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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: simon h on November 12, 2014, 08:53:57 pm

Title: Hello!
Post by: simon h on November 12, 2014, 08:53:57 pm

Hello everybody!  :wave:
Been reading this forum for several months since I acquired some land at a very reasonable rent with pretty much a lifetime guarantee of tenancy.

Found the advice on here amazing, amusing and really interesting.

Me and my partner (getting married next year  :excited:) are just getting the land ready as it has been a bit neglected for a couple of years and are about to start erecting fences and runs for a couple of pigs and some chickens. The best advice I've read is not to take on too much at once, so I'm going to work on a 3-5 year plan to get everything up and running.

Should be mortgage free by the summer so hope to be able to work part time over the summer (I'm a builder and Landscape Gardener) and am really looking forward to working towards 'the good life'  :)

Look forward to being a regular reader and commentator on these pages!

Simon

Title: Re: Hello!
Post by: Carse Goodlifers on November 12, 2014, 09:36:22 pm

 :wave: from Perthshire.
Your situation sounds great.  And as you say, don't take on too much at once.

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Post by: bloomer on November 12, 2014, 09:40:09 pm

welcome from fife!!!

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Post by: Lesley Silvester on November 12, 2014, 10:49:27 pm

 :wave: and welcome from Shropshire.

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Post by: mojocafa on November 13, 2014, 05:17:33 am

 :wave: from arbroath

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Post by: devonlady on November 13, 2014, 07:15:25 am

And  :wave: From Devon. Good and exciting times ahead for you :thumbsup:

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Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on November 13, 2014, 09:40:59 am

Hello and welcome to the forum from wales

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Post by: Rosemary on November 13, 2014, 09:55:40 am

Hello and welcome from Carnoustie  :wave:

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Post by: Bionic on November 13, 2014, 01:45:40 pm

Hello and welcome from Carmarthenshire. Whereabouts are you Simon?

Title: Re: Hello!
Post by: simon h on November 13, 2014, 07:43:42 pm

Thank you everybody for the warm welcome :) !
I'm in the beautiful Stroud Valleys of Gloucestershire and my land is on the outskirts of Bisley.
Had a good look at the field today and reckon I can get another 150sq metres out of it once the hedges and trees are cut back :thumbsup:

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Post by: Treud na Mara on November 13, 2014, 08:24:52 pm

 :wave: and welcome from Caithness.

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Post by: Mammyshaz on November 13, 2014, 08:48:16 pm

Hello and welcome  :wave: from near Durham

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Post by: benandjerry on November 18, 2014, 09:10:44 pm

hello and welcome from a wannabeee