Fraggle
Fraggle, the little orphan lamb from last year who was accidentally tupped by Kenny the jumping ram, had her baby on Monday evening. It was not an easy labour. I […]
Tag Archives: friends
Good Friends Get It Sorted
I remembered two important things yesterday: dog metacam is good for inflammation and pain relief in goats, if you can’t get to a vet; positive encouragement from a friend can […]
Apple Juice and Wild Swimming
I don’t know where October has gone to. Things have been busy this week – book deadline looms as usual, but on a more positive front the weather has been […]
The Problem of Orange Peel
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 […]
Lambing 2017
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 […]
Shingle Street Changes
A few weekends ago friends came to stay and we went to Shingle Street. There have been big changes. The spit that forms the lagoon has been flattened and has […]
Jude’s view
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 […]
Heroic Wild Swimmer and Her Friend
Pete and Alfie came to visit. And on Saturday night, after a glass of wine or two, talking about a swim in the morning seemed like an eminently sensible idea. […]
Cuddle Your Dinner
Friends came to visit so we did the decent thing and killed a chicken for dinner. Holly and Jude (7 and 13) have decided to be mainly vegetarian and to […]
Crostata di Fichi (Fig tart)
I have spent the past month or so greedily eating a lot of figs. My lovely neighbours have a beautiful fig tree and they generously deliver little bags of fresh […]
