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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: sss on March 16, 2014, 08:42:11 pm

Title: Hi
Post by: sss on March 16, 2014, 08:42:11 pm

Hi all TAS'ers

Just a quick intro as I plough through the forum. Currently not a smallholder.....yet.....

Waiting for contracts to be exchanged.

At the moment we keep bee's, have our allotment and a kitchen garden. So it will be nice to combine all three on to the same plot of land.

Title: Re: Hi
Post by: Lesley Silvester on March 16, 2014, 08:55:21 pm

Hi sss. I think keeping bees, having an allotment and a kitchen garden qualifies you as a smallholder. It will be good to have it all together though. Whereabouts are you moving to? I am in Shropshire.

Title: Re: Hi
Post by: sss on March 16, 2014, 09:09:35 pm

We will be moving from Herts to Cambs. Land is far too pricey in Herts so moving away from London. We do like Shropshire but its too close to the mother in law (Ludlow).

Title: Re: Hi
Post by: Lesley Silvester on March 16, 2014, 09:36:17 pm

Isn't land expensive in Cambs? My son's in laws live there (in the city) and property costs a fortune.


I see your point with the MIL being in Ludlow. I'm in Telford so the other side.

Title: Re: Hi
Post by: sss on March 16, 2014, 09:48:29 pm

Yes you are correct land is still expensive in Cambs  :'(  but cheaper than Herts and prices are creeping up.

Title: Re: Hi
Post by: Rosemary on March 17, 2014, 08:54:31 am

Hello and welcome from Carnoustie  :wave:

Title: Re: Hi
Post by: benandjerry on March 19, 2014, 09:27:36 pm

Hello and welcome I am a wannabeeeee.   :)

Title: Re: Hi
Post by: Tiva Diva on March 20, 2014, 01:59:53 pm

Hi from the Scottish Borders. Whereabouts in Cambs? Lived round there a lot before I migrated north!
Best of luck to you with your smallholding, bet you're excited  :excited:

Title: Re: Hi
Post by: sss on July 11, 2014, 11:38:26 am

It is near Ely in Cambs.

So a quick update, the cats have moved in and are happy enough, they get on better here than Herts. I suspect more due to the fact that there is more outdoor space and less cats.  Despite trying to keep them in to become settled they wanted outside near enough straight away. I just need them to eat more mice  :fc:

The bee's have settled in as well, despite a small problem when a queen was lost. I have ordered more hives to get the numbers up over the next few years.

The allotment area has been cleared and we found loads of potatoes so happy days. Cleared the fruit cage of weeds and found gooseberries, blackcurrants and redcurrants. Found the asparagus beds in the weeds. So a few nice surprises there.  We won't have it properly up and running till next year.

The chicken sheds are being cleared out so they can be resurrected.

The house has had new windows which has made an unbelievable difference from '70s windows.

Log burner in.

stables painted

The campervan has been relocated from storage to the yard which saves quite a lot of money and more practical. Although not a lot of use is anticipated until we get a grip on the holding.

So all in all, its been a busy few months, but nice to see the transformations as they happen.

As for Ely, it is a nice area, considering we knew no one here or even visited the area apart from visiting the house all a bit of a gamble. Although I must get round to visiting the Cathedral.

Title: Re: Hi
Post by: kelly58 on July 18, 2014, 08:35:33 am

Hi from Caithness,  thats you living the dream, enjoy !  :wave:

Title: Re: Hi
Post by: Rosemary on July 18, 2014, 09:10:37 am

Quote from: sss on July 11, 2014, 11:38:26 am

Although I must get round to visiting the Cathedral.

We've been here four years and visited Glamis Castle (about 10 miles away) two weeks ago  ;D