a nicer site.
Rosey
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Hi and welcome, pigs from Kate, you will do well, I have some myself and they are superb.
Look forward to hearing all your news
Carole
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Hope they are better behaved than Vanessa's other daughter, who was caught raiding the fridge this morning. She got very huffy when the yoghurt she was vandalising was summarily removed.
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HM this is going to be more fun than I thought, how did she get in the kitchen and who told her you had yoghurt?
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Hi from me too :)
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.....and from me too. ;D
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Mad dogs ... You ought to ask HM how the pig ended up on the bed - see the pic of Hilary!
Are you sure you want pigs!
Kate
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HM's pigs seem to be truly free range.
How's the weather over there Kate?
It's getting a bit blowy here.
Steve
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Steve where abouts are you in France
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Yeah, go on HM - I always thought it was my eyesight and surely that's not a "bed" Hilary is walking about on! But......now I know it IS a bed....you HAVE to tell the story. ;D
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Truley horrible! Windy, wet and cold. It has been quite refreshing to have sunshine over the past few days. Have been able to refresh bedding and do a bit of pig petting! They really miss the contact and in this terrible weather they hate coming out and so do we. So lots of belly rubbing has been going on here adn we have all enjoyed it.
Your little ones have been very sensible and prefer to play inside and haven't really ventured out at all. Not following mum around at all, they call her in and she obediently comes when called. In comparison, Vanessa's litter that were born during the dry sunny spell were out the day after they were born playing in the sunshine.
Anyway, fingers crossed for better weather for the Easter weekend - haven't seen the forcast yet so living in hope!
Kate
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Blinkers, it is a bed, its actually our bed. Hilary opened the door and came in, Martyn managed to get the photo. The sequal is that about 2 days later Hilary let the piglets in to our bedroom, and it was only because I slipped and frightened them that I was unable to get the picture of them bouncing on our bed (honestly).
Pumpkin is very free range, (mainly because I forgot to put the electric fence back on again) and often pops in for a snack. The yoghurt was mine!!!!
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Wonderful, just wonderful. ;D
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Hiya from fws aka linz
hehe am i thought i have enough problem with my skinny dog when i did woopsi everywhere lol
I now know i had the little end of the scale
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HM we are on the outskirts of Fontenay, between St Hilaire Du H and Mortain.
It's a bit of a wreck but it's home, or will be when it's finished.
Steve
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Not so far from Kate then, you couldnt find better neighbours. If ever you are up this way..... (Pontivy/Brittany)