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Title: Hello From the South West
Post by: samington on December 10, 2013, 01:33:44 pm

Hello every one.

I've just got a lovely patch of grass that I'm planning to turn into a small holding, very exciting.  anyone got and tips or pointers to start me off? its currently a very large patch of relatively flat grass!

sam

Title: Re: Hello From the South West
Post by: Fowlman on December 10, 2013, 01:53:51 pm

Welcome Sam, what plans do you have crops, livestock ?

Title: Re: Hello From the South West
Post by: kelly58 on December 10, 2013, 02:00:39 pm

Hi from Caithness  :wave:

Title: Re: Hello From the South West
Post by: Rosemary on December 10, 2013, 02:35:13 pm

How big is your patch and what do you want to achieve, what do you like doing and how much time do you have?

Livestock is a 365 days a year thing - and while a neighbour might feed hens if you want a break, s/he might be less willing to milk goats or feed pigs.

Welcome, btw  :wave:

Title: Re: Hello From the South West
Post by: Bramblecot on December 10, 2013, 03:06:19 pm

 :wave: from another sou'-wester  :raining: .  If you don't do anything else, take hay from it  :excited: .

Title: Re: Hello From the South West
Post by: Lesley Silvester on December 10, 2013, 09:34:25 pm

 :wave: and welcome from Shropshire? Flat is good if you are planning to cultivate it. Less important for animals although it makes fencing easier.