Pigs have been here one week now and are so much more friendly and getting braver in exploring. and of course now want tummy rubs....

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...

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...

The new arrivals to the Smallholding. Four Gloucester old Spots weaners. They have come from a commercial herd, so are not use to people...

What a difference yesterday was in terms of weather. The field that took three years of clearing is starting to reveal new plant life....

The veg garden has been temporarily ( I hope) wrapped up again after forecast of snow and minus temperatures over the next few days. As...

After the highs of doing our first Community Market on Saturday; came the low on Sunday. Marmite, our pygmy goat nanny, died. Andy found...

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...

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,...

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...

Natural, sustainable, biogedragable and environmentally friendly. #britshwool #choosewool #sustainable #nTuralproduct #smallholders...

Lovely home produced Hogget; boned breast rolled with a herb stuffing. #growyouown #gyo #jacobsheep #welshjacobsheep #jacobsheepsociety...

Making a Hay feeder. This is the fourth husband has made. The original idea is from the fantastic smallholders book 'The Smallholders...

#repost #hccmpw #welshproduce We are proud to produce traditional hogget and mutton raised slowly and extensively; feeding on the herbage...

Sausages and pork joints and chops are now available. Flavours are traditional, pork and leek, pork and apple, British banger and old...

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...

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.

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...

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,...

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...