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philcaegrug

  • Joined Jul 2012
    • ammanford
Another newbie
« on: July 11, 2012, 06:52:07 pm »
Hi my name is Phil  :wave: and I'm in South Wales. We have 8 acres of wet ,clay welsh land on which at the moment are our horses, but I have a cunning plan  :innocent:
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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: July 11, 2012, 06:56:28 pm »
Hi Phil  :wave: from wet cold Cumbria.  We shall enjoy seeing your plan unfold...  :)
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HelenVF

  • Joined Apr 2012
Re: Another newbie
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2012, 07:20:09 pm »
Intriguing......lol. 

Hello from quite sunny Lancashire :-)

Helen
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Mammyshaz

  • Joined Feb 2012
    • Durham
Re: Another newbie
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2012, 02:01:43 pm »
Hello from Durham  :wave: this sounds interesting....... Will be watching this post  8)
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littlelugs

  • Joined Aug 2011
    • carmarthenshire
Re: Another newbie
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2012, 03:18:05 pm »
Welcome to the forum from another soggy smallholder in south wales  :wave:
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Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
    • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Another newbie
« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2012, 03:20:34 pm »
Welcome to the forum from Carmarthenshire, where it was lovely and sunny this morning (for a change) but we are back to the dreary wet now  :(
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rockstar

  • Joined Jan 2012
    • powys
Re: Another newbie
« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2012, 07:11:53 pm »
hi from Powys .
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Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
    • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Another newbie
« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2012, 08:44:35 pm »
Hello and welcome from Carnoustie  :wave:

Tell us the plan, do.
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philcaegrug

  • Joined Jul 2012
    • ammanford
Re: Another newbie
« Reply #8 on: July 12, 2012, 10:03:31 pm »
Hi folks I'm in Carmarthenshire too just outside Ammanford.  Phase 1 of the plan involved purchasing a tractor ( which took the better half a lot of persuading ). Phase 2 has commenced with a small corner turned over to raised beds .
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the great composto

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Re: Another newbie
« Reply #9 on: July 12, 2012, 10:15:13 pm »
Hi baldrick (aka Phil) - no such probs with the soil here in northampton but envious of your tractor all the same.
Is the plan an enterprise or a hobby or a bit of both?
Cmon dont tease.
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philcaegrug

  • Joined Jul 2012
    • ammanford
Re: Another newbie
« Reply #10 on: July 12, 2012, 10:31:16 pm »
Hi o mighty composto I'm a coalmerchant and have other commitments so at the moment the smallholding is a hobby.  I'm trying to keep it enjoyable not a burden. I've started land drainage but it's too wet to continue  ::). I also have a shelter to erect before winter and we're doing an extension on the house that's now up to slab level. Also my motorbike keeps making longing eyes at me to take her out  :eyelashes:. So plenty to do  :thumbsup:
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Fowlman

  • Joined Apr 2012
    • Wiltshire
Re: Another newbie
« Reply #11 on: July 12, 2012, 10:46:16 pm »
Welcome from sunny/wet/sunny/wet wiltshire.
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Possum

  • Joined Feb 2012
    • Somerset
Re: Another newbie
« Reply #12 on: July 12, 2012, 10:55:26 pm »
Do you have a cunning plan for soggy clay and livestock? I'm running out of ideas to stop my small amount of Somerset pasture turning into a permanent quagmire.
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Dans

  • Joined Jun 2012
    • Spalding
    • Six Oaks
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Re: Another newbie
« Reply #13 on: July 15, 2012, 05:32:48 pm »
Hello and welcome from Midlothian,

oooo for your tractor! Good luck with the cunning plans.

Dans
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Beewyched

  • Joined Feb 2011
    • South Wales
    • tunkeyherd.co.uk
Re: Another newbie
« Reply #14 on: July 15, 2012, 07:30:49 pm »
Hello & welcome from West Scotland - from an ex-carmarthenshirer  :wave:
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