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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: uksfdawn on September 08, 2015, 08:52:28 pm

Title: Hello from S. Wales
Post by: uksfdawn on September 08, 2015, 08:52:28 pm: We moved to our smallholding just over a year ago in Carmarthenshire, what a year it has been we are still some way off getting it all done but we are getting there, my husband still has to work during the week in Bedfordshire and 20 months and counting he will be here full time.
We have Alpacas, 1 lamb who is going in the freezer soon, chickens, ducks turkeys and Bees, I have planted up a small orchard, have a poly tunnel up and running, raised beds and a soft fruit garden, when we moved here it was just nothing but 5 acres of grazing land we are in the process of buying another 15 acres so we can have some sheep, we did raise 2 pigs for the freezer last year and next year will raise some more. Next week I have two goats arriving its hard work but I love it and wouldnt swap it for anything. :wave:
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Post by: devonlady on September 09, 2015, 08:55:13 am: Hello and welcome from Devon. You sound as if you've made a really good start and are enjoying it, despite being a "weekend wife".
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Post by: Bionic on September 09, 2015, 10:48:34 am: Hello and welcome from Carmarthenshire too. We have been here 3.5 years. We don't have a lot of land but it keeps us busy.
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Post by: cloddopper on September 09, 2015, 11:05:23 am: Welcome from near Ammanford .
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Post by: Somewhere_by_the_river on September 09, 2015, 11:23:51 am: Hello from near Llandeilo :wave: We've been here just over 2 years and love it - like you, we wouldn't swap for the world.
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Post by: Quirkygirl on September 09, 2015, 12:55:16 pm: Hi from Cwmbran :excited:
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Post by: JackandJill on September 09, 2015, 07:33:03 pm: Hello from Ceredigion!
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Post by: Me on September 09, 2015, 09:51:10 pm: Hello also from Aberaeron area
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Post by: mab on September 09, 2015, 10:20:12 pm: hello from somewhere between carmarthen and newcastle emlyn :) ; I wish I'd got all that done in 1 year - or even in the three that I've been here.
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Post by: uksfdawn on September 09, 2015, 10:43:28 pm: :sunshine:Thank you everyone for the welcome :excited:
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Post by: MarthaR on September 09, 2015, 11:58:58 pm: And hello from Abergavenny ????????????????????????
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Post by: Backinwellies on September 10, 2015, 07:33:36 am: :wave: from Talley. (2.5yrs) So which part of Carmarthenshire are you?
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Post by: uksfdawn on September 10, 2015, 08:17:19 am: I am up the mountain near Brechfa :)
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Post by: Backinwellies on September 10, 2015, 01:59:50 pm: Quote from: uksfdawn on September 10, 2015, 08:17:19 am
I am up the mountain near Brechfa :)

look southish and give us a wave then!!
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Post by: uksfdawn on September 10, 2015, 02:23:39 pm: :wave: :wave: :wave: can you see me :wave: :wave: :wave: I a just going to the bee hives you will see me better from there
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Post by: Bionic on September 10, 2015, 03:42:48 pm: Quote from: uksfdawn on September 10, 2015, 02:23:39 pm
:wave: :wave: :wave: can you see me :wave: :wave: :wave: I a just going to the bee hives you will see me better from there

We have bee hives too :)
Do you go to a local club? The East Carmarthenshire bee keepers meet at Llangadog. In fact they have a meeting tonight
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Post by: Backinwellies on September 11, 2015, 01:44:27 pm: :wave: :wave: :wave: ............ I don't have bees .... but love honey :)
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Post by: Bionic on September 11, 2015, 01:55:36 pm: Its been such a poor year, weather wise here that our honey is virtually non existent. We have friends in Salem who have had a good crop though.