building
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Smallholding update!
Living the dream!!! So many people say this to us!! And it always makes me laugh a little, yes in so very many ways we are living the dream, but I really don’t think a lot of people realise how much hard work the dream is!! Take this week for example!! All the rain and…
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So plans for Tyddynbryn!!
Social distancing smallholding style!! We have an absolute load of work to get on with here on the smallholding and with the nice dry weather that has started we have made a start!! Moving the chickens and ducks to new turf. Wood chipping paths and flower beds and around new raised beds! Having cleared the…
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A week’s worth of vlogs!!
I promised myself I’d be better at Blogging as well as Vlogging…. but life kinda happens!! Anyway here are the links for the blogs this week Something new Sunday Makers Monday What we do Wednesday Sustainable Saturday Also I’ve managed a load of baking this week!! 😁
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Goodbye 2018… hello 2019
So I have made a couple of vlogs rounding up 2018 And a vlog about plans for 2019!!
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Piggies!!!
Last week we spent a huge amount of time building an enclosure and hut for some pigs!!! All the elements of their housing other than the electric fencing have been repurposed from things we had in the barns, leftovers from other building projects or reclaimed items like a collection of doors that a neighbour was…
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Building play areas!
So in order to get anything done with Mr Whirlwind around he has to have things to occupy him!!! So gradually using and repurposing things around the farm and planting and making etc I am building a play area…. or lots of bits of play area Inadvertently with some of the digger work that has…
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All around the holding….
So….. deep breath and here goes….. Back at the end of April…. the Polytunnel finally had its skin put on!! We almost immediately started planting and moving some of the seed across that we had started in the house off into the tunnel…. Spring finally arrived after the seemingly relentless winter!! The small boy found…
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Episode 12 show notes finally!!
Episode 12Sunday 4th March Another one a week later than planned, but due to visitations…. First from my sister and the children and then from my parents!! So limited crafting time was had in the first couple of weeks! Knitting Managed a few more rounds on my Weasley sweater Swatching for some new patterns, these…