Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: Hermit on February 24, 2010, 09:37:15 pm
Title: What you lot doing here!!!
Post by: Hermit on February 24, 2010, 09:37:15 pm
My goodness , have been recommended to read this forum and what a lot of familiar names.Now where is that old Gizzard now?
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Post by: dixie on February 24, 2010, 09:41:35 pm
Hello Hermit ;) oohh let me guess who told you where we are!! ;D
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Post by: Hermit on February 24, 2010, 09:52:42 pm
You cant hide for long ;D
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Post by: Rosemary on February 25, 2010, 10:47:45 am
Hello and welcome to TAS! Tell those of us who don't know you a bit about yourself.
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Post by: Wizard on February 25, 2010, 11:33:56 am
Hello hermit told em about boys and girls and electric fencers.Hope you and Grahame are both well Have you read some of the posts see no one cares if you wander off do they Rosemary I think Rosemary is one of the Gaffers and a jolly good one to No metch of certain things though.Am off to Pulmonary Rehab in a mo but did you find the Yell post? As Rosemary says tell the others who you are,tree huggin and the Fisherman he he he!XXX
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Post by: Hilarysmum on February 25, 2010, 01:08:46 pm
Hi Hermit, welcome. Glad you found the best site on the web looking forward to hearing all about you.
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Post by: Helencus on February 25, 2010, 01:23:10 pm
Hello hermit. George told me you were a lass in the tale of electric fencing. Looking forward to hearing more from you :)
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Post by: sandy on February 25, 2010, 02:21:47 pm
Hello from Clackmannan :D Welcome to the forum, I sometimes put deliberate spelling mistakes in my posts...just for fun!!! :DIf you find them there may be a prize ::) ::)on seconds thoughts!
no prize as I am far toooooooo poormean
;)
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Post by: JulieS on February 25, 2010, 02:38:00 pm
Hello and welcome from sunny Devon :)
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Post by: Wizard on February 25, 2010, 04:22:08 pm
Tek no notice of Sandy Hermit she suffers alzheimers but dont know it or pretends she don't Don't you Sandy Me to I'm the same when it suits me ;D ;D ;D :farmer:
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Post by: HappyHippy on February 25, 2010, 05:54:08 pm
Hello from me too Hermit ;D Looking forward to hearing more from you Karen x
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Post by: Hermit on February 25, 2010, 06:28:22 pm
Hi to all... A little bit about myself. I am an owner/crofter of a little white croft at the head of SKELDA VOE in Shetland I produce chickens, turkeys, geese and sheep.I have twogoats one of which I milk the other is her kid to be mated next winter.I am totally self sufficient all year in veg, I have a 35' by 15' polytunnel and a large veg plot. We have a 22' fishing boat so are self sufficient in fish and shelfish. We barter for pork or sometimes we have kept weaners but they are too expensive to keep up here so let others do the work ;)But saying that pigs are on our plans for the future. My croft has just become a registered business and plan to provide veg, POL's, eggs, Turkeys and geeses for xmas and other produce. Some of which we do already. We have no illusions about how much money this croft can make but we aim to get it paying something towards its keep!! My other half works but we are lucky that he works when he has to and spends the rest of the time fishing ::) My son has left home and my daughter is just starting what southerners would call 6th form. I do not keep Shitland ponies, never met a good one yet.
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Post by: Hermit on February 25, 2010, 06:49:04 pm
Hi wizard, tis meee! yes I did see the Shetland croft for sale ,looks a good buy for someone, although that coast is a bit bleak. The house looks like a project! But could be fantastic,not too far off the ferry either,good little shop at the ferry terminal. The road it is on is a fast road though, it is the speed folk travel at from the Yell Ferry to the Unst ferry that you have to be careful of there but it looks well back.Shetland folk say about Yell... You have to cross it to get to Unst. It has beautiful corners but otherwise flat and bleak. It is like the North York Moors surrounded by sea. I prefer cliffs and more rugged scenery. It looks an owned croft so no grants except insulation for three years.It is to stop folk doing them up on grants and then selling on, that was the way it was when we bought ours anyway. If you are a tenant crofter there are lots of grants but the loophole of your wife being the landlord has now closed! Sure it will be snapped up. Take care, hope your wife and family are OK.
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Post by: little blue on February 25, 2010, 06:58:40 pm
hello and welcome from Derbyshire, there are some a few of us abit further south.... !
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Post by: Anke on February 26, 2010, 09:28:30 pm
Do you have Shetland sheep?
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Post by: Hermit on February 27, 2010, 10:52:51 am
Yes we have 13 breeding ewes and 6 youngsters to breed next year. We lamb in May up here but you can guarantee it will rain when lambing.Our Shetlands are all white and are flock book registered but we dont really bother with that as you have to be one of the big breeders with a good reputation to get money for them. We just breed for our own meat really and a few gifts for neighbours. We dont have a ram, they are only a crate of beer to hire so why keep them all year for a fortnights worth of work. ::) Hermit
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Post by: Anke on February 27, 2010, 09:44:57 pm
Wouldnt get a Shetland tup for a crate that around here, not enough in the Scottish Borders.... but I guess you have a few more up where you are....
Mine are white too, have two registered breeding ewes (only one of them in lamb though), two unregistered (they have come down from Shetland and are bigger than the registered ones, hopefully both of them in lamb) and then 4 lambs for this years breeding. My tup came down from Shetland too, but again before I got him. He's registered, but I'll have to find a replacement for his daughters this year...
Have got some bigger cross ewes too, and find that TXl Shetland crosses make good lambers and are a reasonable size (= manageable).
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Post by: Daisys Mum on February 27, 2010, 10:16:11 pm
Anke if you are looking for a Shetland Tup for next year try Joe Burn at Crumstane Farm Duns. I had one of his last year which I sent back this October and I now have another one which he has told me just to keep.
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Post by: Anke on February 28, 2010, 08:21:27 pm
Thanks, Daisys mum I have (hopefully) a tup lamb lined up from a lady in WEst Linton where my sheep originally came from, but might keep Joe Burn in mind.
I would be looking for a few registered gimmers this summer though, just as my two old girls are being retired and looking for bit of new blood... So Erik will have a go on any incomers and my commercial girls and a new guy for this years lambs...
But what I am looking for is a Charrolais tup lamb for my larger crosses... will post something about that in the sheep section though.
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Post by: marigold on February 28, 2010, 08:38:52 pm
HI hermit I like the meeting up with old friends bit - its almost like a real coffee lounge - :)
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Post by: Wizard on March 01, 2010, 08:09:42 am
Hello Mari I agree ace isn't it.And no I'm perfect on here.I hope they don't find us :D :D :D ;D ;D ??? :farmer: