Author Topic: Another incomer  (Read 9385 times)

Littlest Hobo

  • Joined Jun 2014
Another incomer
« on: June 07, 2014, 11:27:55 pm »
Another Newbie here.  We moved into our new home/partners old home late last summer, and haven't really got started yet on the 12 acre site - there's a lot to do, fences need sorting, field shelters and barn etc.

We are hoping to plant 1-2 acres of woodland this year and to eventually get into alpaca's, wild flower meadows and offering space for bees, via some Shetland cattle, maybe.  In the meantime the land is rented for sheep and a few wayward cows.  We are enjoying our homemade cider and the veg patch is filling up (after saying we wouldn't have time to grow veg this year).

The other-half is an experienced farmer, I can tell the front-end from the back-end of a sheep and that's about it.  So, I'm looking to learn.  My biggest achievement to date is taming last year's crop of feral kittens to whisk them down to the vets to get their mojo's removed.  The little blighters have ripped my hands to bits, but I guess I deserved it.

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Another incomer
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2014, 10:00:52 am »
Hello and welcome from  :sunshine: Carnoustie  :wave:

Look forward to hearing about your place - and we can recommend Shetland cattle  :thumbsup:

Ina

  • Joined Feb 2012
  • South Aberdeenshire
Re: Another incomer
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2014, 10:57:33 am »
I can tell the front-end from the back-end of a sheep and that's about it.

That is essential - so you are halfway there! It's also good to remember that the legs are supposed to point downwards...  ;)

Welcome to the forum.  :sunshine:

Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
  • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Another incomer
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2014, 11:08:52 am »
Welcome to our world   :wave: 

 Oh and please don't forget the bumblebees  :bee: :bee: :bee: :bee: :bee: if it's honey bees you mention in your intro  :thumbsup:.  A list should soon appear on the main TAS site of which flowers, both wild and garden,  bumblebees love.  Many are the same as for honey bees, but not all.
"Let's not talk about what we can do, but do what we can"

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Do something today that your future self will thank you for - plant a tree

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kelly58

  • Joined Mar 2013
  • Highlands, Scotland
  • Home is were my animals are.
Re: Another incomer
« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2014, 11:21:59 am »
Hi from Caithness  :wave:  :chook: :dog: :goat: :horse: :sheep:

Bramblecot

  • Joined Jul 2008
Re: Another incomer
« Reply #5 on: June 08, 2014, 01:30:33 pm »
 :wave: little cats, big claws :roflanim: .  Welcome from Dorset

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: Another incomer
« Reply #6 on: June 08, 2014, 02:40:55 pm »
 :wave: and welcome from  :sunshine: Shropshire.

sabrina

  • Joined Nov 2008
Re: Another incomer
« Reply #7 on: June 09, 2014, 08:53:11 am »
Welcome :wave:

Treud na Mara

  • Joined Mar 2014
  • East Clyh, Caithness
  • Living the dream in Caithness
Re: Another incomer
« Reply #8 on: June 09, 2014, 03:55:33 pm »
Welcome to a life like no other  :wave:
With 1 Angora and now 6 pygmy goats, Jacob & Icelandic sheep, chooks, a cat and my very own Duracell bunny aka BH !

Brucklay

  • Joined Apr 2010
  • Perthshire
    • Brucklay Pygmy Goats
    • Facebook
Re: Another incomer
« Reply #9 on: June 09, 2014, 04:28:56 pm »
Welcome from Aberdeenshire - I have a grown up cat like your kittens so they may not improve with age!! :innocent:
Pygmy Goats, Shetland Sheep, Zip & Indie the Border Collies, BeeBee the cat and a wreak of a building to renovate!!

 

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