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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: Verge on January 23, 2014, 02:39:00 am

Title: Hello from Nova Scotia
Post by: Verge on January 23, 2014, 02:39:00 am

Greetings from Nova Scotia. I'm new to the forum, and I tend to read more than post, so you probably won't notice me unless I have a problem or feel that my input is pertinent. I own a house and 2.5 acres of land. My wife and I have two dogs, two cats, 12 chickens, 3 hogs, and every Spring when the grass starts to grow we also raise some geese. In the four years since I've owned the place, I've cleared a lot of trees and underbrush, but there's still quite a few to go. My goal is to produce most of the food we eat through gardening, livestock, fishing, and some hunting. My projects this year are continuing to plant grapes, propagating my current bushes, and growing an ever-better, and ever-bigger, garden.

Title: Re: Hello from Nova Scotia
Post by: Clarebelle on January 23, 2014, 06:56:09 am

wow, that sounds amazing! I would love to visit somewhere like Nova Scotia. It sounds like you have lots of great plans for the year ahead, good luck to you!  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Hello from Nova Scotia
Post by: Mammyshaz on January 23, 2014, 07:00:35 am

Hello and welcome from Durham, uk  :wave:

Title: Re: Hello from Nova Scotia
Post by: kelly58 on January 23, 2014, 07:04:13 am

Hello from Bonnie Scotland  :wave:

Title: Re: Hello from Nova Scotia
Post by: Rosemary on January 23, 2014, 07:40:49 am

Hello from Old Scotia - Carnoustie, in Angus  :wave:

Used to live in Menstrie; William Alexander of Menstrie developed the Scottish colonisation of Port Royal Nova Scotia. :)

Title: Re: Hello from Nova Scotia
Post by: Bert on January 23, 2014, 08:22:08 am

Hi from the Isle of Mull :wave:

Title: Re: Hello from Nova Scotia
Post by: coltsfoot on January 23, 2014, 08:26:11 am

Hello from a wet dank dismal Derbyshire!  :farmer:

Title: Re: Hello from Nova Scotia
Post by: KellySam on January 23, 2014, 01:37:12 pm

 :wave:  Hello from the Western Isles   :)

Title: Re: Hello from Nova Scotia
Post by: Lesley Silvester on January 23, 2014, 10:31:55 pm

 :wave: and welcome from somewhat chilly Shropshire.

Title: Re: Hello from Nova Scotia
Post by: Verge on January 24, 2014, 10:26:45 pm

Thanks for all the friendly welcomes :) Kelly58, I'm quite familiar with the attempted colonization at Port Royal (what's known about it). I'm actually doing a course on Scottish Migration, and I'm learning a ton. Especially about life in the Hebrides. It's always interesting to hear my friends from Cape Breton using Scottish words.

Title: Re: Hello from Nova Scotia
Post by: shygirl on January 24, 2014, 10:34:19 pm

welcome.
do you have a nova scotia dog too??    :excited:

Title: Re: Hello from Nova Scotia
Post by: Verge on January 25, 2014, 03:43:50 am

Shygirl,

   I have a golden retriever named Belle and a Nova Scotia Duck Toller named Meadow, but the latter's sort of a mutt. So yes, I have a Nova Scotia dog ;)

Title: Re: Hello from Nova Scotia
Post by: shygirl on January 25, 2014, 07:23:13 am

thats really cool.i very nearly got one 10 years back as they are imported into england.
any fotos?

Title: Re: Hello from Nova Scotia
Post by: mowhaugh on January 26, 2014, 08:52:06 am

Hello!