Tyddyn Bryn

Rough Pasture

• What’s doing??

  We have been busy as bees round the holding still, but since the start of lockdown in March we have not had any significant rainfall!!! 10 weeks!! Things are tinder dry outside…. we are having to regularly water everywhere and currently just the other side of our nearest village there is a forestry and field…

  Ellie

  June 3, 2020

  animals, Building work, Food and drink, Sustainability, Working the land

  Big Field, building work, cordial, digging, elderflower, fields, garden, gardening, gates, hedgerows, hedges, horses, Livestock, nettles, Orchard, orchard field, plants, ponies, Rough Pasture, self sufficiency, sheep, Small field, smallholding, vegetables, water, weed wars, weeds, wine, Yard

• Weekend waffle

  So summation Saturday and Sunday wasn’t working for me as a title for the weekend chat/catch up vlogs…. it didn’t sit right…. So I was up feeding the smallest boy a few nights ago and a Title came to me for these vlogs!! Weekend waffle!!! Hurrah!!! Any way the next instalment is up on the…

  Ellie

  January 19, 2019

  Building work, Firewood, Fruit and vegetables, Garden, Podcast, The tin hut, Working the land

  building work, demolition, digger, Firewood, garden, gardening, logs, path, plants, Podcast, Rough Pasture, self sufficiency, smallholding, tin hut, trees, willow

• Summation Sunday

  Another vlog summing up this week!! A busy one again, Log chopping, Fencing, Building some Forest school/outdoor learning bits Aaaaannnnnnd Puppy!!!!

  Ellie

  January 14, 2019

  animals, Firewood, Forest schools, Working the land

  fencing, fields, forest school, forestschool, gates, Holding Field, log pile, orchard field, Podcast, Rough Pasture, self sufficiency, smallholding, wood

• A few little videos

  I’ve added a few new videos to the YouTube Channel!!! Some tours of the animals and I’m planning a weekly ish….. vlog about the happenings on the smallholding!! Here is Episode one!!

  Ellie

  July 29, 2018

  Food and drink, Fruit and vegetables, Garden, Life with a toddler, Livestock, News, Plans, Podcast, Wanderings, Wildlife, Woodland, Working the land

  barns, Big Field, building work, clearing, digging, fencing, fields, fruit, fruit cage, garden, gardening, gates, hedgerows, hedges, Holding Field, Livestock, nettles, Orchard, orchard field, plants, Podcast, rocks, Rough Pasture, self sufficiency, sheep, slurry pit, Small field, smallholding, stream, trees, vegetables, views, water, Waterways, weed wars, weeds, willow, wood, Woodland, woodlands

• Day tripping!!

  We originally made a pledge to go out and learn something new about our local area or visit somewhere each month…. well we missed a few, time got away from us, jobs came up, regular chores took over…. and oh yes we had a beautiful new baby!! So we have made up for it recently…

  Ellie

  June 10, 2018

  Day tripping, Garden, Wanderings, Wildlife

  bees, day trip, garden, gardening, orchard field, planting, plants, Rough Pasture, smallholding, trees, Wildlife, willow

• 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…

  Ellie

  May 27, 2018

  Fruit and vegetables, Garden, Life with a toddler, Plans, Working the land

  building, building work, digging, fruit, fruit cage, garden, gardening, nettles, Orchard, orchard field, plants, Rough Pasture, self sufficiency, slurry pit, trees, vegetables, views, weed wars, weeds, willow

• What a week!!

  Well this week has been a whirlwind after our usual more sedate pace round here!! Monday we were at the hospital for another growth scan and clinic…. Not a great photo but he is a larger baby than his brother and running out of space!!! (7 weeks till due date!) Tuesday we caught up on…

  Ellie

  February 3, 2018

  Craftiness, Firewood, Forest schools, Life with a toddler, Woodland, Working the land

  baby, Big Field, fencing, gates, glastir, hedges, inspection, orchard field, Rough Pasture, Sewing, Small field, Spinning, visitors, Woodland, woodlands

• Pond!!!

  We have found a site for our pond…. Initially a wildlife pond we think… Eventually maybe some ducks for it….. Dig faster James it’s starting to fill up!!! We’ll line it during a dry spell… And we need to make sure it has a sturdy bottom banking so…..

  Ellie

  November 29, 2014

  Working the land

  digging, mud, pond, Rough Pasture

• Clearing the rough pasture

  Over the last month James and I have been clearing the rough pasture as this is the new venue for an orchard!! This means more weeds…. More bramble forests and some chainsawing up of goat willows and overhanging branches!

  Ellie

  November 28, 2014

  Working the land

  brambles, branches, clearing, Orchard, Rough Pasture, trees, weeds

• Rough Pastures

  After a restorative cuppa in the Hovel we headed out along the other borders of the property over the rough pastureland.  Following the animal trails we wandered down to the stream pipe which seperates the two of the three section of rough pastureland. Dad suggested we get a stone trough put in under the pipe…

  Ellie

  April 28, 2014

  Wanderings, Wildlife, Working the land

  Big Field, Orchard, Rough Pasture, Waterways