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admin | June 30, 2007
I am thrilled to announce that Mrs Boss, the broody hen at The Cottage Smallholder website has successfully hatched at least 3 of the 6 guinea fowl eggs that I sent in the post to them four weeks ago.
When I read that Mrs Boss had gone broody and needed some eggs I offered some of [...]
admin | June 30, 2007
Farm life continues even though the farm has been flooded and is still standing in water in many places.
A calf is born.
The farm prepares for the arrival of the two saddleback gilts.
The calves are moved out of the back field.
The cattle, guinea fowl and hen still need feeding twice daily.
The landrover goes for it’s MOT.
No [...]
sara | June 29, 2007
I received an email on Saturday from one of my regular readers Joanna, enquiring about what food can be given to young chicks as one of her Orpington hens had turned up with a chick.
All the books I have recommend giving chick crumbs for the first ten to 14 days and this is what I [...]
admin | June 29, 2007
I received an email on Saturday from one of my regular readers Joanna, enquiring about what food can be given to young chicks as one of her Orpington hens had turned up with a chick.
All the books I have recommend giving chick crumbs for the first ten to 14 days and this is what I [...]
admin | June 28, 2007
I have found radish very easy to grow thanks to advice from TopVeg. I thought that it would be great for the children in my gardening club to sow radish seeds and then get to eat their radish with the lettuce that we have grown.
Farming Friends & TopVeg have collaborated to create a How To Grow Summer Radish growing card.
Click on [...]
admin | June 28, 2007
I’ve often noticed that my cats do not like to get their paws wet and will take the long route across the farmyard to avoid the puddles of water that accumulate on the yard.
This is why I was abit shocked to find that when I waded through the knee high water to check on my guinea [...]
admin | June 27, 2007
Here are more photos of the flood that covered our farm and land yesterday.
These photographs were taken about mid morning.
The water began to surround the house and foldyard inching closer and closer. By early afternoon a couple of inches of water was lapping at our back doorstep and the water was approaching our house from the lane. [...]
admin | June 26, 2007
At 2 am this morning we were woken by a phone call from our neighbour to say that the beck had burst it’s bank and the village was flooded. The water was making it’s way up the lane, like a river in the neighbouring field and flowing quickly from our back field into the yard, [...]
admin | June 26, 2007
This weekend I sowed some wildflower seeds on a patch of grass at the front of the house.
I hope that the seeds will grow as both packets were gifts.
Thank you mum (Pat) for this packet of wildflower seeds.
Thank you Sue for this packet of wildflower seeds.
It will be just “Suepat!” I mean “super” if the [...]
admin | June 25, 2007
For ages now I have been saying that I would like to have more animals to look after. I have dreams of the good life. For those of you who have watched the British programme called The Good Life, my husband thinks I am more like Margo than Barbara!
Anyway I have shown my determination and commitment [...]
