Hello from someone with great ambitions

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Highland Hopeful
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Hello from someone with great ambitions

Post: # 94242Post Highland Hopeful »

Hi everyone,

My names Stuart, and I live in the south of England with my girlfriend. We're here on a very short term basis, as we hope to move to the Scottish Highlands in a year or two and aim to be self sufficient. We're working on some business ideas right now that will hopefully allow us to achieve this.

I am very ambitious with self sufficiency. I don't just want to grow my own food, I want to generate my own power with renewables, pump water from the ground and re-use everything that goes down the sink or toilet.

I'll probably lurk and learn for a while.

Regards,

Stuart
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Post: # 94243Post old tree man »

Hello

Russ :flower:
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Post: # 94247Post snapdragon »

High ambitions indeed - best of good fortine with it

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Post: # 94253Post teardrop »

Hello from another newbie. Good luck with your plans - sounds great!
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Post: # 94275Post hamster »

Hello, what great plans. Good luck!
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Post: # 94276Post red »

welcome to ish :flower:
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Post: # 94279Post ina »

Hiya Stuart, and welcome! Don't just lurk - the best way to learn is by asking questions... And there's quite a few of us up here in the highlands or thereabouts - so you'd be in good company! :wink:
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Post: # 94283Post Thurston Garden »

Ahoy Stuart! :salute:
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Post: # 94327Post Jandra »

Welcome!
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Post: # 94353Post Shirley »

ina wrote:Hiya Stuart, and welcome! Don't just lurk - the best way to learn is by asking questions... And there's quite a few of us up here in the highlands or thereabouts - so you'd be in good company! :wink:
I second that!! Welcome aboard Stuart.
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Post: # 94361Post tim&fatima »

Hello and Welcome.
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Post: # 94397Post Millymollymandy »

Hi and welcome, and please join in!
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Post: # 94608Post hedgewitch »

Hello and welcome. Bet you don't lurk......it's impossible!
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Welcome to ish.


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Post: # 94672Post Birdie Wife »

Hello Stuart, I'm up in the far north of Scotland, planning to apply for a croft soon so I can start growing more of my own meat as well as veggies which I'm already doing. Keep us updated with your enterprises!
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