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Cawl, bread and cheese

2020-01-17T00:38:10+01:00January 12th, 2020|Cattle, Chickens, Ducks, Farm, Smallholding, Pigs, Vegetables, Wood|

I have sat down to write a post many times over the past few months but as soon as I have begun to reflect on the previous months my heart fills with sadness for the loss of our oldest dogs Rosie and Toby.  I want to write about both of them individually and do them both justice but the loss is still too palpable. I will [...]

Are we there yet? 2 years on…

2019-06-29T00:51:19+01:00June 29th, 2019|Cattle, Chickens, Ducks, Farm, Smallholding, Pigs, Planting, Seedlings, Vegetables|

When I sat down to sum up the past 2 years I found an unpublished post from exactly a year ago: "Whenever we leave the smallholding and return to what we call the old world, family and friends comment that we look well and ask if we are enjoying our new life and have any regrets.  Without hesitation we both say, "No regrets".  On return we [...]

From piglet to pork

2019-06-29T00:34:36+01:00January 10th, 2019|Farm, Smallholding, Pigs, Vegetables|

As I clean out our recently acquired stock trailer used to transport our three pigs to their final destination, I reflect on the last five months.  It has been a journey of mixed emotions.  We expected to feel some guilt as our relationship with these pigs came to an end.   We didn't really sleep the night before, as we focused on the logistics of moving [...]