[sheila]

Wellcome from rainy Lincolnshire. Look fowars to following your exploits.

[Rosemary]

Hi and welcome from wet Clackmannashire.

[oaklandspigs]

and welcome from another newbie to this site, but no so new in smallholding.

50's a good age - with age comes the experience dive into the unknown, but not without checking the depth first !!

OSB's are great pigs, am sure you'll have fun (and a few trials) - keep us updated

[Jackie]

Hello Happyhippy, and hello to Scotland again. 
I love your screen name.  You will certainly hear all about my adventures and misadventures as I slowly wend my way along the smallhoding path.  in fact you probably wont be able to shut me up 'cos I firmly believe that misery (and joy) loves company.

Hello Hilarysmum, You must have had a strong role model in your childhood as both you sisters are very adventurous. I do envy you in Brittany, its a wonderful area with a great coastline and I would lurve to have a s/holding there.

Hello Little blue, ah I know Drebyshire quite well from my holidays (blue john etc). I hope your shep is much calmer than my 2 horrors lol Bless 'em they arent 1 yet and drive me mad. They are so clever and flippin hard work.

Thank you Sheila.  Im soooo glad theres someone on here that is in Lincs, you will know about vets food suppliers slaughter houses etc, I hope! 

Hi Oaklandpigs, I looked at your website even before I started lurking and reading on here. You are already doing what I hope to do eventually.

[/quote] "with age comes the experience dive into the unknown, but not without checking the depth first !!"

What a great analagy, Im going to have to remember that for future use, if you dont mind?

[chickenfeed]

  and a hello from me we are just outside of peterborough cambs so not a million miles away i was brought up on a farm and my parents have had a smallholding for donkeys years and at the ages of 48 (OH) and 45 we decided to have a couple of pigs on some vacant space on their land a year ago we have had 20 go to slaughter and have 10 growers so beware its addictive  but loads of fun.