This past Sunday was a big day for me. It was the AGM of the Fenland Smallholders Club and, after two years at the helm, I was stepping dow...

It's International Hug Day and the rest of the family are really getting into it! It's also the start of Energy Saving Week, th...

Long, dark evenings This time of year offers little time for outside work and I am often forced inside by darkness, if not by the weather. ...

My weekend was devoted to Fenland Smallholders Club. Saturday 17th November 2018 Our first Beginners Grow Your Own Group Once a month f...

Saturday 13th October 2018 26 degrees! Holbeach is setting all-time temperature records yet again. S o far as rare birds are concerned, t ...

Sunday 12th August 2018 Going Going Gone Today saw us helping to organise an auction of smallholding goods. An ex member of the Smallhol...

Saturday 23rd June 2018 A big day today. 170 Ducklings arriving! Before that, the lambs needed worming and moving down to the main pa...

Saturday 28th April 2018 The War Against Slugs I made some new slug traps today from old plastic food pots. I am having a concerted ...

Saturday 21st April 2018 The Big Day The biggest day so far in my tenure as Chair of the Fenland Smallholders Club. I am trying to u...

Finally a heatwave is on the cards. Time to go back to work after a cold, soggy and breezy Easter holiday. Typical. Wednesday 18th A...