Hello from the Welsh Marches

Hello Everyone,
I'm a writer living in the Welsh Marches. We have 1/4 acre of land that we've been cultivating biodyamically for over 10 years, before that we worked out wee city garden in South London the BD way for another 10 years. I eat local, organic meat and dairy, grow most of our own veg and fruit but haven't got to olive oil, lemons and bananas yet - despite Bob Flowerdew.


The place is in the middle of nowhere, nearest road/neighbour 1/2 mile away, so wonderfully peaceful. There's a mass of wildlife, sufficiently sustainable to be worth our local sparrowhawk hunting here, which she does regularly. There are hedgehogs, foxex, stoats, weasels, rabbits, hares, the occasional badger, fallow deer, and lots of wee things like long tailed fieldmice, shrews, voles. On the birds side we have peregrines, ravens, jackdaws and the rest of the corvid family, and a goodly crop of songbirds.

There's me, Hubby Paul and two gorgeous cats - Isolde & Olwen, who do NOT catch the birds.

We're pretty green but always looking for new ways of doing things if they're better than what we've got.

Looking fwd to meeting you all,
Elen

Hi there Elen, & there was me watching about a dozen or so assorted various blackbirds, sparrows etc terrorising my garden & thinking how nice it was to see them after my 10 year battle with next door neighbours catsss...

Your description of the wildlife sounds idylic, I hope as well as writing you do photoing...

Cats are very trainable ... it's the owners who aren't!

I scruff the youngsters on their first arrival with a bird, take the bird away so there's no reward, and give a severe ear-wigging while scruffing them onto the floor, it usualkly takes a couple of minutes so they don't forget. We've never had more trouble after that. Now I only have to cough heavily if I see either go down into a crouch and they immediately sit up, put a leg in the air and wash their arse ... with a "Wott Moi ???!!!" expression.

Hi Elen, welcome to the forum.

Good Morning Ellen and

Welcome from me. Look forward to meeting you round & about.

Hello from France. Glad you have found some space in blighty. Which county are you in?

That's what I was going to ask - we may be nearish?
Welcome!

About a 1/2 hour from you Dandelion. I'm off the Hay road.

Zoe, I'm on the borders of Hereford and Wales - the Twilight Lands, and close to the Wye.

Welcome Elen,

Hellooooooo..... from the Pacific Northwest of Oregon, USA. This is a wonderful forum and it seems like you have found the perfect place to hang out with this group. Your little spot on the earth sounds loverly!

Lizbuff

I'd better say hello from Carmarthenshire, now we've chatted over on another thread! May be moving your way (but a bit higher in the Marches), if all goes to plan . . .

Hi there! Nice to see you in here, glad you could join us

Hello there Elen and welcome to the forum from a slightly drizzly St Albans!

Make sure you pop into the tea room to join us for a cuppa!

Mrs C

Well it's great to meet you all
I've got a couple of e-friends in Oregan, Lizbuff, now a 3rd.
Aberlemno, I'd better get moving and come down if you're coming up.
Mrs C, I'm on my way to the tea and bringing chocolate
Compostwoman, it looks like you got me and 2 other women for the hen course, will e separately later.

Am off for that cuppa and got to do the blog for the Ogham at P&P or I'll be late

Ok, Elen, will wait for email

Hallo - welcome