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Forwarded with permission from the author. Regards Karen _____ From: shaftesburyfreecycle@yahoogroups.com [mailto:shaftesburyfreecycle@yahoogroups.com] On...
Wow! This group is so quiet I had actually forgotten I had joined and forgot to introduce myself. My name is Mic, we have a large smallholding/small farm (42...
Safeguarding smallholders is safeguarding biodiversity If we aim at sustaining the biological and the cultural diversity. We must have a separate set of rules...
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Hi! I just came across this group and although it seems fairly quiet I thought I would join. My partner and I run a small hill farm in Cumbria (180 acres) with...
Hi Rachel Not sure if anyone actually reads this list apart from me - I posted my introduction several weeks ago and didn´t even get a reply! Hmmm - 180 acres...
Hi, I wonder as well if any one ever really posts here...... would love to hear about others and what they do, might keep me sane since |i have no hope of...
... Hi Amanda So - let's get it started! Where are you? Have you got a garden? If so, have you thought of getting a few chickens and growing some veggies?...
Hi As someone has started off, I'll add my 'two-pennorth' for the good of the group and tell you a bit about me and my interest in the group. I have a good...
... HI Dave So what are the Inca crops then? Mic, also in Wales Mic (Michelle) Rushen ... Solva Icelandic Horses: www.solva-icelandics.co.uk ... Mic's Artwork...
Wish I lived up a mountainin wales....We live in Milton Keynes in Housing association house and are not allowed tohave chickens although i do intend to get...
Hi Mandy If you are determined you will get there. My only suggestion would be to try some raised beds and perhaps fence them off from enthusiastic puppy. You...
Hi Rachel The website is gorgeous, you should forward it to the smallholding and self-sufficiency website too. Is it on Countrylife as well? Regards Karen ......
thanks for link to MK freecycle. joined immediatly Amanda ... To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. ...
Hello! Glad to get this group moving a little again. Thank you for the kind comments about the website. We are really proud of it and think the whole concept...
Go for you rachel. It is hard to get something off the ground initially, we're starting gites here and am wondering where do we advertise . Lots of places on...
... What variety can you sew this early? We have problems in our polytunnel with ventilation - if we keep the door open I'm afraid it will rip as we're in a...
So far Mic , we haven't that problem, but saying that we only grow them very early on in the season and pick them very early. How about growing them outside in...
Oh well, we'll just keep experimenting. Maybe we should just turn the entire polytunnel over to Cannabis Sattiva! ; ) Mic Mic (Michelle) Rushen ... Solva...
Hello! Just taken the puppy and dog out and rather chilly here. Still at least it is not raining. We are going to start growing our own vegetables but have not...
... It's bloody freezing here, Rachel. It got up as far as +2 today, and is set to go down to minus 4 tonight. As we're less than half a mile from the sea in...
weather pretty crap down here this winter as well, not just up there ! usually after november is over we get a lot of sunshine, but this year it's been cloudy...
Ah, this is what I need a good sized garden! Thanks for your inspiration Dave, it was just what I needed! I'm hoping to rent a field up the road from me, but...
... about the implications of livestock wandering off, causing road accidents etc. Anybody got any helpful comments? Get good fences and better insurance ! It...
Thanks Melanie, that's really helpful, I'm an absolute beginner. I was thinking of chickens primarily, but as they are so small I'm worrying about theft too...
... thinking of chickens primarily, but as they are so small I'm worrying about theft too the most likely theft is from the fox :( ... insurance comes in...
Hi Melanie, Yes, I realise the fox is a pest, not sure how to combat that, I hear that your own urine *might* help, but would electric fencing be more...
I've just purchased a job lot of demijohns and beer bottles etc. and I'm going to be encouraging my husband to join me in making wine and beer and maybe even...
Yup, I use Country Winemaking by Daphne More, one of those little shire books. I've got others but to be honest they're too complicated and the results are...
