Indestructible Cockerel
We have a rigorous cockerel selection programme here – we want to make sure we keep the right ones for breeding so there is a tough series of tests for […]
We have a rigorous cockerel selection programme here – we want to make sure we keep the right ones for breeding so there is a tough series of tests for […]
The instructions say “if the semen is flowing out onto your boots the sow is not going to get pregnant” – makes sense I suppose. So I guess we will […]
I finally did it, I bought an orange tree. No, not an actual orange tree to grow here. It is an orange tree on a small, organic, family farm in […]
First eggs of the year in the incubator. Heritage Maran (dark brown) and Ixworth (cream) eggs from our little breeding groups that we hatched out last year. Fingers crossed we […]
I note that about a year ago I spent Saturday night scooping brains out of lamb heads. Well, another year, another head. This Saturday I taught myself how to butcher […]
These two little girls turned up on Friday – squeak. Although we really hope our large blacks will farrow and produce plentiful piglets this summer we want to make sure […]
On Monday our three Large Black/Middle White cross pigs went off to ‘university’. Never an easy day, but we now have a freezer full of free-range, rare-breed sausages and bacon […]
We have a guest photographer on the blog today – Jude. He took some gorgeous photos of the smallholding and animals at the weekend so here is a little slice […]
As I was bereft at not being able to buy iceberg lettuce in bulk I consoled myself by making slow-cooked chicken and celeriac with lemon last weekend. The recipe is […]
There are some things you do which make you feel as if you have crossed a line and you are a little closer to being a proper whatever it is. […]