The first swallow soaks up the early morning sun There is excited chattering above the smallholding once more. Yay! The swallows have ...

Today was everything that smallholding should be. It started with Sue letting the poultry out and doing the morning feed while I finished o...

26th May 2018 Bleating Hell Last year we let the lambs wean naturally, which means just leaving them with their mums until they decide tha...

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...

Monday 16th April 2018 A day of compost turning - very satisfactory. The turkeys have a new house (really just ramshackle shelter...

Sunday 15th April 2018 A big day for the sheep Mums and lambs were moved back outside. They are much happier in the fresh air under the op...

Tuesday 10th April 2018 Most of today was spent on and off tending to Flash the ram lamb. He has been weak and has not been seen to feed fr...

Monday 9th April You Might Want to Come Down to the Sheep Field Main job for the day was to finish constructing the pond which I began dig...

Saturday 7th April 2018 Brown ram lamb has taken to the bath tub recently. Rambo is bemused. Monster chicks, your time is up The d...