How To Make The Most Of The Wood Burner
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Preparing the wood burner • Take a fire lighter and place it on the grate. • Place a good amount of kindling... Read More
New Hens on The Block
We have six new hens on our farm. They arrived yesterday and are trying to find their feet. It is never easy... Read More
A Partridge Plucker
Today, we visited the Macclesfield Treacle Market and can offer you a lesson on how not to buy a new car, not that you... Read More
How to make the most of summer tomato bounty
This year has made me realise something. If you give tomato plants the right environment (warmth, water, lots of sun and good... Read More
Too many courgettes? Bake a cake
Courgettes are relatively easy to grow and with this year’s hot weather, we have been blessed with an abundance of them. I... Read More
Stockdales visit
At work, Ian’s team work closely with a Manchester based charity called Stockdales. They have been providing care and support for adults... Read More
Moving the Pig Ark
On building the ark for our Tamworth pigs I took no end of advice from various smallholding websites offering free plans and... Read More
They’ve hatched out!
After our ducklings had hatched we didn’t feel as though we could put them outside straight away. Also, we were in the... Read More
A weekend dealing with the back “log”
Now the snow has gone for the year, this weekend was spent building a new log store and chopping up a whole... Read More
Runner Ducks at the farm
We’re very lucky (whilst there isn’t a bird-flu type lock down) as we already have wild ducks, partridge, grouse, pheasant and a... Read More