[rbno22]

Hi everyone
         my name is Ronnie i am english 43 by trade a gas, heating and solar energy engineer and for one reason or another i find myself in ukraine with my wife (who is ukrainian). We are fortunate enough to find ourselves in the position of having a small farm of about 3 hectares and although too late for this year we intend to make good and live off the land next year. Any advice and ideas will be gratefully received.  can i also say that i was born on a farm of about 40 hectares so i have a little understanding of certain things.

[jameslindsay]

Hello and welcome Ronnie, I wish you luck with your venture. What is your weather like just now?

[rbno22]

hi well the weather is cool but not freezing yet although it will be very soon! what about you?

[jameslindsay]

It is very cold and very wet and damp. Many of the fields are flooded still, we had a hard frost a few days ao which dried the paddocks up but again the rain is back and we are back to more mud. I don't mind the cold but hate the rain, still a month today and I am off to warmer parts for 3 weeks. Even my animals are bored with the mud and the rain.

[rbno22]

yes i know that feeling wet or cold but not both together !

[Hilarysmum]

Hi and welcome, will enjoy hearing about your new venture.

[JulieS]

Hello and welcome from a cold, but sunny North Devon.

[Rosemary]

Hi and welcome from a cold and damp Clackmannanshire

[sandy]

 :DHELLO!!! great for you to have a change in career...working on the land is so rewarding, not financially as you will know but great for heath and wellbeing...at one with the earth!!! very Hippy!!! ;)Welcome fro the wee shires!!!

[marigold]

Hi there, sounds exciting. Do you get very cold winters and hot summers? and the big question;- can you grow tomatoes outdoors?

[FrankBlack]

Welcome from a fellow newbie.  I'm looking around (the world) for affordable land - how are prices in Ukraine?  All the best with your venture.

[little blue]

Hello and welcome from the middle of Britain....

[rbno22]

Hi there, sounds exciting. Do you get very cold winters and hot summers? and the big question;- can you grow tomatoes outdoors?

hi marigold indeed the winters are very cold -10 to -20 and summers baking hot up to +35/38 and tomatoes grow very well outdoors

[rbno22]

Welcome from a fellow newbie.  I'm looking around (the world) for affordable land - how are prices in Ukraine?  All the best with your venture.

Hi frankblack well you can buy a small farmhouse with about 3 hectares in the villages for about 15000 usd it would need some work but there are some very nice plots about.

[FrankBlack]

Wow, that sounds affordable.  How are you finding the contrast in cultures from the UK to Ukraine?  Is it safe over there?  What's the bureaucracy like?