Author Topic: hello from a very rainy anglesey (north wales!)  (Read 7072 times)

widget

  • Joined Feb 2013
hello from a very rainy anglesey (north wales!)
« on: February 14, 2013, 01:48:15 pm »
Hello!
I guess we should have found this forum sooner!we have a 12 acre smallholding in anglesey. We are very unproductive! we have two pet sheep, four goats, four horses and an assortment of poultry including a peacock, some turkeys, hens and ducks. I also keep and show rabbits, have five dogs and four cats.  in addition to the livestock (pets!)  I have a veg patch.

Would love to learn more hence joining the forum as we just tend to muddle along at the moment- living the good life really  :)

Clarebelle

  • Joined Jan 2013
  • Orkney
Re: hello from a very rainy anglesey (north wales!)
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2013, 02:27:46 pm »
hello there, your holding sounds lovely. We have been looking for something on anglesey as my in laws live near portmadogg (sp?) but theres nothing around in our price bracket at the moment!

How long have you had your small holding? It sounds like you've done pretty well muddling along :)

widget

  • Joined Feb 2013
Re: hello from a very rainy anglesey (north wales!)
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2013, 03:34:09 pm »
Hi  :wave:
we have been here around four years but its been a massive renovation project- I still think the animals have better accomadation than we do!  ours belongs to one of the large estates on anglesey if that helps with your search?

muddling along is fun to be honest but apart from eggs and veg we really are unproductive! would like to get more productive as this working full time lark is not for me!

Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: hello from a very rainy anglesey (north wales!)
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2013, 03:39:41 pm »
Hello and welcome widget from Carmarthenshire  :thumbsup:  Its a mix of sun and showers here today but luckily (and for the first time in ages) more sun than rain.
Sally
Life is like a bowl of cherries, mostly yummy but some dodgy bits

ppd

  • Joined Feb 2012
  • Sutherland
Re: hello from a very rainy anglesey (north wales!)
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2013, 03:54:01 pm »
 :wave: High from the Higlands

Carl f k

  • Joined Aug 2012
Re: hello from a very rainy anglesey (north wales!)
« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2013, 06:09:23 pm »
Hi widget..been a long time since I've been to Anglesey,used to holiday there in the heavy wind and rain lol..sounds like you've got the making of something good there :thumbsup:

downtoearth

  • Joined Nov 2012
  • Outskirts of Inverness
Re: hello from a very rainy anglesey (north wales!)
« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2013, 07:23:42 pm »
Hi from another highlander, we've had a dreich day here, wish you all the best for more produce! :)

Birdie Wife

  • Joined Oct 2008
Re: hello from a very rainy anglesey (north wales!)
« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2013, 08:01:59 pm »
Hey there  :wave:  we're up in the Highlands too, but my in-laws are from Holyhead so I know your part of the country quite well. You're unlucky to get so much rain, usually it bypasses the island and hits Snowdonia.

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: hello from a very rainy anglesey (north wales!)
« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2013, 10:12:22 pm »
 :wave: Hi Widget from  :sunshine: Shropshire.  Well it was this morning and some of the afternoon, then it started to  :raining: again.

darkbrowneggs

  • Joined Aug 2010
    • The World is My Lobster
Re: hello from a very rainy anglesey (north wales!)
« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2013, 10:14:45 pm »
Hi and welcome from Worcestershire  :wave:
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plumseverywhere

  • Joined Apr 2013
  • Worcestershire
    • Its Baaath Time
    • Facebook
Re: hello from a very rainy anglesey (north wales!)
« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2013, 12:28:27 pm »
Hi Widget

sounds like an amazing mix of animals!! looking forward to hearing more  :)

Lisa
Smallholding in Worcestershire, making goats milk soap for www.itsbaaathtime.com and mum to 4 girls,  goats, sheep, chickens, dog, cat and garden snails...

Blinkers

  • Joined Jan 2008
  • Carmarthenshire
  • Carmarthenshire/Pembrokeshire border
    • Glyn Elwyn - Faithmead Herd
    • Facebook
Re: hello from a very rainy anglesey (north wales!)
« Reply #11 on: February 15, 2013, 12:53:47 pm »
Hello from a wonderfully sunny {{{sigh}}} and dry {{{sign}}} Carms/Pembs border  :wave:
Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again !!
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hughesy

  • Joined Feb 2010
  • Anglesey
Re: hello from a very rainy anglesey (north wales!)
« Reply #12 on: March 05, 2013, 10:01:44 pm »
Hi Widget we're on Anglesey too not far from Llangefni. I think you jinxed it with the title of your post it hasn't rained since!

Mammyshaz

  • Joined Feb 2012
  • Durham
Re: hello from a very rainy anglesey (north wales!)
« Reply #13 on: March 05, 2013, 10:03:47 pm »
Hello and welcome from Durham but born on anglesey ( or at the nearest hospital, st Davids, across to Bangor at the time )

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: hello from a very rainy anglesey (north wales!)
« Reply #14 on: March 06, 2013, 03:56:07 am »
Hello and welcome from Carnoustie :wave:


 

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