Author Topic: Hello from West Wales (Read 2477 times)

Hambo · « **on:** May 30, 2024, 12:00:49 pm »

Hi, I am a smallholder in West Wales and have been growing fruit, vegetables and a small amount of heritage oats and wheat for some years. There is a smallish flock of laying hens and some bantams too. I have just started keeping weaners in a woodland field and also plan to get some sheep soon. I am working towards becoming more self sufficient each year. It is challenging, especially with the weather here, but life without challenges would be so boring.

SallyintNorth · « **Reply #1 on:** June 02, 2024, 10:38:33 am »

That sounds fabulous, @Hambo! Are you doing it on your own? Yes, a lot of work.

I'd love to hear more about the oats, I WWOOFed on a farm in Wales that grew oats which it used to feed the cattle, pigs and chickens, and I've always wondered if oats would do well here in North Cornwall. (Similar terrain and climate albeit less deep cold in winter - clay, wet and muddy in winter, ground apparently suited on,y to grasses and sedges really.)