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john and helen

  • Joined Mar 2013
  • Devon
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hello everyone
« on: March 29, 2013, 02:56:50 pm »
Hi we are john and helen and are looking at starting our dream, we don't yet have a small holding but are doing all our homework before starting, we live in devon and long to do something rewarding, Hard work isn't an issue, as its the life style we are after... I am sooooooooo fed up with running a small flooring business and know where my heart really is...

this site looks fantastic on what i have read already, and we hope we can build a great friendship with you all,
we will try to search as much as i can , but as you will already know ,we will have lots of questions  :innocent: :eyelashes:

my aim will be to drop the flooring business over time .. and build up the new business and life style, we have no pre tense that we will make pots of money  :roflanim: but hope to make enough to enjoy the animals, food  and countryside


Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: hello everyone
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2013, 03:50:45 pm »
Hi and welcome to the forum. You will find lots of people here who can help your dream along its way.
Money and animals don't go together though  ;D
Life is like a bowl of cherries, mostly yummy but some dodgy bits

Hassle

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Lincolnshire
Re: hello everyone
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2013, 04:14:58 pm »
Welcome and good luck  :farmer:

MAK

  • Joined Nov 2011
  • Middle ish of France
    • Cadeaux de La forge
Re: hello everyone
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2013, 06:38:48 pm »
Hi and welcome from the middle of France. I do hope that all goes well for you both and that you can make the transition to the new life you want. Too true it can be hard and often relentless work but the freeedom , pleasure and sheer satisfaction of growing your own, rearing livestock and living much closer to the land, old ways and the elements will make up for it.
Don't be put off by our tales of woe after a long and cold winter - if you are then move south. ( UK carpet and flooring suppliers are in great demmand in these parts  :D ).

www.cadeauxdelaforge.fr
Gifts and crafts made by us.

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: hello everyone
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2013, 07:09:46 pm »
Hello and welcome from Carnoustie  :wave:

john and helen

  • Joined Mar 2013
  • Devon
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Re: hello everyone
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2013, 07:57:33 pm »
thanks for the welcome..cracking little site , really enjoying the postings and vids

colliewobbles

  • Joined Mar 2013
  • South Norfolk
Re: hello everyone
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2013, 08:02:21 pm »
Hello - I have only been on here a couple of weeks too.  I currently teach and my hubby is a one-man band gardening business.  We too are looking for a change in lifestyle - we are intending to apply for a tenanted farm next month - if that doesn't come off then we will look at moving in the next year/18 months to a small holding, probably in Wales.  Whatever happens, I need out of teaching - this Government have finished me off on that score!!

We currently rent a small piece of land on which we have chickens and ducks and also our first two pigs, Old Spots, which are 12 weeks old and were actually on TV just before we got them because they came from Adam Henson.   :eyelashes:

Donna
« Last Edit: March 29, 2013, 08:03:55 pm by colliewobbles »

john and helen

  • Joined Mar 2013
  • Devon
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Re: hello everyone
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2013, 08:43:49 pm »
Hi Donna
good luck with the new venture, Pigs are the one thing amongst many that i know little about.. :lol; but after watching the vids , and having contact with a couple who have a small holding down here , i really want to keep..

I can't remember the last time i felt so excited about a new project that will change our lives.. I guess deep down this is something i have always wanted, ... we did buy a small farm in france with the idea on doing this, but sadly mum has now got alzheimers , so that put a stop on us moving

the prices over there are stupid..£40.000 for a 10 acre farm with house, and 3 barns (yes they all need doing up) but never the less....

Carl f k

  • Joined Aug 2012
Re: hello everyone
« Reply #8 on: March 29, 2013, 10:26:33 pm »
Follow your dreams and make sure u both have the same dream.. Look forward to reading your progress

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: hello everyone
« Reply #9 on: March 29, 2013, 10:32:39 pm »
 :wave: Hi and welcome from sunny and snowy Shropshire.  Looking forward to hearing your news as you get nearer to your dream.

The Mobile Butcher

  • Joined Jan 2010
  • Whitby North Yorkshire
Re: hello everyone
« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2013, 01:32:07 pm »
Hi From Whitby - North Yorkshire  :wave:
 
Good Luck to you :thumbsup:
Paul - The Mobile Butcher

Jcrang

  • Joined Jul 2012
Re: hello everyone
« Reply #11 on: April 02, 2013, 06:28:27 pm »
Go for it..... but expect to work very very hard. I've just left teaching after doing 10 years in secondary science and having married a farmer am on the farm full time looking after the 500 sheep and 900 acres of arable. Don't underestimate how hard it will be and how inventive you need to be but it's very much worth it.
Health and happiness come first, as for wealth- it's amazing how little money you actually need!

Mammyshaz

  • Joined Feb 2012
  • Durham
Re: hello everyone
« Reply #12 on: April 03, 2013, 08:13:34 am »
Hello and welcome from Durham  :wave:

colliewobbles

  • Joined Mar 2013
  • South Norfolk
Re: hello everyone
« Reply #13 on: April 03, 2013, 10:01:07 am »
Go for it..... but expect to work very very hard. I've just left teaching after doing 10 years in secondary science and having married a farmer am on the farm full time looking after the 500 sheep and 900 acres of arable. Don't underestimate how hard it will be and how inventive you need to be but it's very much worth it.
Health and happiness come first, as for wealth- it's amazing how little money you actually need!

I am planning to leave secondary teaching after 10 years too within the next year/18 months.  Haven't done it sooner because I am too scared of losing the regular salary but things have become so soul-destroying with the current education policies that I cannot bear the thought of doing it for another 25 years.  Can you reassure me it is the right move?

Jcrang

  • Joined Jul 2012
Re: hello everyone
« Reply #14 on: April 03, 2013, 07:47:15 pm »
I would say it is 100% worth it. I used to live for the holidays and count down the days each term, Sunday evening after Country file always resulted in a grumpy groan as I realized the weekend was over. I went part time initially but found I was still having to do loads of work at home and not being paid so I stopped and have not been back since Christmas. I have a friend who also stopped and she does supply in Primary schools and loves it. I'm lucky that we have the farm and I can work there but even if we didn't I would still have stopped as i was at breaking point. I think as soon as you are out other opportunities will arise, I have other friends who have stopped and still work in education but don't teach, they mentor or work for county instead.

 If you hate it then get out, so many teachers stay working when they are really fed up which is no fun. Go for it-i think its the best thing I've ever done! My husband says I'm a different person, happier, less stressed and better company although much poorer!! But there is more to live than money. Good luck with whatever you decide.
Jess

 

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