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Mrs Baggins

Joined: 21 Sep 2008
Posts: 837
Location: West Kent

Posted: Sun Sep 21, 08 9:46 pm Post subject: Greetings from the Shire!

We have just bought a little corner of Kent where we plan to have a go at Smallholding and get as far away from the smelly old rat race as we possibly can! My hubby is a local but I am from Bonnie Scotland and we have two wee babies aged 2 and 1.

Although we have just moved in and are not even out of boxes yet - we have already whiled away a fair amount of hours hatching plans and exploring possibilities. We can't wait to get going!

Our jobs for the year ahead include getting some chickens, getting the greenhouse and the shed put up and sorting out the veggie patch. Long term we just want to live off the land as much as we can.

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42219
Location: North Devon

Posted: Sun Sep 21, 08 9:49 pm Post subject:
Welcome aboard.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45708
Location: Essex

Posted: Sun Sep 21, 08 9:51 pm Post subject:
Welcome, how much land have you got?

Greenfoot

Joined: 04 Dec 2007
Posts: 324
Location: The veggie plot or getting stones

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 08 4:31 am Post subject:
Hi and welcome. I hope that your dream comes true.

AnnaD

Joined: 12 Jun 2007
Posts: 2777
Location: Edinburgh

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 08 5:03 am Post subject:
Hello there

Penny Outskirts

Joined: 18 Sep 2005
Posts: 23385
Location: Planet, not on the....

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 08 6:22 am Post subject:
Hello, It's Bilbo and Frodo's birthday today

frewen

Joined: 08 Sep 2005
Posts: 11405

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 08 6:36 am Post subject:
Hello

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 23956
Location: under some rain.

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 08 6:40 am Post subject:
Welcome!!

Mrs Baggins

Joined: 21 Sep 2008
Posts: 837
Location: West Kent

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 08 7:27 am Post subject:

Wow! What a warm welcome! Thanks you guys.

We've got about 5 acres here. The possibilities of what I can get onto that when I think of how many veggies I had in my old postage stamp of a garden sets me all aquiver!

So I'll be doing my chicken run in the upcoming weeks as I am on the waiting list for 10 girls from the BHWT. Gonna have a few wee guys for the table as well and a couple of Buff Orpingtons 'cos I think they are gorgeous.

I like the River Cottage guy's philosophy (never remember his name... Hugh Whaddayamacallhim...) that if you are gonna eat an animal, then it should have as a good a life as possible before you bump it on the head.

Got loads of wild rabbits and pheasants here too... hubby will have to do the dirty deed though as despite being happy to eat them - I am way too soft to kill 'em.

marigold

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 12458
Location: West Sussex

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 08 7:48 am Post subject:
Another South-Easterner! Hurrah! Welcome to DS .

Fee

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 15922
Location: Earth

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 08 7:52 am Post subject:
Welcome Mrs Baggins Another HURRAH from the South East here too

Blacksmith

Joined: 25 Jan 2005
Posts: 5025
Location: Berkshire

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 08 7:55 am Post subject:
Welcome, plenty of useful information on here. (lot of nonsense too)

woodsprite

Joined: 20 Mar 2006
Posts: 2943
Location: North Herefordshire

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 08 7:55 am Post subject:
Hello and greetings from the real shire, Shropshire, home of Baggins wood from whence the name comes. I got all excited for a minute, thought you might be local to me. Great to have you onboard!

frewen

Joined: 08 Sep 2005
Posts: 11405

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 08 8:00 am Post subject:
I know someone Southend(Essex) who does day old table chicks, and those off the lamp, if that's ever any use to you

Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 18397
Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 08 8:03 am Post subject:
Hi there - how are you? Welcome aboard from West Wales...

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