Book
One of the books I have been working on for the past year came out recently and the publisher sent me some copies. I started work on this book about […]
One of the books I have been working on for the past year came out recently and the publisher sent me some copies. I started work on this book about […]
OK, so orange peel is probably only a problem if you are a fanatical, bulk-buying, recycling, home-made, home-grown, no-waste obsessed kind of person who just happens to have 30 kg of […]
After Easter we spent some time eating leftovers and of course leeks. We have a lot of leeks. I save our leeks all winter, standing tall on the hugelkultur to eat […]
Kainaat likes to dig a hole, mainly he does it to impress girls. He shared this knowledge with Zephi. However, Zephi is a completely different calibre of dog. He isn’t a […]
I sent off one of my incubators and 15 fresh Pekin duck eggs to a local school this week – they are going to hatch out ducklings – squeak, how […]
I think last year I wondered why I had chosen to lamb over a bank holiday when the site was busy. I am pretty sure I resolved not to do […]
A lot has been happening here …. too much to write just now so here are some photos of the polytunnel of dreams over the past couple of weeks. We […]
Lambing has started here on the smallholding, just in time for Easter. Very early this morning Bobtail had triplets, two ewe lambs and a ram lamb. As an over-diligent mum […]
I thought I had two pet turkeys. Life never turns out as you expect it to. The two turkeys that survived from the five we hatched out last year were […]
So, you have done your AI, but how do you know if your pigs are pregnant? There’s no need to hang around and wait for them to pee on a […]