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, Downy birch, Rowan, Willows of all colours, and Black Poplar. The sycanores have been allowed to grow again. Pictures are not great, but hopefully gives you an idea if what we've been up to. #treesforlife #makespacefornature #woodlandcreation #woodland #ecofriendlyliving #sustainability #radnorforest #radnorforestwales #smallholdinglife

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 arrived nearly three years ago.The sheep do not tend to go up to this part as it is full of brambles, bracken and gorse. The brambles tend to catch the sheep so they get stuck; the gorse can prick little noses and cause a disease called Orf, which is also passed to humans; the bracken harbours ticks and the spores are believed to be carcinog