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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: valr on April 26, 2010, 11:04:12 pm
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Hi
Was introduced to this site by another member (thanks Anne!)
I am aiming to be self-sufficient in veg this year for the first time! I grow everything in raised beds and in a greenhouse. It is a constant struggle keeping my 3 cats off the beds - they think they are deluxe litter trays ;D
I recently got 5 bantams and am loving it - I can see myself adding to the flock sometime soon.
My husband came home from work tonight and said "You're not planning on getting a goat or anythng next are you?" Now THERE's an idea! :D
I look forward to being part of this friendly forum.
Val
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Welcome, to the forum Val. Your cousin - who introduced you and I, has been here making a mess in my kitchen and is back tomorrow! I'll mention goats to him tomorrow - might want an idea for a Christmas or birthday present for you or your husband ;) ;D ;D ;D Let us know how the veg growing goes.
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Now, if you want a goat, I might just be able to help.....
Lol!
Hi and Welcome. We are located just outside Falkirk (towards Linlithgow/Livingston). We have just over an acre with about 20 dairy goats! Also, dogs, cats, chooks, ducks, rabbit and guinea pigs. As a consequence- I am not very great at growing veg- a lack of time. Oh, and I work full time. Fortunately I have a mother who is a qualified vet.
Beth
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You must be really near me Beth! I am in Brightons up near Wallacestone.
Your set up sounds fab! I am very jealous! I work full time too - and don't really have space for livestock - pity! Just the chooks (Janice Joyce Sheila Helen and Attila the Hen) and cats Stuart Archie and Mac.
Val
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Oh Brightons isn't far away from us- there are a lot of members within about an hour's drive really. Quite funny when you think about it. I am a member of an F1 forum, and it is the same, it has a bizarre number of Scots who all live within about 20 miles of each other. If you want to vist a goat sometime, feel free to give me a shout and pop down.
What kind of bantamns do you have? I have some Gold Pencilled Hamburgs, which I think are very pretty. Unfortunately they are very clever for chickens, and are masters of escape out of their run!
Beth
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Hi and welcome from Alloa! Another 20 miler.
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Hello and welcome from Devon, a bit further than the 20 miles :)
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Thnks for the nice welcome. My sister lives in Clackmannan so I am over that way quite a lot.
Beth I have a lavender pekin, a black pekin, 2 buff plymouth rock bantams (I want more! They are so pretty and friendly) and a light sussex bantam. I suspect I have room for a few more! Gold pencilled hamburgs have beautiful feathers.
I cannot remember the last time I saw a goat up close so I may take you up on your offer! Do you sell the milk or make cheese?
Val
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Hi welcome from Brittany
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Brittany! How glamorous sounding! Whats the weather like over there just now?
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Welcome from sunny fife :wave: :wave: :wave:
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Hello from me in South Lanarkshire :wave:
Looking forward to hearing lots more from you.
Karen x
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Hi and welcome from me in the Borders, the sun was shining but it's gone now. Cameron you are supposed to be studying !!!!
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Hi and welcome from Australia.
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:wave: Hi everyone! :wave:
How unusual to find a forum with lots of Scots on it! Maybe we should have a bit just for conversations in Scots.....if ye ken fit ah mean! ;D (If not from Aberdeen substitute "whit" for "fit")!
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Hi from Clackmannan :wave: mind you, we are English, I have Scots ancestors, so the bit os Scotch in my blood is not always from the Co-op!! ::)
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Hi Sandy! :wave:
My sister is in St Serfs grove.
What set up do you have? Do you have animals or chickens?
Val
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15 Chickens, 7 of them being ex batt's and 2 Ducks, I also have 4 Labradors, great excuse to get out into the woods and walks!! THe eggs go off to Glasgow everyday!!
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some of mine will be going to Glasgow too - when I take them in to the office! ;D
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I ken fine fit ye mean. Foo ye deein, quine? Fit like, an foos yer doos? A'm aricht the noo, in av jist hid yer seester ower checkin her mans werk! Fit a fine craik wi hid an a. A ken a aboot yde noo ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Nae baad, Anne. Peckin' awa'. Aye ma seester telt mi she met ye. She's a wricht nosy quine. Kin yap fur Scoatlan an aw. Fit wis she daein? ?
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(Am struggling to remember my doric. Spent 8 years up there. For the first 3 didn't understand a word. .... eg "Far div ye bide an' d'ye wahnt a funcy piece"? ) ??? ??? ??? Took a while to get used to it ;D ;D
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hello and welcome from the very middle of England-shire!
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::) ??? Must have been hitting the bottle as they all talk like that across in the pubs here!!
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Sandy thats how they speak (or rather my version of it!) up in the North East. Anne hails from up that way.
Alloa is positively EASY compared to that I think ;D
I am originally from the Trossachs ;) WE talk posh! :D
(Unfortunately have no booze in the house just now and anyway, it's a school night!)
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Brittany! How glamorous sounding! Whats the weather like over there just now?
Weather has been wonderful for past 3/4 weeks. We actually need some rain now. Its not glamorous, it is heaven though.
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Sandy thats how they speak (or rather my version of it!) up in the North East. Anne hails from up that way.
Alloa is positively EASY compared to that I think ;D
I am originally from the Trossachs ;) WE talk posh! :D
(Unfortunately have no booze in the house just now and anyway, it's a school night!)
My Mum brought my sister and I up to speak properly, but my Grandma was from Torry, so we had to understand her, and my Dad was Glaswegian so we had to be able to be understood by his side of the family when we came down here on holiday. So I can now break into almost any accent after about five minute of chatting with someone.
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;D The Trossachs is sooooooooooooo stunning yet sounds so "carry on" ;D I would love living there, me and Steve up the Trossachs??
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Slipping into different accents is a talent Anne and I'll bet you are good at languages!
Yes The Trossachs sounds a bit rude doesn't it ... I remember seeing it in a book of weird words once with "makie-uppie" definitions. Trossachs were, it said, the useless epaulette things found on the shoulders of trenchcoats! :D
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I love playing with makkie uppie words and makkie on things. But, no, basic School French is all I can muster I'm afraid. Even having French dogs and going over there regularly hasn't improved it much. :-[