A Welsh smallholding (Ad)venture
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In days of yore, returning Norsemen would recount the many adventures that befell them during the long months they had being away at sea. These tales would go on so long that they became known as sagas. However, after experiencing day one of trying to erect a 90 foot long polytunnel, I have no doubt … Continue reading The Polytunnel Saga – part one – digging yourself a hole
Yesterday, I was confronted by a large flying object at our front door at 6am. We leave the porch light on at night so I assumed it was a hawk moth though it was made a very impressive noise in flight somewhat reminiscent of a chinook helicopter. Thankfully, after inspecting me closely it flew off. … Continue reading The Beetles
…and I am not referring to Jan here With planning permission foolishly approved by a local authority clearly distracted by a virus, we can now make a start on the building of our pole barn. I already had a working sketch scribbled on the back of a seed packet and critically we had acquired ten … Continue reading Fun with Poles
This has been such a busy month there has been little time to write a blog. The first big event was the decision to mix our old girls and new girls into one flock. It was a hot sunny day and we decided to first let the old girls out into the meadow and then … Continue reading April catch up
Our arable land is set well away from the house through the wood. The way we intend to cultivate that land requires a base camp from which our growers community can operate, a place to store tools, our little tractor and its implements and an area to store root vegetable crops securely. We also could … Continue reading Plans for the future
Some pics from our first Summer. Continue reading Around and about