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Coffee Lounge / Well what can I say.

« Last post by kaz on Today at 03:53:42 pm »

I’ve popped back after a few years which have been very up and down to say the least.
We’ve moved to a smaller smallholding so we can carry on with what we enjoy even though we are both retired. We are now based in Carmarthenshire.
Ryelands are now down to eight, 1 ram and 7 ewes. We lost over the winter our Balwens 2 wethers who grazed the rough land hence the advert for some replacements.
Doggies 1 labrador and three golden retrievers and assorted chickens.
Life is easier for us with less land and far better sheds than before.
Hubble hasn’t downsized his tools though, he seems to have acquired more.
Hopefully I can pop in more often  to see what’s what.

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Marketplace / Wanted pet lambs

« Last post by kaz on Today at 02:05:23 pm »

Wanted pet ewe lambs of the smaller breeds ideally Balwens, Shetlands or similar. No horns. Carmarthenshire area.

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Announcements / New diary post: Anniversary / Birthdays / Openings

« Last post by TAS Bot on Today at 10:34:45 am »

A new TAS diary entry has been posted: Anniversary / Birthdays / Openings

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Introduce yourself / Re: Hello from North Cornwall

« Last post by chrismahon on Today at 09:14:24 am »

Hello Blue Feather and welcome to the forum from a rather hot today SW France. We used to keep a couple of Jacobs- the 2 horn variety, just to keep the lawn down and then fill the freezer. Only chickens now.

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Introduce yourself / Re: Hello from North Cornwall

« Last post by arobwk on May 17, 2025, 05:48:59 pm »

Hello and welcome from mid-Cornwall

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Wildlife / Re: Swallows'25

« Last post by arobwk on May 17, 2025, 04:01:20 pm »

I haven't really been looking out for, but was at one of my gardening clients last Thurs near Antony, North-east Cornwall and there seemed to be just one Swallow and just one House Martin scraping the sky over the old farm-yard.  So nice to see them back.

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Herbs / Small-scale hemp growing

« Last post by arobwk on May 17, 2025, 03:51:32 pm »

[Herbs thread closest subject heading I could find ont' forum for a question re hemp.]


I've started to go fishing & came across hemp seed as a baiting option - say £7 per kilo for whole seeds.  Despite nausea of officialdom doing grower checks and £580 growing license (it seems), I reckon a hectare's hemp planting for seed production for fish bait or bird feed could produce several £k p.a. (I haven't worked out manual versus combine harvester harvesting yet though !)


Anyone doing this already ?

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Sheep / Re: Mule Ewe - First time Lamber

« Last post by SavageU on May 17, 2025, 03:19:15 pm »

Just to update the thread.

She lambed beautifully, licked them dry and had carried 2 cracking and healthy lambs. So she had clearly got what she needed - but I can see how this would be problematic in mixed herds with breeds at lambing.

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Coffee Lounge / Re: A NEW SENTENCE

« Last post by doganjo on May 17, 2025, 09:41:27 am »

SOMETHINGS

Some Old Men Eat the Hottest Incredible Nacho Glutenous Sauces

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Coffee Lounge / Re: A NEW SENTENCE

« Last post by SallyintNorth on May 15, 2025, 12:35:25 pm »

KNITS

Kindly now include twenty somethings