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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: Nell on April 18, 2012, 08:45:09 am

Title: Hello from Dumfriesshire
Post by: Nell on April 18, 2012, 08:45:09 am

Hey all, I'm a smallholder from near Dumfries - so far have a flock of Texel sheep and 11 hens of various sorts.

Title: Re: Hello from Dumfriesshire
Post by: in the hills on April 18, 2012, 08:57:57 am

 :wave:
Hello and welcome from a soggy Powys

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Post by: HappyHippy on April 18, 2012, 09:48:09 am

Hello from me in South Lanarkshire  :wave:

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Post by: plumseverywhere on April 18, 2012, 11:52:32 am

Hello From Worcestershire  :wave:

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Post by: Rosemary on April 18, 2012, 01:20:00 pm

Hello and welcome from trying-to-be-sunny Carnoustie  :wave:

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Post by: bigchicken on April 18, 2012, 01:25:25 pm

Hi and a big welcome fay the bigchicken, good to have a doonhaymer in the ranks

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Post by: Bert on April 18, 2012, 04:34:07 pm

Hi from the Isle of Mull  :wave:

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Post by: SallyintNorth on April 18, 2012, 04:37:31 pm

Welcome from just over the border in north Cumbria  :wave:  Commercial sheep (mainly Texel with a bit of Charollais) and beef (mainly native breeds); rare breed pigs (OSB sow and x Saddleback offspring), sheep (Castlemilk Moorits), ponies (Fells and Dales) and a growing little herd of Jersey house cows. :)

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Post by: Mammyshaz on April 18, 2012, 10:12:40 pm

Hello   :wave: from durham.

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Post by: Nell on April 19, 2012, 09:06:53 am

Thanks for the welcome everyone  ;D

Quote from: SallyintNorth on April 18, 2012, 04:37:31 pm

Welcome from just over the border in north Cumbria  :wave:  Commercial sheep (mainly Texel with a bit of Charollais) and beef (mainly native breeds); rare breed pigs (OSB sow and x Saddleback offspring), sheep (Castlemilk Moorits), ponies (Fells and Dales) and a growing little herd of Jersey house cows. :)

Oh lovely! We used to keep Galloway and WSH cattle as well when we were in the beef market but unfortunately we had to let them go when we sold our big farm -OH has always been a commercial farmer, but we decided to downsize to the smallholding. Taking a lot of work as the steading is practically derelict and although the ground is fantastic, it's essentially riverbank silt and very soft, so would get chewed up by heavy hooves. Think OH would love a horse or two, but I think we'd have the same problem with their hooves, and I'm not really a horsey person  :)

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Post by: Mel on April 19, 2012, 09:57:17 pm

Hi and welcome from Northants,we wish you well   :wave:

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Post by: Lesley Silvester on April 19, 2012, 11:18:50 pm

 :wave:  Hi and welcome from soggy Shropshire.  Oh for such good soil.  Bet you grow some wonderful weeds!

Title: Re: Hello from Dumfriesshire
Post by: lill on April 20, 2012, 04:27:07 pm

Hi and welcome to the forum from Bathgate/Falkirk  :wave: :wave:

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Post by: Goldcraig on April 20, 2012, 04:50:21 pm

Hi from North Ayrshire  :wave:

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Post by: mistryer on April 21, 2012, 02:43:46 pm

 Hello from SW France  :wave: Nearly went to live in Dumfries years ago - love that area!!