Woolly Tales Chicks Abroad On Saturday, we spent some time watching our newly hatched chicks in their safe and secure run. It soon became Baby chicks hatch About three weeks ago, we mentioned we had a broody hen (Broody Hens Conundrum); Mrs Mills Junior (MMJ) to be Wonderful Vinegar! The benefits of adding vinegar to the rinse cycle when washing wool. I love vinegar! It has so many uses around the house other than in the culinary department. I use it Shearing 2022 – hand clipping the woolly Ryelands This year we decided to hand clip our flock. We normally have them sheared by a pro and in recent Elliot Arrives In Style Just over a year ago, we lost Haribo, our collie, to diabetes. This left George as the only canine in Spring in the Veggie Patch As all gardeners, keen or otherwise know, spring is the time for new planting and growth. This is particularly true Broody Hens Conundrum With spring fully underway, though the weather doesn’t feel like it, we are on the lookout for broody hens. Each The Perils of a Damp Fleece If there's one thing sheep are good at, aside from scoffing copious amounts of grass, it's getting into pickles. These A summer shelter with a difference. For a while now Adrian and I have been thinking about silvopasture. This is a pasture system where livestock are Sheep Maintenance & a small tweak to our routine sheep jobs A few years ago Adrian and I were a normal couple who had summer holidays and long weekends off, lazy Woolly Tips – using up leftover wool – This is the first of a series of articles I’m going to be writing about felting fleeces. As a lot To Heptavac or not to Heptavac? From time to time sheep pick up things and become ill, particularly lambs. Similar to newborn babies, lambs are particularly The Himalayan Cedar and the mossy bandage On our smallholding our main focus is making sure our animals have a long and happy life, but we also Drystane Dyke Restored Earlier this year, I wrote about a drystane dyke that had a small gap of fallen stones but was to New Apple Trees Planted Last year, we extended our paddock area with the addition of what we creatively call the 'new paddock'. While it's Major Stone Dyke Repairs After Walker Damage Regular visitors to this blog will know I spend a fair amount of time repairing the dry stone dykes we 1 2 3 … 14 Next »