Author Topic: Hello from wet n windy Wales. (Read 5138 times)

valechickens · « **Reply #15 on:** September 17, 2010, 07:45:52 pm »

Welcome from The Vale of glamorgan
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bazzais · « **Reply #16 on:** September 18, 2010, 02:18:38 pm »

Hello

Both me and Helen live here in the north of pembrokeshire just below Cardigan, its mostly wet and windy here too, though its been dry and still for a while - we are preparing for a downfall soon and some more needed water in our muddy bottomed pond!!!

Ta

Baz

AndynJ · « **Reply #17 on:** September 23, 2010, 02:35:52 pm »

Hi,

Newtown we looked there, we are buying by LLandridrod wells, 8.5 acres we are a little concerned that we may have bought too much

We just want to feed ourselves 3 mouths

So we thought we might have 2 weaners, a trio of goats (milk, cheese) a handful of chickens and half a dozen ducks, 1 bull every 2 years
a polly tunnel and veggie patch, a fruit orchard and some trees for firewood

We are thinking of having a borehole (£5800) mains £3400
Septic tank and pipework (£3,000) mains £1800
We wouldn't have any annual bills
Electric is only £1350 we thought of going hydro power with the new feed in tariffs, we would still have mains.

We are spoilt rotten as next to the barn there are 6 pig stalls all in good condition.

All 8.5 acres are flat, we have 630 yards of the river ifon (salmon) and 230 yards of large stream (trout + others)

What are we going to do with the rest of the land

help or suggestions please.

Sandy · « **Reply #18 on:** September 24, 2010, 10:25:19 pm »

Hi Yah from Clackmannan, where are you in wales, my mums family were from edinburgh but went to North Wales to set up a coal mine, so now I have relatives in Wales and in Scotland and of course England!1!!

Fleecewife · « **Reply #19 on:** September 25, 2010, 12:26:37 am »

AndynJ - you could plant up half your new land with coppicewood and still not have enough fuel. You can never have too much land - within reason of course. If you can't use it all one year then rent it out for grazing. You could add a few sheep to your menagerie for meat, wool and converting grass into manure for the veg garden. You could also add a wildlfe area, where you and your pets don't go, with trees, shrubs, wild flowers, a pond, log pile etc just to encourage the birds and the bees - also creepy crawlies, butterflies, bats, bank voles and so on - priceless