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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: Littlest Hobo on June 07, 2014, 11:27:55 pm

Title: Another incomer
Post by: Littlest Hobo on June 07, 2014, 11:27:55 pm

Another Newbie here.  We moved into our new home/partners old home late last summer, and haven't really got started yet on the 12 acre site - there's a lot to do, fences need sorting, field shelters and barn etc.

We are hoping to plant 1-2 acres of woodland this year and to eventually get into alpaca's, wild flower meadows and offering space for bees, via some Shetland cattle, maybe.  In the meantime the land is rented for sheep and a few wayward cows.  We are enjoying our homemade cider and the veg patch is filling up (after saying we wouldn't have time to grow veg this year).

The other-half is an experienced farmer, I can tell the front-end from the back-end of a sheep and that's about it.  So, I'm looking to learn.  My biggest achievement to date is taming last year's crop of feral kittens to whisk them down to the vets to get their mojo's removed.  The little blighters have ripped my hands to bits, but I guess I deserved it.

Title: Re: Another incomer
Post by: Rosemary on June 08, 2014, 10:00:52 am

Hello and welcome from  :sunshine: Carnoustie  :wave:

Look forward to hearing about your place - and we can recommend Shetland cattle  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Another incomer
Post by: Ina on June 08, 2014, 10:57:33 am

Quote from: Littlest Hobo on June 07, 2014, 11:27:55 pm

I can tell the front-end from the back-end of a sheep and that's about it.

That is essential - so you are halfway there! It's also good to remember that the legs are supposed to point downwards...  ;)

Welcome to the forum.  :sunshine:

Title: Re: Another incomer
Post by: Fleecewife on June 08, 2014, 11:08:52 am

Welcome to our world   :wave: 

 Oh and please don't forget the bumblebees  :bee: :bee: :bee: :bee: :bee: if it's honey bees you mention in your intro  :thumbsup:.  A list should soon appear on the main TAS site of which flowers, both wild and garden,  bumblebees love.  Many are the same as for honey bees, but not all.

Title: Re: Another incomer
Post by: kelly58 on June 08, 2014, 11:21:59 am

Hi from Caithness  :wave:  :chook: :dog: :goat: :horse: :sheep:

Title: Re: Another incomer
Post by: Bramblecot on June 08, 2014, 01:30:33 pm

 :wave: little cats, big claws :roflanim: .  Welcome from Dorset

Title: Re: Another incomer
Post by: Lesley Silvester on June 08, 2014, 02:40:55 pm

 :wave: and welcome from  :sunshine: Shropshire.

Title: Re: Another incomer
Post by: sabrina on June 09, 2014, 08:53:11 am

Welcome :wave:

Title: Re: Another incomer
Post by: Treud na Mara on June 09, 2014, 03:55:33 pm

Welcome to a life like no other  :wave:

Title: Re: Another incomer
Post by: Brucklay on June 09, 2014, 04:28:56 pm

Welcome from Aberdeenshire - I have a grown up cat like your kittens so they may not improve with age!! :innocent: