Author Topic: Hello from a newbie  (Read 4088 times)

kitchen cottage

  • Guest
Hello from a newbie
« on: June 03, 2012, 07:31:30 am »
and apologies but...... I'm down south (Essex to be exact)
I live in a small village near London with 4 acres and have become an accidental smallholder,  I moved to this cottage 5 years ago when it was INCREDIBLY run down and since then its been non stop.  I originally got a pig to deal with the overgrown land at the back..... currently I have
Charlotte - My Essex Pig and her 8 fantastic piglets.... they are massive
Piers and Maffew - Two Tamworths I am raising for someone else
8 Hens
5 Ducks
I Horse
2 Dogs and 3 cats.
I will buy in 6 sheep in the summer
By day I am a solicitor and also volunteer as chairman of a city farm....
My Massive failures so far have been..... failing to successfully get an allotment sorted..... this year though ;)
 
 
 
 
 
 

Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Hello from a newbie
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2012, 08:08:13 am »
Welcome to the forum from a wet Wales  :wave:
I don't know about an allotment but you seem to have your hands full already :)
Sally.
Life is like a bowl of cherries, mostly yummy but some dodgy bits

Bangbang

  • Guest
Re: Hello from a newbie
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2012, 08:16:22 am »
Hi  :wave:
from very sunny Aberdeenshire...

Ina

  • Joined Feb 2012
  • South Aberdeenshire
Re: Hello from a newbie
« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2012, 08:17:19 am »
and apologies but...... I'm down south (Essex to be exact)


No need to apologise for that! :D

Welcome from up north.

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Hello from a newbie
« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2012, 09:32:19 am »
Hello and welcome from sunny Carnoustie  :wave:

tizaala

  • Joined Mar 2011
  • Dolau, Llandrindod Wells,Powys
Re: Hello from a newbie
« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2012, 09:57:59 am »
We have a warm welcome for any free professional advisers on here,  :-J
Hello from a damp and gloomy Powys

Dans

  • Joined Jun 2012
  • Spalding
    • Six Oaks
    • Facebook
Re: Hello from a newbie
« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2012, 12:05:14 pm »
Hello from up North.

I'm also a newbie, but am an aspiring smallholder. Good luck with the allotment!

Dans
9 sheep, 24 chickens, 3 cats, a toddler and a baby on the way

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deepinthewoods

  • Guest
Re: Hello from a newbie
« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2012, 12:08:13 pm »
hi from cornwall, properly south!! :thumbsup:

Fowlman

  • Joined Apr 2012
  • Wiltshire
Re: Hello from a newbie
« Reply #8 on: June 03, 2012, 12:20:31 pm »
Welcome from another southerner on the marlborough downs.
Tucked away on the downs in wiltshire.

NickiWilliams

  • Joined Jun 2012
Re: Hello from a newbie
« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2012, 12:50:51 pm »
Hi from soggy Leicestershire! Look forward to hearing your progress and antics :-)  :wave:

Mammyshaz

  • Joined Feb 2012
  • Durham
Re: Hello from a newbie
« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2012, 09:55:59 pm »
Hello  :wave:From chilly Durham

I've got 2 allotments. Do you want a swap and I can have your 4 acres  ;D   

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: Hello from a newbie
« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2012, 10:12:43 pm »
 :wave:  Hi and welcome from soggy Shropshire.

Eastling

  • Joined Oct 2010
Re: Hello from a newbie
« Reply #12 on: June 06, 2012, 03:59:14 pm »
Hello from a sunny Kent :wave:
Labradors leave foot prints on your heart as well as your clothes

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Hello from a newbie
« Reply #13 on: June 08, 2012, 05:34:51 pm »
Welcome from wet Cumbria  :wave:  Sounds like you do a lot already, the allotment will happen when you are ready  :)
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

 

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