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well hello
« on: March 04, 2012, 05:38:37 pm »
]Hi There
My name is Sarah, my husband and I moved to our small-holding a couple of years ago, to live our dream. We have chickens, ducks, 2 cats Shadow and Mittens and a dog Daisy. We are going to get some sheep later in the year and some weaner pigs. There is a wild flower meadow with many rare species of flowers and insects including glow-worms and wild orchids. We are learning how to grow our own fruit and vegetables and have put in a traditional orchard with apples, pears, plums. quince, cherries, greengages and crab-apples,  so any help and advice would be very welcome as we are still novices
I love knitting and I am learning to crochet, have just recently bought a spinning wheel to spin to knit and have a go at natural dying, and hope to buy soon a peg loom. I love cooking and baking and anything to do with the home and the good-life.
 I have just started a blog of our journey and you are all very welcome to visit along our path with us at www.hensintheorchard.blogspot.com. It would be lovely to hear from people that enjoy what we do also. I love this informative site, many thanks for it, I only found it today and already it has help us.
Love Sarah
« Last Edit: March 04, 2012, 06:15:12 pm by hensintheorchard.blogspot.com »

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: well hello
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2012, 07:37:52 pm »
Hello and welcome from Carnoustie  :wave:

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: well hello
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2012, 08:49:38 pm »
Welcome from north Cumbria  :wave:
Don't listen to the money men - they know the price of everything and the value of nothing

Live in a cohousing community with small farm for our own use.  Dairy cows (rearing their own calves for beef), pigs, sheep for meat and fleece, ducks and hens for eggs, veg and fruit growing

Brucklay

  • Joined Apr 2010
  • Perthshire
    • Brucklay Pygmy Goats
    • Facebook
Re: well hello
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2012, 09:35:42 pm »
Welcome Sarah from Aberdeenshire - where about's are you - I don't think it's around here - that fruit wouldn't hang on the tree's in our wind!!
Pygmy Goats, Shetland Sheep, Zip & Indie the Border Collies, BeeBee the cat and a wreak of a building to renovate!!

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: well hello
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2012, 11:09:17 pm »
 :wave: Hi and welcome from cold and windy Shropshire.  I too have a dog called Daisy, officially Daisy May but known as Crazy Daisy.  She is a GSD/Lab.

Re: well hello
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2012, 07:20:58 am »
Many thanks for welcoming me. It is lovely to get your replies. Well must go and feed my chickens and ducks now - It looks a nice day out there. I am going to put some apricot call ducks in the incubator today so would love to hear from anyone about to do the same! It will be nice to have some little ducklings for Easter. We have a still air Brinsea polyhatch. Do any of you hatch duck eggs in them? I have hatched chicken and quails in it with a lot of success. Will let you know how I get on. Hope to hear from you soon. www.hensintheorchard.blogspot.com
   

chairmanphil

  • Joined Feb 2012
  • Oxfordshire
Re: well hello
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2012, 11:49:59 am »
hi there, welcome to TAS.
1 acre of land where i am clearing trees and a swimming pool so we can make the land productive. MK3 hilux single cab pickup which has been completely rebuilt over the last 2 years matt black and cool as! no animals yet except a very furry black cat called Hansel (he is so hot right now)

 

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