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by Anna
Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:21 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Newcomers - Welcome
Replies: 35
Views: 23957

I think that milk production (and also the meat production) in Sweden is moving both ways, towards bigger and even more specialized herds AND towards smaller aiming for high quality and locally produced products. After so many years of only moving towards bigger and bigger units I feel it is so gre...
by Anna
Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Newcomers - Welcome
Replies: 35
Views: 23723

The windbreaking net is made of plastic, like a plastic net with small holes, and very strong. Not very tasty I hope, at least no one has eaten it yet.. Dry snow on windy days has a tendency to make its way through the holes, and the kind of horisontal rain we often have in autumn enters about one ...
by Anna
Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Newcomers - Welcome
Replies: 35
Views: 23957

The windbreaking net is made of plastic, like a plastic net with small holes, and very strong. Not very tasty I hope, at least no one has eaten it yet.. Dry snow on windy days has a tendency to make its way through the holes, and the kind of horisontal rain we often have in autumn enters about one ...
by Anna
Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:31 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Newcomers - Welcome
Replies: 35
Views: 23957

Thank you all for your warm and encouraging welcome! I think the life of Swedish dexters is quite similar to their Brittish sibblings. Our winters can be really cold with a lot of snow, but that is far less problem than the kind of rainy and warm winters we had this year. When ground is frozen or d...
by Anna
Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:31 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Newcomers - Welcome
Replies: 35
Views: 23723

Thank you all for your warm and encouraging welcome! I think the life of Swedish dexters is quite similar to their Brittish sibblings. Our winters can be really cold with a lot of snow, but that is far less problem than the kind of rainy and warm winters we had this year. When ground is frozen or d...
by Anna
Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:22 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Newcomers - Welcome
Replies: 35
Views: 23723

Hej! (Swedish for Hi!) I take this as an occasion for me to introduce myself. I have been a lurker for a few months, and a dexter owner since last november. The discussions on this forum gives me a lot; information, inspiration and amusement. I live on a smallholding on the Swedish westcoast and in...
by Anna
Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:22 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Newcomers - Welcome
Replies: 35
Views: 23957

Hej! (Swedish for Hi!) I take this as an occasion for me to introduce myself. I have been a lurker for a few months, and a dexter owner since last november. The discussions on this forum gives me a lot; information, inspiration and amusement. I live on a smallholding on the Swedish westcoast and in...