Most weekends I stay on the smallholding but last weekend Sue and I had booked to go along to a beeswax workshop in West Norfolk, courtesy o...

Red Admirals are appreciating the fruity windfall too So far this year we have had a winter with virtually no frost, we had about a foo...

What a great time of year it is! Growing and rearing has slowed down considerably, the summer lull is over and now the activity picks righ...

Thursday 21st June 2018 Midsummer It's midsummer. Most of the sowing is done. Most of the baby animals and birds are born. A few cr...

Saturday 13th January 2018 Sheep stuff I was rudely awoken by Sue with the news that the three ewe lambs had pushed through the electric f...

My one piece of advice to anyone setting up to be self-sufficient would be to plant fruit straight away, orchard trees, soft fruit bushes, n...