Displaying 11 to 20 of 193 results for Linda McDonald-Brown
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An Introduction to Poultry Keeping
Most smallholders start out with poultry, this guide will help you do the same.…
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Commuting
I've been up to Dalmore today, with Lorna, our daughter. She has special needs and will be going to a lovely day centre in Arbroath after she leaves school in June. She got to see…
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The Bothy 8
The stonemason is working away on the front face of the Bothy, despite the soaring heat. Can you believe it's the end of September? Bothy stonework in progress The…
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Our first morning
Well, at least we'd no cats wakening us with squeakies. Our inflatable mattress had a slow puncture, so about 3am, we wakened lying, effectively, on the floor, but wrapped in…
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Snowy, the wanderer
Our White Leghorn, Snowy, has not quite grasped the concept of fences. All the other hens stay in the run, but Snowy gets out every morning and does her own thing. By afternoon,…
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Poultry plan implementation Part 2
Well, part 2 done now – we’ve been through the 37 hens in the brown house, identified and counted the old and new hens and double ringed the new hens. We have 20 old…
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The Bothy 10
We've had a lot of very nice tradesmen here over the last 18 months. I've become rather fond of some of them. But now I just want them to be finished and go away. John…
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Kit
The kit frame for John and Linda's house is delivered today and the joiner starts this evening. Weather permitting, he's hoping to have it up by Monday. Exciting! …
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Comfort food
It's really miserable here - raining steadily, windy, cold. I just can't seem to get going - nor can the fire. I decided to light it to dispel the gloom, but it's gone out with a…
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Boys' toys
Dan's on "holiday" next week, we we've hired a mini-digger to do a few jobs about the place. This morning, Roy bought Scott's big JCB along to clear…
