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Seven weeks to go
until we get entry to our new smallholding. We went for a visit on Wednesday, with the architect, Doug, the builder, Graham and Louise, from the Energy Saving Trust. The garden is…
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Sun / Toast / Sprouts
Monday 6th March Lovely morning – sunny and still. I’m speaking at a local women’s guild tomorrow so needed to get my presentation done for that AND have a run…
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Helping the grass grow
I think I have said before that managing grass causes me more headaches than any other part of smallholding. All I can say is “nothing’s changed”. Last year…
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Beef on the hoof and off it
So what’s happened this week at TAS HQ? Weather has been changeable – which is what we’d expect for the time of year, I guess. We’ve had periods of heavy…
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More fencing
Since we moved here, we've had to do quite a lot of fencing - some new, to make small paddocks and some to replace existing fence that's past it's best before…
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Beltane / Patio / Yurt / Split hive / New bakeware
Monday 1st May So today is Beltane, one of the four Gaelic seasonal festivals and traditionally the start of summer and the day the cattle would be turned out. One ritual…
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Autumn / Cleaning / Festival
Monday 7th October There’s been a fair bit of rain overnight. I thought I heard thunder in the very early hours, and heavy rain. Still loads of midges though. And…
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Improving our grazing
Back on 17th April, I posted a diary entry called “Helping the grass grow”. At the time, I was in a flat panic that the grass was never going to grow again. Well it…
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Final preparations for lambing and the pigs arrive.
Well, we resorted to man and machine (minidigger) to clear out the barn. Took about three hours - it would have taken us days and we wanted to get the rest of the apple trees in.…
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Birthday / New hens and chicks / Cheddar! / Baking
Monday 17th April Yippee! A few rain showers today; crystal clear and a bit cool tonight, so maybe we will get the forecast frost. Bryn is exhausted – Mickey is wearing…
