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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: Floopy on September 11, 2013, 05:57:57 pm

Title: Hello from Edinburgh
Post by: Floopy on September 11, 2013, 05:57:57 pm

Hi All! I've posted in the poultry section before, but I suppose I should say hello properly, so Hello!

I live in Edinburgh, so there's not an awful lot of smallholding going on here, but there's chickens on the go, much to the delight of our super-chicken-lovin' neighbours, and I'm looking into beekeeping adventure possibilities for the future.  ;D

Cheers,

Carmen

Title: Re: Hello from Edinburgh
Post by: bloomer on September 11, 2013, 06:03:57 pm

id say thats fairly smallholdery, we live just outside alloa on a housing estate and only keep a few chooks...


your in easy reach of an aweful lot of other smallholders though...


welcome...

Title: Re: Hello from Edinburgh
Post by: mowhaugh on September 11, 2013, 06:20:07 pm

Hello!

Title: Re: Hello from Edinburgh
Post by: Daisys Mum on September 11, 2013, 07:13:21 pm

Hi and welcome, not too far from you down the A1.

Title: Re: Hello from Edinburgh
Post by: HappyHippy on September 11, 2013, 07:43:09 pm

Hello from me in Lesmahagow  :wave:

If you want to find out all that you could be doing why not come along to the Scottish Smallholder & Grower Festival http://www.scottishsmallholdershow.co.uk/ (http://www.scottishsmallholdershow.co.uk/)
The Scottish Bee Keepers are going to be there, as are Solway bee supplies - everything you could ever need to know or want to buy will be there (and a lot of us TASers ;))
Karen

Title: Re: Hello from Edinburgh
Post by: Rosemary on September 11, 2013, 08:55:47 pm

Hello and welcome from Carnoustie  :wave:

Ditto Scottish Smallholder and Grower Festival  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Hello from Edinburgh
Post by: goosepimple on September 11, 2013, 09:03:34 pm

and we moved out of Edinburgh about 6 years ago now, used to live practically in the sea at Joppa, now we're nearish Lauder down the A68, we look forward to all your news Carmen, welcome to TAS.

Title: Re: Hello from Edinburgh
Post by: Lesley Silvester on September 11, 2013, 10:11:40 pm

 :wave:  and welcome from Shropshire. I keep goats in my back garden and grow fruit and veg so it is do-able.

Title: Re: Hello from Edinburgh
Post by: Min on September 12, 2013, 09:38:55 am

Hello, I live in Edinburgh too but hoping to move soon(ish).  :wave:

Title: Re: Hello from Edinburgh
Post by: Floopy on September 12, 2013, 04:20:55 pm

Thanks All! (And don't put goat ideas in my head, please!!) Looking forward to the SGF, it sounds good! :-)

Title: Re: Hello from Edinburgh
Post by: Dans on September 12, 2013, 06:23:38 pm

Not quite Edinburgh, but just outside in Midlothian. No smallholding, just a veg/fruit garden and a new overgrown allotment! Welcome to the forum!

Dans  :wave:

Title: Re: Hello from Edinburgh
Post by: ellied on September 13, 2013, 03:25:09 pm

Hi from north Fife, only 40 minutes from the airport/bridge unless the car breaks down on the approach lane as it did on Monday..  ::)

Title: Re: Hello from Edinburgh
Post by: lilfeeb on September 23, 2013, 09:08:05 am

hello from kinross-shire

Title: Re: Hello from Edinburgh
Post by: happygolucky on September 23, 2013, 09:14:23 am

 :wave: , We are in Clackmannan and keep a B&B, I love Edinburgh....hope to go to the Christmas  market as its so romantic..anyway, I did have a few chickens and a pair of ducks but as we are moving, (staying local) we gave them all away except 3 hens, one has since died but I am realistic, keeping anything other than our dogs, is far too much for me to deal with, I need a life back, although I do have fruit trees and love foraging but no more picking up poo and cleaning hen huts etc and I am not really an egg fan, I do like chickens though. I have 3 adult dogs and am keeping a pup from the litter of 8 I still am looking after, they will all be off in less than 2 weeks so then its me time and packing.......So HELLO!! :wave: