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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: Southfields on March 17, 2011, 08:16:00 pm

Title: Hello from Wiltshire
Post by: Southfields on March 17, 2011, 08:16:00 pm

Just wanted to introduce ourselves, we live in Salisbury, Wilts and have a very small smallholding.
We set up last year and keep sheep and pigs and also have been keeping chickens & ducks for the last 4 years.

We are looking for other smallholders to chat to, ask advice where needed and also people in our local area to share the cost of things like vaccines, wormer etc.

Best wishes

Vicky & Rupert

Title: Re: Hello from Wiltshire
Post by: Rosemary on March 17, 2011, 08:17:14 pm

Hello and welcome from Carnoustie  :wave:

What kind of sheep do you have?

Title: Re: Hello from Wiltshire
Post by: Cinderhills on March 17, 2011, 10:20:22 pm

Hi and welcome from North Yorkshire.  :wave:

Title: Re: Hello from Wiltshire
Post by: daddymatty82 on March 17, 2011, 10:53:33 pm

welcome from swindon I just got back from salisbury about 10 mins ago

Title: Re: Hello from Wiltshire
Post by: CameronS on March 17, 2011, 10:57:20 pm

welcome from fife  :wave:

Title: Re: Hello from Wiltshire
Post by: faith0504 on March 18, 2011, 12:09:15 am

hi and welcome from moray  :wave:

Title: Re: Hello from Wiltshire
Post by: Hilarysmum on March 18, 2011, 08:52:22 am

Welcome from France

Title: Re: Hello from Wiltshire
Post by: SallyintNorth on March 18, 2011, 09:13:43 am

Welcome from t'North.  I lived in Wiltshire for many years, but right in the North West corner - a long way from Salisbury. 

Title: Re: Hello from Wiltshire
Post by: ramblerskitchen on March 18, 2011, 03:58:00 pm

Welcome from Dorset

Title: Re: Hello from Wiltshire
Post by: Elissian on March 20, 2011, 10:12:40 pm

Hi, we're in Landford between salisbury and southampton. we have pigs, sheep and various poultry. we moved to our smallholding 3 years ago, a very steep learning curve! Nice to see some people so close to us on this site. we start lambing a week today and the weather man says it's not raining, hooray!
Hope to chat to you, Helen and Glenn

Title: Re: Hello from Wiltshire
Post by: Southfields on April 30, 2011, 04:02:44 pm

We only had 4 lambs this year, one ewe was barren and another died just before she lambed :(  We have a mixed bag of sheep really, an ouessant cross ewe, a Gotland cross, a Texel cross and two Dorset crosses.  Our pigs are Gloucester old Spots.

Nice to hear from you all.

Title: Re: Hello from Wiltshire
Post by: little blue on April 30, 2011, 09:16:34 pm

hello and welcome
:wave:

Title: Re: Hello from Wiltshire
Post by: darkbrowneggs on April 30, 2011, 09:30:30 pm

Hi and welcome from Sue in Worcestershire  :wave:

Title: Re: Hello from Wiltshire
Post by: Beewyched on April 30, 2011, 10:01:54 pm

Hiya & welcome from West Scotland  :wave:

We have Kunes, various chucks, Cayugas, Bees & Setters, we grow most of our own veg & are planning to get some Soays later this year.

Title: Re: Hello from Wiltshire
Post by: NormandyMary on May 01, 2011, 06:37:52 pm

Quote from: daddymatty82 on March 17, 2011, 10:53:33 pm

welcome from swindon I just got back from salisbury about 10 mins ago

Welcome from me in France, who LEFT Swindon 6 years ago yesterday!!

Title: Re: Hello from Wiltshire
Post by: lill on May 17, 2011, 09:02:13 am

hi and welcome to this forus, form central scotland :wave: