[Cobra]

I am not an admin, I am not personally involved, I am not related to the owners of the site, I simply came here a year ago, loved it, loved the people who i now see as real friends and I have gained experience in boat loads.

I was doing a paragraph on my website recently to encourage people to visit here; On completion I thought it may be good to add it here for new people visiting this great site.

"What makes the Accidental Smallholder so special?"

"As well as the friendly people that make up the forum, they are a wide mix of abilities and smallholding size's from experienced farmers who now run commercial smallholding's as a living, to people who have a few chickens in the garden at home: That makes a boiling pot of wonderful advice and experience from tales of success to tales of whoa, everything you need to get you heading in the right direction.

There are No stupid questions! Ask anything, you will get answers without feeling uncomfortable: Stupidity is loosing an animal or injuring your self because you didn't ask!"

Welcome to TAS and enjoy your stay, Take time to read some threads and introduce yourself, relax knowing your amongst people who really care, with a passion about what they do and love to share their experience and knowledge so others can feel the enjoyment that smallholding brings.

Thank you TAS and the people who spend time here. 

[little blue]

aw!

[manian]

double awwwww

[Lesley Silvester]

You're so right.  I've only been on here a few weeks but already I feel part of the TAS family.   

[SallyintNorth]

Captured it perfectly Cobra.

(sings) And so say all of us!   

[pikilily]

for we're such jolly good fellows,
for we're such jolly good fellows,
for we're such jolly good fellows..
and so say all of us!!   


ET x

[Dan]

This is Rosemary not Dan - we're at the Shetland Cattle Breeders' Association AGM, pretending to be proper cattle breeders, and I haven't got my laptop with me.

Swallowed the lump in my throat to say thanks to cobra, but also to all the folk who post on here. It does feel like a family - we have our little spats, but usually it doesn't last and we're all friends again. Love it - and missing my daily fix even though it's only one day 

[pikilily]

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Happiness is - A way of Life, and friends to share it with 
Emma T xx

[Kevski]

Cobra, I have just joined TAS this evening, your post is the first I have read it is a credit to the good work of the site and its admin team. It is also very reassuring for new comers to the site, offering a friendly welcome. I did place a reply to you a little earlier but that has not appeared on this forum, so I probably done something wrong and now someone is reading another forum and seeing my reply to you completely out of context. I am a newbie so i should get away with it this time. 

[Cobra]

Wonderful responces thank you. As always tis from the heart and tis but the truth.

Dan & Rosemary:- enjoy the show, you are proper cattle breeders, heads held high and be proud of your achievements your an inspiration to everyone here.

Kevsk:- I'm pretty sure you got away with it  Thank you for your reply, very reassuring to know you spotted the post and joined in with a reply; that was the reason and purpose of the thread and you just made it all worth while, welcome to TAS Kevski and enjoy what i hope will be a long and enjoyable experience.

[sabrina]

Its just so great knowing that TAS is there when we need help or just a chat  ;

[doganjo]

What's even better is sometimes meeting up in groups and being face to face with forum members - you can chat away to each other like you've known them all your life.  I've made LOADs of friends since joining up when I moved down here almost 4 years ago now.  Thanks from me too Rosemary and Dan.

[Sudanpan]

I 'discovered' TAS while we were dreaming of getting our smallholding and thinking of what we could do and how - a few years on and I am SO glad that I have TAS to turn to when I have issues, or just want to while away a bit of time catching up with everyone else's adventures.
Thanks to Rosemary and Dan - and to all the TASers 
Tish

[tazbabe]

i love it here too xx

[Skirza]

Ditto to all the above. It's wonderful knowing that if you need advice, someone on here will have the answer. For me also, it's a place to come and share my s*&^y day because you know whatever glorious portion of the dungheap life has decided to hurl at you, someone has had similar, someone will laugh at your misfortune (in the nicest possible way) and several people will send virtual hugs. I too love it here 

Kerry xxx