Wanderings
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Trail cams
James has bought himself a trail camera for using at the farm. Over the half term week he set up the camera in various spots around the farm and caught a few images!!! The first night at the gate post we caught several images of the neighbours cat!!! Then out in the field….. We caught…
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Half term antics on the farm
We managed to get back to the farm on the Tuesday of half term after James finished work and after I had had a day of baking cakes for all our planned visitors and our lovely cat sitter!! So two plum loaves, two Victoria sponges, and one large chocolate cake later we packed up the…
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Plans!!
Between big and small fields we have a holding pen, which I hope to garden out and put in a glamping pod!!! We have done some investigating now the sheep aren’t in small field or big field for that matter!!! We will need to fence this area and hedge it properly. There is a mound…
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A few views of the smallholding and buildings from the weekend before last
I took a few photos which didn’t get put into a post over the previous week so……. Some more views of the tin hut and the box beside it…. The birds on a wire…. That have nested in our house!!! The gaping hole in what will be our driveway round the back…. James and the…
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Ironwork
The photos from around the site tell us that we have a LOT of old ironwork around the place…. Eventually we will start hauling it all out and start loading it into a barn for storage until we decide what we need it for…. Or if indeed we need it…. Some of it is easy…
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Views from the fields!
Last weekend we went to the smallholding again on a Friday after work and decided that the first thing we should do is walk the dogs to wear them out!! I took my camera and took a few shots of the fields! It’s one of those views that you just have to give a big…
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Wildlife in the banks
I found a few lovely specimens of plant-life nestled in the banks of our hedgerows and borders on the May bank holiday!!! Any help identifying the unnamed hoots would be greatly appreciated!! I appear to have left the book on my newly made shelving unit in the hovel!!! Borage? Bluebells Red campion? More bluebells and…..…
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Return to the farm!
We managed to get back down to the barn on the Saturday of the May bank holiday, in the afternoon after I had finished at Roath craft market. We took a short wander to check on the status of the barns. Both are now free of cows, but have yet to be cleaned out!! And…
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Day 3 in the Little Tin Hut!
Easter Monday was spent doing a few small jobs due to the aching parentals from the exertions of the day before!! Doing things like fixing hinges, which then meant that front door of the tin hut didn’t close properly, which I only realised once everyone had abandoned me and it was dark!!! Thus meaning that…