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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Bodger on August 30, 2009, 11:32:13 pm

Title: My Idyll ? Nearly there ! Whats Yours ?
Post by: Bodger on August 30, 2009, 11:32:13 pm

I'm getting close to my idyll. My own orchards, producing apple juice and cider. Running a flock of Light Sussex chickens and selling their eggs from the farm gate and keeping GOS pigs. As I say, I'm nearly there, what's your goal ? :pig:

Title: Re: My Idyll ? Nearly there ! Whats Yours ?
Post by: doganjo on August 30, 2009, 11:49:03 pm

Best of Breed at Crufts with a pup I bred myself ;D ;D ;D ;D.

Title: Re: My Idyll ? Nearly there ! Whats Yours ?
Post by: Bodger on August 31, 2009, 07:01:27 am

Which breed of dogs do you keep ?

Title: Re: My Idyll ? Nearly there ! Whats Yours ?
Post by: hexhammeasure on August 31, 2009, 08:49:47 am

My goal is to get my own place in texas and run it as a smallholding with pigs ducks hens and vegetables. we've narrowed it down to a small area near palestine, northern texas. Land prices are dirt cheap £60,000 for about 25 acres, sometimes bigger plots

Title: Re: My Idyll ? Nearly there ! Whats Yours ?
Post by: jameslindsay on August 31, 2009, 09:57:33 am

I would say I am very happy with what I have.  :)

Title: Re: My Idyll ? Nearly there ! Whats Yours ?
Post by: Lizmar on August 31, 2009, 10:08:38 am

I would like to work from home part time and keep goats for milking hens for laying and buy the cow next door for talking to, unfortunately I think he will be roast beef very soon.  He comes over and keeps me company when I'm in the field digging my veg. 

So far I have the field (now under control) I have the dogs for walking, a hen house ready for hens, nice veg growing BUT I still have a full time job so need more hours in the day and the guts to make THAT leap :-\

Title: Re: My Idyll ? Nearly there ! Whats Yours ?
Post by: kazschow on August 31, 2009, 10:14:50 am

I want to get my house renovated, get my land broken down - with the help of a couple of porkers hopefully :)  Have a few chooks, a sustainable veggie garden, little orchard, and a small cropping woodland to keep the log burner I'm going to get hot and toasty :) Oh and I'd like to get a couple of rescue Akitas to add the fiishing touch to my idil :)

Title: Re: My Idyll ? Nearly there ! Whats Yours ?
Post by: BadgerFace on August 31, 2009, 10:25:23 am

I'm quite happy too  ;D We are nearly there. I have my flock of sheep, the pigs, chickens and geese (and the dogs, horses & cats). Could do with expanding the veg patch, but just not enough hours in the day......... oh and a bigger greenhouse or polytunnel would be nice - generally I'm happy with the way life is  ;D

Title: Re: My Idyll ? Nearly there ! Whats Yours ?
Post by: Hilarysmum on August 31, 2009, 05:16:59 pm

Life would be idyllic if a certain pig would not walk all over my feet!!!

Title: Re: My Idyll ? Nearly there ! Whats Yours ?
Post by: doganjo on August 31, 2009, 05:19:17 pm

Quote from: Over the Gate on August 31, 2009, 07:01:27 am

Which breed of dogs do you keep ?

Brittanys - French gundogs.