Moving to the countryside- tips needed!

Cherryblossom said:
So no stories about how I’ll effortlessly become a barefoot hippy, growing my own veg and producing honey, while designing and creating a grand designs house on a changing rooms budget.... oh, and all while working a 50hr week and having a small reliant human?? Hmmmm.....
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Lol well we do have a hive... I thought i would give that a go... but I'm scared of bees!!!

I often wander round bare foot... but it's a killer when you stand on a thorn!

I tried growing veg but the rabbits kept eating it!!!

:-)
 
Cherryblossom said:
So no stories about how I’ll effortlessly become a barefoot hippy, growing my own veg and producing honey, while designing and creating a grand designs house on a changing rooms budget.... oh, and all while working a 50hr week and having a small reliant human?? Hmmmm.....
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Well I've got a bumble bee nest in the hay shed if that helps...

;)

I also have lots of seedlings on the go in the greenhouse at the moment!

Honestly, yes it's hard work and you find yourself facing challenges you never could have imagined. But you develop resilience and self reliance and a huge sense of satisfaction! I wouldn't swap it for the world. :)
 
Cherryblossom said:
So no stories about how I’ll effortlessly become a barefoot hippy, growing my own veg and producing honey, while designing and creating a grand designs house on a changing rooms budget.... oh, and all while working a 50hr week and having a small reliant human?? Hmmmm.....
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I got stung by my 🐝 today - nuff said.
 
southerncomfort said:
Well I've got a bumble bee nest in the hay shed if that helps...

;)

I also have lots of seedlings on the go in the greenhouse at the moment!

Honestly, yes it's hard work and you find yourself facing challenges you never could have imagined. But you develop resilience and self reliance and a huge sense of satisfaction! I wouldn't swap it for the world. :)
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We have ground-nesting bees - they look after themselves! We have had sheep and a horse stung by them and had to get the vet. The sheep has never been the same since!

Our 'instant' greenhouse blew over in the strong spring wind and destroyed the seedlings. Veg growing is not too successful here, what with our horses, next door's poultry and goats, the wild rabbits (where is Mr MacGregor when you need him?) and pigeons and then there was the time my late father drove over the trays of carrot seedlings. Mind you, he also strimmed the lilies for some reason.

We do have fun though, I certainly wouldn't go back to livery, or living at the bottom of the hill ;)
 
turnbuckle said:
Stick to Tesco for food, much easier.

And expect AT LEAST half the village to be on non-speakers with the other half at any one time.
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This is true and it’ll be all because of something someone said to someone’s grandma in 1963. Or because ‘they’ cheated in the gooseberry growing competition
 
Pearlsasinger said:
We have ground-nesting bees - they look after themselves! We have had sheep and a horse stung by them and had to get the vet. The sheep has never been the same since!

Our 'instant' greenhouse blew over in the strong spring wind and destroyed the seedlings. Veg growing is not too successful here, what with our horses, next door's poultry and goats, the wild rabbits (where is Mr MacGregor when you need him?) and pigeons and then there was the time my late father drove over the trays of carrot seedlings. Mind you, he also strimmed the lilies for some reason.

We do have fun though, I certainly wouldn't go back to livery, or living at the bottom of the hill ;)
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We are on a hill too. I've put my greenhouse inside what was an outdoor dog run! :D We've bolted it to the ground but I still don't like it's chances of surviving a storm up here. :D
 
Cherryblossom said:
So no stories about how I’ll effortlessly become a barefoot hippy, growing my own veg and producing honey, while designing and creating a grand designs house on a changing rooms budget.... oh, and all while working a 50hr week and having a small reliant human?? Hmmmm.....
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Well, I do often go barefoot in the house, in summer as I winter the solid tile floor is a tad chilly. This year we grew peppers, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, courgettes, grapes, cucumbers. The grapes were too bitter, but the other things were very edible, and only grown in tubs or hanging baskets in the stable yard.

Our house is not Grand Designs, as it is very old we do keep sorting out any damp so the decorating is done fairly regularly. We had some wasps nests, OH is now a dam band at wasp nest removal, and is a certified ole murderer. My car and horsebox have had rat/mouse damage too.

I did used to work those hours, but chose horses over kids, so can't advise about those.

Still worth it all to live here, quiet, horses outside the window...
 
gallopingby said:
Has anyone mentioned frogs in the house when it rains?
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You've just reminded me... I should clear out the frogs from the window well to the cellar... There's a permanent puddle there and they can't jump back out.

Rat in the dining room anyone? OH caught that in a tupperware box.
Friends had a badger in their inglenook...
 
I was reading this thread to the OH last night. Very funny and a reminder that you definitely need a good sense of humour!

However, just to steer the thread back to the nice stuff for the sake of poor OP I will say one thing:

LAMBS!

In Spring they are everywhere, I even caught one being born and cleaned up by it's mum. You can't possibly see little lambs giddying about the field with their little tails wagging without a having a big smile on your face! That's when you really feel incredibly lucky live in the countryside. And of course after the lambs come the calves and the foals. :)
 
Cherryblossom said:
So no stories about how I’ll effortlessly become a barefoot hippy, growing my own veg and producing honey, while designing and creating a grand designs house on a changing rooms budget.... oh, and all while working a 50hr week and having a small reliant human?? Hmmmm.....
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Oh noooo...you don't want to be barefoot when creating a Grand Designs House, steel toe caps all the way cos those blocks are damned heavy if you dropped one on your toes!
 
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