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iolaire

  • Joined Oct 2020
Back to the land
« on: October 04, 2020, 09:56:30 am »
Hi

I’m Tez and I live in Moray with my wife, Sandra.  I’m originally from the West Riding where I grew up in a small farming community. Dad was a farm labourer and keen gardener throughout his life. I worked on farms until I was eighteen when I left to join the RAF, at home we kept two pigs and half a dozen geese in the orchard. Sandra is from Speyside and has done B&B for the past few years.

This year I extended my growing space by removing a rockery and re-vitalising the soil. My plan now we’re mortgage-free is to find a smallholding/croft in the local area and to expand into livestock (pigs and poultry) and Sandra wants to have self-catering pods on-site. We're not too profit-centred it's more living off the produce and selling any surplus rather than a commercial operation.

Looking forward to learning from this group and sharing our experiences.

Tez
« Last Edit: October 04, 2020, 11:36:44 am by iolaire »

Possum

  • Joined Feb 2012
  • Somerset
Re: Back to the land
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2020, 05:10:06 pm »
Hello and welcome from a very soggy Somerset  :wave: .


Isn't it great when you finally become morgage-free? It sounds like you both have the skills and experience to make a success of smallholding. Do let us know how you get on and feel free to ask any questions.

Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
  • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Back to the land
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2020, 05:47:07 pm »
Hello and welcome Tez and Sandra.  Sounds like you've got it all planned out and also have the background knowledge to make your plans into reality.  I have a similar history - farming background and RAF, but I was that awful creature the Air Force WIFE  :o .  It didn't suit me at all!  We have been smallholding in the south of Scotland for the past 1/4 century, with sheep, geese and hens, veg growing and environmental work.  We used to have pigs but realised we didn't have room...we once had a turkey  :turkey: ;D
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alang

  • Joined Nov 2017
  • Morayshire
Re: Back to the land
« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2020, 06:04:41 pm »
Hi Tez

Welcome to the forum. In Moray here too and ex-RAF too. Did the Lossie/Kinloss base swap. Good luck on your search and hope to see your progression
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iolaire

  • Joined Oct 2020
Re: Back to the land
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2020, 07:13:03 pm »
Thanks folks - we’ll see how things pan out as the COVID-19 thing isn’t helpful along with a surge in property prices just now. Quite content to sit it out until the right place comes along.

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Back to the land
« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2020, 09:37:50 am »
Hello and welcome from  :sunshine: Carnoustie, where the flood waters are receding  ::)

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: Back to the land
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2020, 05:59:08 pm »
Hi and welcome from Shropshire.

macgro7

  • Joined Feb 2016
  • Leicester
Re: Back to the land
« Reply #7 on: October 07, 2020, 08:45:39 pm »
Welcome from locked-down Leicester!

We are all either smallholders or wanna be smallholders - unfortunately since around June the farm and smallholdings have been in much more demand.
From very little nicenproperties for sale around Leicestershire there are now almost none...
In my family the last military connection was my grandfather - spent 5 years in the navy.
Growing loads of fruits and vegetables! Raising dairy goats, chickens, ducks, rabbits on 1/2 acre in the middle of the city of Leicester, using permaculture methods.

 

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