Author Topic: Hi From Norfolk (Read 3024 times)

Dicky · « **on:** October 23, 2012, 01:45:34 pm »

Hi all,
Have enjoyed looking round the site so thought I would join as it looks like there will be some really helpful information around.

Last year my wife and I bought a house with my parents with 4.5 acres of beautiful Norfolk countryside to fufil a dream of having a smallholding, and a perfect place to raise our kids. We currently have chickens, geese, ornamental ducks, a horse, dogs, a big vege patch and 3 young children.

Our next project is probably going to be raising pigs, which I'm hoping to do after the winter, so there is bound to be some questions around that subject over the coming months. I'd also really love to get in to beekeeping, and goats for milk and cheese.

Have a good day.

kja · « **Reply #1 on:** October 23, 2012, 02:47:57 pm »

:wave:from neighbouring cambridgeshire we breed pigs & parents breed goats both for showing so any questions give us a call

bloomer · « **Reply #2 on:** October 23, 2012, 02:56:26 pm »

welcome from a chilly but dry central scotland!!!

Wendy@blueborage · « **Reply #3 on:** October 23, 2012, 03:40:57 pm »

Hello from further down south in East Anglia (Essex!) Good luck with everything.

Wendy@BlueBorage

blueborage.blogspot.com

Lesley Silvester · « **Reply #4 on:** October 23, 2012, 08:51:59 pm »

Hi from across the country in Shropshire. Definitely go for goats. they are great fun as well as being productive. And the milk

ballingall · « **Reply #5 on:** October 23, 2012, 09:43:00 pm »

Hello and welcome from central Scotland

Sounds like you have a nice place.

Beth

SallyintNorth · « **Reply #6 on:** October 24, 2012, 07:05:00 am »

Hi from a drear norh Cumbria

Sounds like a great place to rear the children.

We're a beef and sheep farm, so a house cow wasn't too big a thing for us to handle - but on 4.5 acres goats sound much more appropriate!

We keep a few pigs for our freezer (and family and friends), so I'll look forward to hearing about your piggy ventures next year.

I thought I would get into beekeeping a few years ago (in my previous life) when I first got an allotment - but then I discovered that bees travel up to 3km (is it ? or is it 3 miles? can't remember now) from the hive, and the regional beekeeper had 50,000 bees within 0.5km of my allotment, so there was no need whatsoever!

speedywheelz · « **Reply #7 on:** October 26, 2012, 07:10:02 pm »

Hi from Norfolk also where about in Norfolk are you?

bangbang · « **Reply #8 on:** October 26, 2012, 07:22:03 pm »

Hi!

Warm welcome from snowy Aberdeenshire!

downsized · « **Reply #9 on:** October 26, 2012, 07:31:46 pm »

welcome from driech Dumfries. You're safe I know absolutely nothing about pigs, goats or ducks

Factotum · « **Reply #10 on:** October 27, 2012, 01:18:40 am »

Hi to you from snowy Moray

We've had pigs,dogs, chickens,geese, ducks, pigs, cats, cattle and sheep. No kids goats or an other.

Norfolk use to local to us,but now we've moved to somewhere with a few more contours on the map...

Good luck with your ventures.

Sue