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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: Midgie on June 25, 2016, 09:21:37 pm

Title: Newbie crofter
Post by: Midgie on June 25, 2016, 09:21:37 pm

Hi , my name is Kate and I have just taken over the family croft up on the Western Isles , it's been 30yrs since I've done any crofting / small holding so feel like a complete newbie ! In the past I had 2 milking goats of my own and then helped out with the families blackface sheep , hens and ducks. So far we've got 3 hens and 5 runner ducklings ( donated by a "kind" friend ! ) . Planning on pigs next year to churn the ground up but in the long term I'd like some native breed sheep .
Anybody else up on the Western Isles ?

Title: Re: Newbie crofter
Post by: Lesley Silvester on June 26, 2016, 11:44:40 pm

Hi and welcome from Shropshire.  :wave: I'd love to be in the Western Isles.

Title: Re: Newbie crofter
Post by: Rosemary on June 27, 2016, 06:53:53 am

Hello and welcome from  :sunshine: Carnoustie!  :wave:

There are a few crofters on here including some from the Western Isles

Title: Re: Newbie crofter
Post by: oor wullie on June 27, 2016, 08:35:23 pm

Hello and welcome from a crofter near Inverness.  Where in the isles are you?

I'm always happy to try and help answer questions having been a newby crofter for about the last 4 years.

Title: Re: Newbie crofter
Post by: CarolineJ on June 27, 2016, 09:35:27 pm

Hello  :wave: :wave:  Another crofter here, but on the north coast of Sutherland.  I had a week's holiday on Lewis and Harris a couple of years ago, absolutely loved it, beautiful, beautiful place.

Title: Re: Newbie crofter
Post by: Midgie on June 28, 2016, 07:43:33 am

Hello , thank you for the replies  :thumbsup: , I'm about 8 miles outside Stornoway .

Title: Re: Newbie crofter
Post by: devonlady on June 29, 2016, 08:20:48 am

Hello from dark and chilly Devon. Good to know you!