Brightest Greetings from a sunny Suffolk

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mystichippie
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Brightest Greetings from a sunny Suffolk

Post: # 226740Post mystichippie »

Hi my name is Jo and I moved from Nottingham five years ago to Suffolk to slow down and enjoy "the good life" I'm 37 and couldn't afford a small holding but bought a comfortable park home with a fairly sizeable garden around it. My plan was to be as self sufficient in vegetables as I could and maybe I could one day afford my dream. I make most things myself, bread, jams, wines, I will basically have a go at anything (but Im not promising it will turn out ok :tongue: ) Due to having to work full time the past four years i have been playing at the self sufficiency but I am hoping to reduce my hours soon and get on with what i came here to do. Any advice will be very welcome and muchly appreciated as everyone I know thinks I am mad and its nice to see I'm not the only one who has felt this way for a while now. :grouphug:
Thankyou x

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Post: # 226743Post Millymollymandy »

Hi and welcome! :wave:
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Post: # 226749Post Green Aura »

Hi Jo, welcome to Ish :wave:

I had to re-read your avatar - thought at first you ran a chip shop! :lol:
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Post: # 226751Post okra »

Hello, welcome and happy ishing

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Post: # 226804Post janerowena »

Hello Jo!

I have just joined, and also live in Suffolk, between Bury St. Edmunds and Thetford. I suppose I had better do my own intro. now!

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Post: # 226910Post Mr and Mrs luvpie »

hi Jo suffolk is getting a popular place round here :D we are over in newmarket, and have enjoyed a ovely lovely day today, hope it lasts for the weekend :D
the ever growing luvpie household currently contains, 4 boys, 4 chickens, 2 cats, 2 rabbits, 4 fish, an empty tropical fish tank waiting new arrivals, now are we daft to look at our broody hen thinking, if we got some fertilised eggs........

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Post: # 226916Post thesunflowergal »

Hi Jo and Welcome!!
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.

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Post: # 226918Post Milims »

Hi there and welcome :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!
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Post: # 226921Post red »

welcome :flower:
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Post: # 226925Post MuddyWitch »

Welcome to ISH :flower:

GA glad it's not just me who needs new glasses! lol

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Post: # 226949Post becks77 »

Green Aura wrote:Hi Jo, welcome to Ish :wave:

I had to re-read your avatar - thought at first you ran a chip shop! :lol:
Me too,
welcome Jo,
I hail from Southwell originally :wave:
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