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The Weather & Life In Cyprus – 9th Letter From David

sara | February 24, 2010

I am pleased to receive the latest letter from David in Cyprus, we have been writing to each other now for over a year.
Hi Sara and all Farming Friends,
Well no matter what the tourist brochures tell you it can be cold and pretty wild in Cyprus in january and february. As I write we have [...]

A New Year In The Troodos Mountains – 8th Letter From Cyprus

sara | January 29, 2010

Another year has started and it’s great to hear from David who lives in the Troodos Mountains and who has been sharing snipets of his life with us.
Hi Sara and all at Farming Friends
Well here we are into the New Year and quite a lot is going on all of a sudden. Well nothing monumental [...]

Olive Picking – Seventh Letter From Cyprus

sara | December 13, 2009

It is always great to get word from my farmingfriend’s friend David who has a smallholding in Cyprus.
Hi Sara and all farming friends
Well we are now into November and I am happy to say that the sun is still shining although rain is forecast tomorrow. After the very wild weather and thunderstorms that we had through [...]

Katie’s Kunekune Piglets

sara | November 30, 2009

Katie is a member of the farmingfriends forum and a reader of the farmingfriends website.
Katie contacted me back in August and introduced me to her Kunekune pigs, Coleen, Wayne and Mable. Katie was unsure if Coleen was pregnant and it later turned out that she hadn’t been but she did finally get served by Wayne [...]

Cypriot Life – A Letter From Cyprus

sara | October 13, 2009

David is a farmingfriends friend who lives in Cyprus and has been corresponding with me since the end of last year. I am always eager to read David’s letters as they are always full of such detail that you feel like you are actually there in the Troodoes mountains with David and his friends.  Here [...]

David’s News From Cyprus – Grape Harvest Affected

sara | August 27, 2009

David lives in Cyprus  and is a farmingfriends friend who has been corresponding with me since the end of last year. I am always keen to read about life in Cyprus on the Troodos Mountains particularly as I have visited the Troodos mountains, so here is David’s fifth letter to me:
Hi Sara and all at [...]

Photos Of Christina’s Ducklings

sara | August 13, 2009

I love to hear from other smallholder’s, farmers and animal lovers and it is especially nice when I get sent photos.
Here are Christina’s ducklings only about a week old in the brooder.

Here are the ducklings enjoying time outside in garden in their outdoor pen.

Here is the beginnings of the pond for the ducklings in Christina’s [...]

Sallie’s Golden Pheasant Chicks

sara | July 16, 2009

Sallie is a “farmingfriends” friend who I have made friends with since she visited my website to find out about splayed legs in quail.
Sallie keeps quail and pheasants and I have enjoyed seeing the photos of the chicks and hearing about their progress and learning about the differences in the breeds.
Dear Sara,   The original [...]

4th July BBQ

sara | July 4, 2009

I have been invited to a 4th July BBQ here in the UK. I am delighted to be invited as I have never been to a 4th July celebration before and also it was really nice to be asked as Belinda and Gregg are new friends that I met through the farmingfriends website and my [...]

Visiting Neighbouring Pig Farm

sara | June 29, 2009

The other weekend we went to visit one of our friends and neighbours.
Daniel has pigs on his farm and here are some of the weaners in the pens he has set up for the pigs.

Daniel has 20 pig feeders for sale. He is located in the York to Hull area so if you are interested [...]