[Beewyched]

 Hi All 

Been surfing this wet Sunday afternoon & just found you, looks like fun so decided to register.

We live in West Central Scotland with our Setters, chooks, bees & Kune Kunes.  We grow some of our own fruit & veg & hope to invest in a polytunnel this year in an effort to become more self-sufficient - though finding it difficult to identify one that is easy enough to put-up that will withstand the wind !!!

Look forward to joining in.

[silver swan]

Hi & glad you've joined us.

Plenty of info in Veg section re 'polytunnel pride'

 

[faith0504]

hi and welcome from moray 

[Beewyched]

Thanks Silver Swan & hiya  - will certainly have a mooch.

[Beewyched]

Hiya Faith0504 

Hey - it's stopped raining!!! 

[faith0504]

its still raining here  enjoy the site its awesome 

[doganjo]

Hi, welcome to the forum - did you know about Central Scotland Smallholders Association?  www.smallholders.info

[Pebbles]

Hi
Welcome from us in Strathblane! Where abouts are you?
Pebbles
 

[Fleecewife]

Hi from Southern Scotland    We are on a very windy site and have a very sturdy Northern Polytunnels 7mx14m tunnel with concreted in uprights, wooden base rail rather than buried polythene and crop bars and corner reinforcers which do the trick. We lost one cover early on because we hadn't attached it correctly, but the replacement has been on for about 13 years now - about to be replaced.  We surrounded our tunnel plus veg patch with 2m high windbreak netting, then planted a hedge to the windiest side.  It is definitely worth taking the trouble to have a tunnel as otherwise you are severely restricted in what you can grow on a windy site.

[HappyHippy]

Hello from me in Lanarkshire 
Also an avid Kune Kune fan  but have some Berkshire and Large Black gilts too.
Looking forward to hearing more about you !
Karen

[Fergie]

Another welcome from Lanarkshire.

We keep chickens & sheep, but have just acquired a polytunnel, still to be erected.

John

[Beewyched]

Wow, thanks for all the messages folks  

We are tenants of a 11/2 acre smallholding in Kilbarchan & rent a 4 acre field for our KKs.  They are all in their byre at the moment & have made a mud pie out of their paddock (urgh) - can't wait till the weather dries out a bit so we can get their arks put up & get them out (bet they can't wait either).

We are looking for a polytunnel about 2x4, problem (apart from the wind) is that we only have about 3-4 inches of soil so not too sure about footings/fixings - does anyone know of suppliers in Scotland who will also erect them for you? or anyone who will come & put them up?

Our bees seem to have survived their first winter - they managed to get out for their cleansing flight a couple of days ago.  Not quite sure what happened to the little corpses - was it the wild birds or did the chooks have a snack ? either way they'd been cleared away by the evening.

Karen - think we may already know each other - do you have a KK boar called Sid?  

[HappyHippy]

Ah, it IS you 
I wondered when I saw Kilbarchan mentioned ! I can tell you a bit about polytunnels next time I see you (time's limited at the mo !) Bruce is proficient at sorting them out
How's wee Son of Syd doing ? Still rolling over for his daily belly rub ? 
See you both soon
xxx

[ballingall]

Hello and welcome from Mid Central Scotland!

We have dairy goats, plus chooks, ducks and dogs/cats etc. Raised a couple of weaners for meat this year, but that was my first experiance of pigs for years.

Like you- I am looking forward to the ground drying out a bit!


Beth

[Rosemary]

Hi and welcome from very wet Carnoustie  Who said the east coast was dry? And what idiot believed them