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berni

  • Joined Jun 2011
Another Newbie
« on: June 20, 2011, 04:01:07 pm »
Found you from another site and after some hint/tips to start our smallholding :)
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SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
    • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Another Newbie
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2011, 05:53:10 pm »
Hi berni.  What are you hoping to do on your smallholding?
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lill

  • Joined May 2011
Re: Another Newbie
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2011, 06:47:44 pm »
hi and welcome to the site :wave:
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Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
    • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Another Newbie
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2011, 08:37:47 pm »
Hi and welcome from Carnoustie  :wave:

Do tell us a bit about yourself  :)
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CameronS

  • Joined Aug 2009
    • North East Fife
Re: Another Newbie
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2011, 07:42:49 pm »
Hello from Fife  :wave:
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little blue

  • Joined Jun 2009
    • Derbyshire
Re: Another Newbie
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2011, 07:50:21 pm »
hello and welcome  :wave:
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Hilarysmum

  • Joined Oct 2007
Re: Another Newbie
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2011, 08:41:53 am »
Hi welcome, whereabouts are you?  Chickens are good livestock to start with, and of course fruit and veg
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Eastling

  • Joined Oct 2010
Re: Another Newbie
« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2011, 01:15:18 pm »
Hi welcome from a windy Kent  :wave:
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Barrett

  • Joined Jun 2011
    • North Somerset
Re: Another Newbie
« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2011, 02:37:00 pm »
Hi Berni,
I started just over a year ago with 2 pregnant sheep that hated my guts and weren't pregnant just fat, so they went to the freezer, my eldest son kept on at me can i have a pig please, please, please so we got 3 and that was the start, I grow a lot of veg to help feed everybody I have planted apple trees in the field to help feed them aswell, we also have 22 chickens much to my Jack Russell's glee though they drive him nuts.  Good luck I personally would start with chickens, get them housed and get your veggie plot on the go and go from there. :wave:
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darkbrowneggs

  • Joined Aug 2010
    • The World is My Lobster
Re: Another Newbie
« Reply #9 on: June 24, 2011, 10:48:05 am »
Hi there - Welcome from Sue in Worcestershire  :wave:  I started many years ago with a hand milked Jersey house cow.  Talk about in at the deep end  :o  Anyway enjoy the forum, I am sure there will be lots of info for you here.
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berni

  • Joined Jun 2011
Re: Another Newbie
« Reply #10 on: July 05, 2011, 11:07:37 am »
Sorry not been online :( We have just bought 20 acres in worcestershire (bham border) we firstly have to sort getting water on there before i can start to go any further, what i would really like is an orchard, hens duck's and geese to start, we're vegetarians so any animals which end up with us will be for life, i would like a couple of pig's who are not for breeding to turn an area at a time :)
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littlemisspiggy!

  • Joined Sep 2010
    • NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
    • just left of the 20th century
Re: Another Newbie
« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2011, 01:37:53 am »
hello from notts! :wave:

definatly thearable route for you then..well mostly ;)...we have ducks,chickns and used to have geese (to noisey for me! ;D)

i'd love an orchard of my own...pear cider..mmmmmmmmmmm :D ;) :D
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katie

  • Joined Feb 2008
    • worcs
Re: Another Newbie
« Reply #12 on: July 06, 2011, 08:55:10 am »
Hello from Worcestershire - but the Warwickshire end! We've got a large apple orchard and are now selling our apple juice. We also have sheep, chickens ducks and goats as from tomorrow (all being well!).
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tobytoby

  • Joined May 2011
    • north ayrshire
Re: Another Newbie
« Reply #13 on: July 06, 2011, 09:53:32 am »
Hello and welcome from wet North Ayrshire :wave: 
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faith0504

  • Joined Aug 2010
    • Cairngorms
  • take it easy and chill
    • blaemuir cottage
Re: Another Newbie
« Reply #14 on: July 06, 2011, 05:37:21 pm »
hi and welcome from moray  :wave:
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