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jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35057
Location: Devon

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 13 5:19 pm Post subject:
Very nice to see you back. So are you still in the same place? How are you going to sell your food? Market stall?

Hungrydog

Joined: 19 Oct 2013
Posts: 109

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 13 5:21 pm Post subject:
I'm well, thank you for asking. I, we, are really well. We've built a lovely house, all paid for by the EU earthquake fund. We feel very lucky. Next on our list is to crack on with ducks and hens, we miss them. Best though that we wait for a while and stock up in the spring. How are you! How are your cows?

nora

Joined: 20 Mar 2005
Posts: 1539
Location: West Yorkshire

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 13 5:26 pm Post subject:
Hello Hungrydog, glad to see you back.

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 13 6:08 pm Post subject:
Hey up fella! Welcome back!

DorsetScott

Joined: 23 Oct 2011
Posts: 500
Location: Bournemouth

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 13 6:22 pm Post subject:
I wasn't here when you last were, so have a fresh hello from Dorset

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 13 6:37 pm Post subject:

Hungrydog wrote:

How are you! How are your cows?

Well, thank you. I can't remember when the last time we were in touch but Anne (daughter) is now 18 months old, walking and talking fairly coherently.

The cows found it very hard after the flooding and a long, hard winter and cold Spring. A few didn't survive but the majority just scraped by and the grass came just in time for calving. This year we've rented more land as insurance and made about 4 times as much forage, so hopefully this winter will be a little easier on the wallet and the nerves. Had some amazing support from old and new customers, without which we would have been bankrupt by now. The pigs have gone, which has helped with finances & the workload, and we managed to get the new cattle shed habitatble by Christmas, which made caring for them about 10 times easier.

pointerbetty

Joined: 11 Oct 2013
Posts: 15

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 13 7:37 pm Post subject: Greetings from Berkshire & welcome!
What a dreadful experience to lose your home that way but thank goodness you now have a comfortable replacement. Where are you based as we are new and we didn't knpw you before

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9887
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 13 8:23 pm Post subject:
welcome back

Rusticwood

Joined: 01 Dec 2009
Posts: 2154
Location: All over the South West

Posted: Sun Oct 20, 13 12:10 am Post subject:
Hello again

Hungrydog

Joined: 19 Oct 2013
Posts: 109

Posted: Sun Oct 20, 13 7:32 am Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

Very nice to see you back. So are you still in the same place? How are you going to sell your food? Market stall?

Yes, still in Italy. They built our house on the same spot as the old one.

We are going to open- hopefully in the next few weeks- a little 12 seater restaurant. There is a covered area at the front of the house that is perfect.

In the summer we intend to do Tex Mex food, outdoors, for about 40 people at a time.

Also we are going to sell buns, cakes and chocolates from a little shop that we will rent one day a week, market day. It's a lovely little shop, like a cabin. In Italian it's a capanna
The shop will be called 'Dolce in capanna'

snowball
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 6246
Location: swindon

Posted: Sun Oct 20, 13 8:50 am Post subject:
Welcome back. Good to hear that you are enjoying a fresh start. Very best of luck with your new adventures.

mousjoos

Joined: 05 Jun 2006
Posts: 1986
Location: VERY Sunny SW France

Posted: Sun Oct 20, 13 11:07 am Post subject:
Welcome back.........good to have projects on the go

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Tue Oct 22, 13 10:25 am Post subject:
Hello and welcome.......back.

Went

Joined: 19 Mar 2006
Posts: 6968

Posted: Tue Oct 22, 13 3:02 pm Post subject:
Welcome back, glad to see you are getting sorted.

Kariana

Joined: 21 Aug 2013
Posts: 122

Posted: Wed Oct 23, 13 8:46 am Post subject:
I didn't know you before so hello!

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