Newbie from Wales!

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wattreesmassive
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Newbie from Wales!

Post: # 273870Post wattreesmassive »

Hi!
Just to introduce our family,Im a 40ish mum of 5 beautiful children,hubby is a talented singer,drummer and self sufficienter. Between us we have 5 acres,numerous sheep,three ponies,four goats,what seems like hundreds of chickens,ducks and other fowl,four beautiful pigs and various mad dogs. We grow all our own veg,produce our own meat and hope to produce our own power,water and heating from our coppice,we are interested in pushing the boundaries as far as possible and encouraging others to do the same!We are noisy,filthy {most of the time!} and believe life is for living and having fun,whatever your doing! :wave:

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diggernotdreamer
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Re: Newbie from Wales!

Post: # 273875Post diggernotdreamer »

Hello and welcome from another grubby person

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doofaloofa
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Re: Newbie from Wales!

Post: # 273896Post doofaloofa »

Soap is for LOOSERS!
ina wrote: die dümmsten Bauern haben die dicksten Kartoffeln

wattreesmassive
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Re: Newbie from Wales!

Post: # 273904Post wattreesmassive »

Thank you,you made us all laugh and feel a bit more "normal"!

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thesunflowergal
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Re: Newbie from Wales!

Post: # 274127Post thesunflowergal »

Welcome hun, sounds like to have an amazing life :-)
Stay at home Mummy to Orin 8, Trixie 6 and Temogen 4 . Also three Chickens Dottie, Poppy and Dr Mumbo. Three cats called Flossie and Pickle and Lexi.

Check out my blog:
http://ramblingsofasunflowergal.blogspot.co.uk/

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Milims
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Re: Newbie from Wales!

Post: # 274130Post Milims »

Hi there and welcome to new friends :wave:
Let us be lovely
And let us be kind
Let us be silly and free
It won't make us famous
It won't make us rich
But damn it how happy we'll be!
Edward Monkton


Member of the Ish Weight Loss Club since 10/1/11 Started at 12st 8 and have lost 8lb so far!

Citrus
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Post: # 274137Post Citrus »

Hello from a Swansea-dweller! Your life sounds amazing :wave:
Permaculture and housing co-op nut. Co-op blog at http://golemcoop.blogspot.com

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123sologne
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Re: Newbie from Wales!

Post: # 274139Post 123sologne »

Hello and welcome and keep up the good work. :salute:

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wabbit955
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Re: Newbie from Wales!

Post: # 274141Post wabbit955 »

sounds like my idea place
but I stick to the my 2 boys :wave: :wave: :iconbiggrin:
Darn that Wabbit

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Re: Newbie from Wales!

Post: # 274148Post MuddyWitch »

Welcome to ISH :flower:

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Post: # 274149Post Dr.Syn »

Helo and welcome
Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children.
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wattreesmassive
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Re: Newbie from Wales!

Post: # 276562Post wattreesmassive »

Citrus wrote:Hello from a Swansea-dweller! Your life sounds amazing :wave:
You are most welcome to come over we are practically neighbours {we drag people in from the street as we dont get out much.... :iconbiggrin: Seriously we would love to meet you and pick your brains [having just nearly killed off our entire stock with our inability to identify a "thorn apple" that we were actually rather proud of until diggernotdreamer stepped in to rescue us,we need all the brainpower we can get! And we have food and alcohol.... :drunken: }

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