Author Topic: My Idyll ? Nearly there ! Whats Yours ?  (Read 5374 times)

Bodger

  • Joined Jul 2009
My Idyll ? Nearly there ! Whats Yours ?
« on: August 30, 2009, 11:32:13 pm »
I'm getting close to my idyll. My own orchards, producing apple juice and cider. Running a flock of Light Sussex chickens and selling their eggs from the farm gate and keeping GOS pigs. As I say, I'm nearly there, what's your goal ? :pig:

doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Clackmannanshire
  • Qui? Moi?
Re: My Idyll ? Nearly there ! Whats Yours ?
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2009, 11:49:03 pm »
Best of Breed at Crufts with a pup I bred myself ;D ;D ;D ;D.
Always have been, always will be, a WYSIWYG - black is black, white is white - no grey in my life! But I'm mellowing in my old age

Bodger

  • Joined Jul 2009
Re: My Idyll ? Nearly there ! Whats Yours ?
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2009, 07:01:27 am »
Which breed of dogs do you keep ?

hexhammeasure

  • Joined Jun 2008
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Re: My Idyll ? Nearly there ! Whats Yours ?
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2009, 08:49:47 am »
My goal is to get my own place in texas and run it as a smallholding with pigs ducks hens and vegetables. we've narrowed it down to a small area near palestine, northern texas. Land prices are dirt cheap £60,000 for about 25 acres, sometimes bigger plots
Ian

jameslindsay

  • Joined Feb 2009
  • Nr St Andrews, Fife
  • "Blossom" one of my Pygmy Goats
Re: My Idyll ? Nearly there ! Whats Yours ?
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2009, 09:57:33 am »
I would say I am very happy with what I have.  :)

Lizmar

  • Joined Apr 2009
  • Carrick on Suir - Tipperary Ireland
Re: My Idyll ? Nearly there ! Whats Yours ?
« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2009, 10:08:38 am »
I would like to work from home part time and keep goats for milking hens for laying and buy the cow next door for talking to, unfortunately I think he will be roast beef very soon.  He comes over and keeps me company when I'm in the field digging my veg. 

So far I have the field (now under control) I have the dogs for walking, a hen house ready for hens, nice veg growing BUT I still have a full time job so need more hours in the day and the guts to make THAT leap :-\

kazschow

  • Joined Aug 2009
Re: My Idyll ? Nearly there ! Whats Yours ?
« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2009, 10:14:50 am »
I want to get my house renovated, get my land broken down - with the help of a couple of porkers hopefully :)  Have a few chooks, a sustainable veggie garden, little orchard, and a small cropping woodland to keep the log burner I'm going to get hot and toasty :) Oh and I'd like to get a couple of rescue Akitas to add the fiishing touch to my idil :)

BadgerFace

  • Joined Jan 2009
  • Sussex
Re: My Idyll ? Nearly there ! Whats Yours ?
« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2009, 10:25:23 am »
I'm quite happy too  ;D We are nearly there. I have my flock of sheep, the pigs, chickens and geese (and the dogs, horses & cats). Could do with expanding the veg patch, but just not enough hours in the day......... oh and a bigger greenhouse or polytunnel would be nice - generally I'm happy with the way life is  ;D
Breeder of Pedigree Torddu Badger Face Welsh Mountain Sheep & Anglo Nubian Goats

Hilarysmum

  • Joined Oct 2007
Re: My Idyll ? Nearly there ! Whats Yours ?
« Reply #8 on: August 31, 2009, 05:16:59 pm »
Life would be idyllic if a certain pig would not walk all over my feet!!!

doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Clackmannanshire
  • Qui? Moi?
Re: My Idyll ? Nearly there ! Whats Yours ?
« Reply #9 on: August 31, 2009, 05:19:17 pm »
Which breed of dogs do you keep ?

Brittanys - French gundogs.
Always have been, always will be, a WYSIWYG - black is black, white is white - no grey in my life! But I'm mellowing in my old age

 

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