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Feeding Pigs
Pigs, like us, are omnivores and will eat a wide variety of foods. Also like us, they need a balanced diet of fibre, ene…
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A tour of Dalmore
Dalmore is the new home of The Accidental Smallholder. We took possession on 14th May, but won't be moving up there permanently for a few months - there's a lot of work to do…
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Tupping
You should start preparing your tup about two months before he’s due to start work, because that how long it takes for…
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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! Before the festive season, May 1st seemed forever away; now that it's past, our entry date seems to so far away at all. I have a list of phonecalls to make on…
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What day is it?
OK, I've now lost track of the days :-) Wednesday, we split off the seven gimmers, Crovected them and took them up to the bloke we buy our hay and straw from. He's fenced off a…
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Sorting out Sheepfold
It's been a lovely day here - colder than yesterday - but sunny so I've been poo-picking in Sheepfold. Sheepfold is our two acre field; it's essentially…
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Marmalade
I've never made marmalade, but apparently if you're going to do it, this is the time of year, with Seville oranges in the shops. I'm going to give it a go. "Country LIving"…
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Spring "lambs"
The ewes and ewe lambs have been confined to quite a small paddock, albeit with adlib hay and a lick. It was a lovely day today, cold but sunny, so I let them through into the…
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Bugsy aka Houdini
When we built the Paddock Paradise, we used two lines of electric wire to form the outside track. This worked fine keeping the ponies on the track but because we run sheep in…
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"Spring" Lambs
The ewes and ewe lambs have been confined to quite a small paddock, albeit with adlib hay and a lick. It was a lovely day today, cold but sunny, so we let them through into the…
