Comments on: Moving to Wales

By: mallica reardon

mallica reardon — Fri, 28 May 2010 17:20:51 +0000

sorry that was croesio cymru . bad spelling there sorry.

By: mallica reardon

mallica reardon — Sat, 08 May 2010 10:15:26 +0000

croesi cyru or qelcome to wales from aberdare south wales myself. you should enjoy. best wishes with your new venture. that cornwall thing sounded rather stifling to me anyway. find your happy medium. good luck

By: Donna

Donna — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 09:59:04 +0000

I’ve followed your progress since ‘becoming domestic’. I wish you and your family all the very best of luck. I think you’re so focussed about what you want and I’m confident you’ll find your ‘home’.

By: Bealers

Bealers — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:19:35 +0000

Thanks and good luck with your search Sarah.

We did consider home schooling a few years back when we first left London. I think Cathie posted about it a few times in her old blog. In the end we didn’t feel it right for us. I also wonder whether there’d be enough time left to look after the land and livestock (plus run our business) if we’re also looking after the kids. It was certainly a short-term option between Easter and the summer hols, though.

Luckily the local school looks really nice and we’ve got places, phew.

By: Bealers

Bealers — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:14:27 +0000

Hi Frugal Trenches, Well offline there's the magazines like Smallholder and Country Smallholding which are really good. Online if you've not already seen it then you really should check out selfsufficientish and there's also Alan Beat's Smallholders.org website that has a link to an online community and some local groups. Hope that helps. Darren

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:51:41 +0000

Wow, sounds amazing!
Currently looking into the same sort of things as yourselves, only with myself and my partner and a friend, and possibly 2 other couples as well :)

If you dont want to hassle of finding new schools etc, theres always the option of Home schooling! :)

Good luck,
Sarah

By: Rachel Gill (was Shelstone)

Rachel Gill (was Shelstone) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:13:10 +0000

Hi, I am watching what you are up to with great interest especially since you successfully diagnosed me with Barnheart (hilarious!) We started last year with hens and some fruit and veg in our back garden – nowhere near self sufficient but we all have to start somewhere! Good luck with your project – it looks like a great adventure!! Rachel

By: nick devlin

nick devlin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:40:58 +0000

Excellent news, I’m really pleased to hear there some movement. We’ve just instructed our solicitors, architect and structural engineers to get on with our self build. Our schedule is to start the foundations in mid june, have the frame up and water tight by mid to late august and then we, as the self builders are unleashed on the internals. If we pull our fingers out, could be completed by New Year.

good luck with it all. By the way, if you fancy a week down here, we all get together for a mini-camp/festival of about 20-30 families with kids on a local organic farm… its normally in early to mid august. I’m trying to tempt Casey with it too this year.

By: Notes From The Frugal Trenches

Notes From The Frugal Trenches — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:45:01 +0000

That’s brilliant that you found somwhere! Thanks for answering my question a few posts back re costs.

Are there any forums, websites, yahoo groups you’d recommend for finding out more about homesteading, self-sufficiencey. I’m keen to “meet” other Brits doing this and learn more about where to look, how to find land, what type of land is needed, more natural living, energy sources etc.

By: Nate

Nate — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:44:58 +0000

Congratulations! This sounds ideal. The very best to you and your family :-)