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The Forest Smallholding
- Jun 2, 2020
- 1 min
It's all go in the veg department ...
It's that time of year that all the hard work starts to pay off. Outdoor tomatoes in their windproof cage ... and with fruit; Red...
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The Forest Smallholding
- Jun 2, 2020
- 1 min
Shearing ...
Friday was the big day in the sheep calender: shearing. I'm sure with this heat that our boys and girls will be glad to have their...
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The Forest Smallholding
- May 29, 2020
- 1 min
If you go down to the woods today ...
The new arrivals to the Smallholding. Four Gloucester old Spots weaners. They have come from a commercial herd, so are not use to people...
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The Forest Smallholding
- May 10, 2020
- 1 min
New beginnings ...
What a difference yesterday was in terms of weather. The field that took three years of clearing is starting to reveal new plant life....
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The Forest Smallholding
- May 10, 2020
- 1 min
Prepared for a mini-winter
The veg garden has been temporarily ( I hope) wrapped up again after forecast of snow and minus temperatures over the next few days. As...
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The Forest Smallholding
- Feb 10, 2020
- 1 min
Across the Rainbow Bridge
After the highs of doing our first Community Market on Saturday; came the low on Sunday. Marmite, our pygmy goat nanny, died. Andy found...
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The Forest Smallholding
- Feb 8, 2020
- 1 min
We've batoned down the hatches ...
We are now safely all gathered in doors, listening to the wind, with a lovely homemade rice It's been a busy day: our first time selling...
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The Forest Smallholding
- Jan 25, 2020
- 1 min
The Swamp Field
The Swamp Field. This area floods, hence it's name. We decided to work with nature and over the past three years we have planted: Alder,...
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The Forest Smallholding
- Jan 25, 2020
- 1 min
'Trees Glorious Trees ...'
While i was away the OH has been very busy finishing clearing a very steep part of the holding. This has been an on-going job since we...
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The Forest Smallholding
- Nov 30, 2019
- 1 min
Wool
Natural, sustainable, biogedragable and environmentally friendly. #britshwool #choosewool #sustainable #nTuralproduct #smallholders...
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The Forest Smallholding
- Nov 26, 2019
- 1 min
... and then there was none.
Lovely home produced Hogget; boned breast rolled with a herb stuffing. #growyouown #gyo #jacobsheep #welshjacobsheep #jacobsheepsociety...
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The Forest Smallholding
- Nov 26, 2019
- 1 min
Hay! wotcha making? ...
Making a Hay feeder. This is the fourth husband has made. The original idea is from the fantastic smallholders book 'The Smallholders...
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The Forest Smallholding
- Nov 26, 2019
- 1 min
Proud to Produce Quality ...
#repost #hccmpw #welshproduce We are proud to produce traditional hogget and mutton raised slowly and extensively; feeding on the herbage...
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The Forest Smallholding
- Oct 29, 2019
- 1 min
Sausages!
Sausages and pork joints and chops are now available. Flavours are traditional, pork and leek, pork and apple, British banger and old...
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The Forest Smallholding
- Oct 29, 2019
- 1 min
There she flows ...
Saturday was interesting. We'd gone out to make our sausages and came back to river running down the track. It had been raining for...
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The Forest Smallholding
- Oct 15, 2019
- 1 min
Bye bye Pigs
Sad day today, pigs went. It's always hard , but we know they have had a good life here in their woods. Thank you pigs.
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The Forest Smallholding
- Oct 9, 2019
- 1 min
Fencing
The OH has been busy this year (in amongst his other jobs) with fencing the top perimeter boundary. Normally a man and a tractor and...
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The Forest Smallholding
- Aug 25, 2019
- 1 min
Blind Brian
Meet Brian. Brain was born April 2018 and was very slow to come round. He appeared to have problems with both his sight and hearing,...
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The Forest Smallholding
- Aug 25, 2019
- 1 min
Peggy
Peggy had a poor start in life. Her mum rejected her; then she broke her back leg at 8 days old. We had to bottle feed her as no other...
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