I often talk about the passing of the seasons and how we look forward to the same events coming round year after year. Last Saturday it was...

While heavy snow hit almost all the rest of the country, here in our little piece of fenland we managed to all but avoid it. But with the gr...

As if we don't have enough to do, what with working, running a smallholding, birding, and running the Smallholders Club, I have set a ne...

Saturday 10th February 2018 An early start as I headed for Huntingdon and Cambridgeshire Self-Sufficiency Group's annual Potato Day. I...

Wednesday 6th December 2017 Poultry Explorers The monster chicks are faring well. They seem to have massive crops, which allows them to st...

Sorry. Not many photos. My car temporarily broke the phone. Read on for more details. 11th February 2017 Cambridgeshire Self-Sufficiency ...

Friday 23rd December 2016 So here he is. Santa! This is what he does in the run up to Christmas, I'll let you into a little secret...

Sunday 11th December 2016 Not that it is a very hierarchical group, but Mick is pretty much the main man at Cambridgeshire Self-Sufficiency...

What's the difference between a turkey and a fly? Turkeys drop more easily. Read on and you'll understand. It's been a bad star...

I've been a bit quiet on the blogging front of late. It's that time of year when things quieten down, with most effort going into ha...