The Old Part Time Smallholder

I think that once you have the virus for growing your own and living by the seasons, you never recover. You might think you have a yearnin...

W ell, this is both a sad blog and a happy one… We have decided to give up the smallholding. It has been an amazing, busy,...

I am so sorry dear reader for my neglect of late. Somehow, things have been really busy lately and though I compile posts in my head as I am...

Oooh thank you very much Mandy at the lovely Chateau Moorhen , a fellow versatile blogger, for my lovely Versitile Blogger Award! It is an h...

My parents are having a new kitchen fitted shortly, and have taken down the delightful 70's heavily varnished wooden shiplap celing. Thi...

Yesterday, I went to collect our pork from the farmer - 4 pigs worth. As you can see, it pretty much filled the kitchen (much to the fascin...

On my lunchtime walkies with the dog today, something bright caught my eye. In a bush, still clamped on to a twig but upside down, was thi...