Let's start with the weather. It rained constantly for the first two months of the year with storm upon storm sweeping through, but all...

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

There are still a couple of nests in the stables with young swallows leaning over the mudbrick edge, their bright yellow gapes wide open beg...

Getting a bit behind, so here's a week's worth. Another week's worth tomorrow. 18th June - Collect hay while the sun shines ...

So the summer solstice marked the end of a heatwave with temperatures in the low 30s for days on end. But that heatwave spelled bad news fo...

I've been anticipating their arrival for a while now but this evening, as I relaxed in my living willow chair with a cold beer and the t...

28th August 2016 Little chicks set loose into big wide world The little chickens, destined for the table, were let out of their pen today ...