Monthly Archives: July 2017

//July

One month in…

2018-01-16T13:25:57+01:00July 31st, 2017|Farm, Smallholding, Planting, Seedlings, Vegetables|

The end of July sees the end of our first month at Graig and we have broken ourselves with physical chores (bruised and sore from head to toe) but not made a dent in the work.  Many of the smallholding books we had read before the move hinted at how overwhelming the work can be and to plan small tasks that could be easily completed along [...]

The first week in Wales

2018-01-16T15:20:57+01:00July 9th, 2017|Farm, Smallholding|

We arrived at our new home about 7.30pm on Thursday 29th June after a clear run A10, M25 and M4.  It had been a busy day at the end of a hectic week of packing and attempts to untangle ourselves from our 9 to 5 Hertfordshire lifestyle.  Our four dogs had been crammed into our newly acquired SUV along with camping beds, camping chairs, duvets, some [...]