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RaspberryRose

  • Joined Aug 2013
New Member - Warwickshire
« on: August 31, 2013, 08:02:02 pm »
Hello all

I'd like help and advice please.  I'm incredibly lucky to have gained a small piece of land with a building on which has planning permission for a farm shop.  The land is pretty overgrown and it all needs a lot of work, but it's nothing which I'm not prepared to do.

I wasn't sure which section to post this in, so as I'm new, it's all here.

I have the passion to do this so I'm not having any negative thoughts.  I fully understand that although the plot of land is only 2.6 acres it's still going to be hard to keep on top off.

Until I get going I am going to join a local growers club and buy fruit and veg in to sell, but my main question is this.

For the first year trading (April to November 2014) what should I look to grow?  I ask because I don't want to have too many different things to look after.  I'm a great believer in starting small and doing something properly.

On site there is the farm shop building with water and electric,  large greenhouses, but I think only one is serviceable for the first year and they will then need replacing.  There is also a much larger water supply to the land.  The land is on a busy main road and requires fencing.

Any help and advice would really be appreciated.

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
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Re: New Member - Warwickshire
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2013, 10:37:20 am »
Goodness, tha sounds like a wonderful project :thumbsup: I can't offer any advice but welcome and good luck with the shop :)

Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: New Member - Warwickshire
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2013, 10:45:29 am »
Sorry I can't offer advice but welcome to the forum. I am sure there will be lots of useful info from others on here later
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Thestig

  • Joined Feb 2010
Re: New Member - Warwickshire
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2013, 07:48:46 am »
This sounds a wonderful opportunity.... exactly like the property on the Ragley Estate which we have also looked at  ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???

plumseverywhere

  • Joined Apr 2013
  • Worcestershire
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Re: New Member - Warwickshire
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2013, 10:52:17 am »
Ragley is near us - if it is that property/land.   In fact I'm doing a charity walk there next weekend for Macmillan  ;D  Beautiful part of the country - good luck  :fc:
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Miss Piggy

  • Joined Mar 2011
  • Cardigan Bay, Ceredigion
Re: New Member - Warwickshire
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2013, 02:14:19 pm »
Hi sounds like you must be close to the Vale of Evesham, although a lot of that is Worcs. I grew up in Warwickshire on the edge of the Cotswolds/Vale of Evesham. Good luck with your new venture. :wave:

Backinwellies

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Re: New Member - Warwickshire
« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2013, 03:06:49 pm »

 :wave:
Sounds a great spot  ...... I'm no gardener but garlic seems to be a crop that sells from what I've read.
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mowhaugh

  • Joined Jul 2013
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Re: New Member - Warwickshire
« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2013, 08:24:35 pm »
Hello, also not a gardener, but good luck!  I do remember my dad saying that he had cleared a good area of ground effectively by covering it in balck plastic then planting potatoes every so often through slits in it - not as much as 2.4 acres, though!

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: New Member - Warwickshire
« Reply #8 on: September 07, 2013, 09:30:44 pm »
 :wave: What a great opportunity. Welcome to the forum from Shropshire.

 

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