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I have been pretty absent round here recently. Stuff in my life was making me unhappy and impinging on everything. But thanks to the repeated advice of others I am […]
I have been pretty absent round here recently. Stuff in my life was making me unhappy and impinging on everything. But thanks to the repeated advice of others I am […]
Yesterday was three years since Daisy Dog died. It seems like just yesterday, but also a lifetime ago. Kainaat is now the age Daisy Dog was when she died so […]
What could possibly be the downside of having little fluffy balls of cuteness hatch out – well apart from having your house smell of chick poo until you can move […]
Having to kill Esme wasn’t the only animal-related bad news I had this weekend. On Friday I took Zephi to get castrated – he wants to constantly have sex with […]
We don’t get much snow round here so this was quite a surprise. The pigs, alpacas and ewes were all rather stoical about it. The goats (and chickens) on the […]
There is a new dog training regime round here – WWTD – or what would Toffee do? Toffee is a beautiful, toffee-coloured Spanish hunting dog of a friend. Apparently when a […]
While I find the question “Are your dogs related?” to be perplexing. I am always perfectly happy to be asked “Are our dogs related?” Why, you might ask, is this […]
So what happened this year ….. We hatched out two batches of Pekin Ducks from our duck eggs, realised ducklings are the most unfeasibly, cutest, baby birds ever, but also […]
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 […]
Turns out Zephaniah is scared of traffic and the sea. This is devastating news for a heroic wild swimmer. I haven’t been able to take Zephaniah out and about much […]