

Diary of a Smallholder - aged 54 & 3/4
7am Woken up by birdsong - I really should change that alarm on the iPad (other tablet devices are available), as when I snooze the...


Pembrokeshire Musings - 5 months in
So, what have we learnt in the first five months? Dave loves the gadgets, and the bigger the gadget the better! Smallholding is a...


Fondling Bollocks
I'm still not entirely sure whether we have learnt a new technique, or been subjected to a very goaty wheeze! Meg and Damo invited us...
Exciting Times!
Suddenly the pace has gathered somewhat and the diary is busy for the next few days! The Plan: Today: Take delivery of our quad bike &...


Education, Education, Education
Yesterday we were very lucky to pay a visit to Meg and Damian at Moat Goats. This lovely young couple took time out from their own crazy...


Two More Mouths to Feed
But this time they should feed us back! Introducing Thelma & Louise, our 8-week old Oxford Sandy & Black x Berkshire piglets. Thelma has...


Piggy Arc de Triomphe
Fresh from this morning's successful mission to get a water supply to the 4 new paddocks in The Uplands, we were on a bit of a bacon roll...


The Uplands
Day 2 of the fencing work on the small field in our 'high lands' was greeted with much better weather than Day 1, and (miraculously) the...


Alien Abductions
Getting workies round here to turn up and quote for fencing work takes patience and perseverance. But that is nothing compared to the...


Shabby Chic
More shabby than chic but today we recycled old fence posts and corrugated sheeting to make a rain shelter for the hens - it can get wet...