We want to explain a little about where we live, how we live and look at why we chose this life because let’s face it, no-one chooses to be a …
homesteading smallholdingHow We Began Our Smallholding / Homesteader Life
Chickens homesteading smallholdingBird Flu and Chicken Boredom Busters
We started keeping chickens so that we could free range them and raise them to high welfare standards. Unfortunately, bird flu (caused by the Avian Influenza virus) has become a …
fruit garden Garden homesteading smallholding TreesThe last of the Fruit Harvest (thank goodness!)
If you’ve been reading our blog you’ll know that we are self sufficient in fruit. That is unless we decide we want a banana or pineapple which struggle in the …
Chickens Garden Maintenance TreesThe Problem with Autumn/Fall…
Autumn/Fall is a beautiful season. The leaves on the trees show a myriad of colours and for a period of time the garden looks like a beautiful oil painting. The …
Grow Your Own homesteading smallholdingI love HOT chilli sauce!
It’s true! Hot sauce is amazing and thankfully Hugh grows lots of chillies for me and every year grows a new variety that he’s never grown before. 3 years ago …
homesteading Maintenance smallholdingMaintaining Our Woodburning Esse Oven
We are incredibly proud of our little cottage. It’s bigger now but back in the 1700s it was only a 2 up/2 down arrangement and our lounge would have been …
homesteading Maintenance smallholdingTime to Repair and Paint Barn Windows
We love our smallholding/homestead. Our year is dictated by the seasons. In winter we decorate the inside of the house, clear and tidy barns and build/repair coops. In Spring it’s …
Chicken Breeding Chickens homesteading smallholdingOur Mixed Chicken Flock
We breed Buff Orpington chickens and anyone familiar with our social media accounts will be very familiar with the chickens either running towards us, or after us. Fiona’s accounts on …
homesteading smallholding TreesThe Rural Network Fuels Our Home
To keep our home warm we have 2 multi-fuel burners. We use wood as much as possible mainly because it’s a sustainable fuel. We obtain felled trees and we plant …
fruit garden Garden Grow Your Own homesteading smallholdingOur Cheap Fruit Cage is Paying Off!
Over this last winter here in the UK we were required by law to keep our lovely chickens either indoors or in fully netted enclosures due to Avian Influenza Restrictions. …