My name is
Melanie Rimmer and my family is aiming to move to a
smallholding in about 4 years' time. In the meantime we are saving our
money and learning the skills needed to be more self-sufficient. For
example, we have an allotment where we are growing fruit and veg, and we
have two chickens which live in our back garden. "Down The Lane" is a
really useful resource of tips for saving money as well as
self-sufficiency.
We are recording our proress in our blog at
www.bean-sprouts.blogspot.com
and love it when people leave comments
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I'm John Harrison and we live near Nantwich, Cheshire
Just around the corner I have two allotments where I try to work off my flab and grow healthy vegetables without those yummy pesticides beloved by the supermarkets.
Soon I'll be keeping chickens on the plot having convinced the council this will not be the downfall of society as we know it!
My allotment can be seen at http://www.allotment.org.uk
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Andy and Matt
Teamed up to get an Allotment together in Tyldesley near Manchester and with their families, set about transforming barren land into a real little Farm. The photo shows the Chicken Coop under construction.
Their great blog can be seen at
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John Vears from Surrey in the UK .
Actively retired and enjoying life!
I enjoy power walking with a friend of mine (Anne's better than me and does charity walks inc. 'The London Moonwalk' +26 miles in 7hrs 40min).
I'm also enjoying an 'Improvers Course' in swimming and as the photos show, I'm into Paint Balling and White River Rafting !
I also do two afternoons a week voluntary work at the local hospital.
Anne, some friends and myself have entered the ballot for 'The Great North Run' next year in Newcastle.
I love the challenges that life has given me.I want to keep active and I'm not at the 'pipe and slippers' bit yet !
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Sarah
My name is Sarah and I have been visiting Down the Lane for a couple of years now. It inspired me to have a go at creating my own web site, mainly as a diary for myself but also I guessed people may be curious to read about me, as I am curious to read about everyone else.
Visit Sarahs great web site by clicking here
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'allotment lady' from Norfolk writes
I live in Norfolk with my husband Pat and am just an ordinary lady who decided to grow vegetables on my 'own' allotment. I jumped in at the deep end and took on a quarter of an acre strip that was in dire need of being tamed. Dock, Thistles, Horseradish and every known weed you can imagine, plus the usual rubbish and piles of carpet through which the weeds had grown.
You can follow my progress at http://kooringa.blogspot.com
I welcome any comments, hints, and tips so please feel free to leave them.
I have lots of hobbies which will appear on my blogspot over the winter when not much will be happening up the lottie, and anything else of interest including some of my recipes as I enjoy cooking.
Left - Clearing up when we took over and below, getting under way. Click for full size
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Wendy is from Bushey in Hertfordshire and has been a Canine Behaviour expert and Trainer for over 30 years.
At home she keeps Chickens and you can see her wonderful Coop building skills here on Down the Lane |
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If you would like to include yourself in this page, please send details, a photo or two and link to a Website or Blog (if you have one, not necessasry) to downthelane@dsl.pipex.com.
Also, if you would like to contribute an Article to Down the Lane (say 400 - 700 words), pleasedo the same as above.
By including a link to your website, this would help your site in climbing the Search Engines.
Many thanks, Richard
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