Woolly Tales A special delivery for the sheep Winter on the smallholding is all about keeping our woolly friends fed, watered and mucked out. The beginning of November Autumn Harvest As they days shorten and the night draws in, the autumn harvest is coming to a close. The onions are Dogs Talk – new book published After eight months of writing, re-writing, editing, re-reading and proof checking, I am pleased to say I have finally published Mind the Gap As autumn turns into winter and the harvest is complete, our focus turns to winter jobs. These are mostly maintenance Bot’s explosive bot We have two dogs here, George and Haribo and both have a number of pet names. For example, George is Something new in the shop😀 From time to time I am asked if I run courses on making felted fleece rugs. Last year I pondered A new role for Tina Sparkle Two weeks ago our dear brave hennie Bim, passed away to the Great Hen Run in the Sky. Bim was Polytunnel built at last As anyone who has read my book might now realise, it's hard keeping up with everything on a smallholding. This The story of Vera, a sore ear, and a tube of toothpaste If you are squeamish or having dinner, this story may not be for you😳 As some of you may already The tale of the “little” wooden sheep As lots of you know who visit our page, I take on commissions as well as selling things from our Tiggy Released Four weeks ago, we found a tiny hedgehog that was outside, alone, during the day. Without help, it would have Hooves and Bottoms Sheep need a lot of looking after and one of the primary tasks is checking hooves and bottoms. Much like Summer Hedgehog Rescue Last autumn, I found a small hedgehog which we overwintered (see Hoggy Released). This can happen a lot, late litters swallows’ extension A while back I posted an update on the nesting birds we have here. One of the swallows' nests is Shearing at long last! This story is a bit late, I meant to post it last week but everything to do with shearing this Vera gets a touch of the itchies again Last summer Vera developed an allergy which made her skin very itchy. See “Vera gets a touch of the Itchies”. 1 2 3 … 12 Next »
