Tyddyn Bryn

self sufficiency

• The Slugs are Coming!!!

  

  But please don’t get out the slug pellets!! As they have such a detrimental effect on our wildlife, for example poisoning our now at risk hedgehogs!! Using wool in the garden can be an effective way to deter slugs. Here’s how you can utilise it: Besides deterring slugs, wool has the added benefits of retaining…

  Ellie

  May 22, 2024

  Garden, Sustainability, Wildlife, wool, Working the land

  garden, gardening, Livestock, plants, self sufficiency, sheep, smallholding, weed wars, Wildlife, wool

• The Benefits of Wool – and it’s many uses

  

  So wool has many uses other than as clothing!!! Clothing as previously discussed in the first blog post of this title Carpets Blankets Bedding, both blankets and duvets or Baavets (as one company call themselves!!) Mulch or weed suppressant mats to put round plants. There is also the added benefit of moisture conservation! Fertiliser. It…

  Ellie

  February 28, 2022

  Sustainability, wool, yarn

  gardening, knitting, self sufficiency, sheep, smallholding, wool, yarn

• Smallholding Sunday

  

  A photo round up of our jobs and fun here on the smallholding this summer! Baling hay, fruit and veg, building and fun.

  Ellie

  September 5, 2021

  Children, Fruit and vegetables, Garden, Sustainability, Working the land

  Big Field, fruit, fruit cage, gardening, grow your own, grow your own food, Orchard, orchard field, plants, self sufficiency, sheep, smallholding, trees, vegetables, weeds

• The Firewood poem

  I thought I would share a poem I found about firewood today! Given that we like lighting fires for cooking, sharing, making drinks etc in our forest school sessions! We are also completely wood fired at the smallholding here, a log fuelled Esse for cooking, heating and hot water when the solar thermal panels are…

  Ellie

  September 1, 2020

  Firewood, Woodland, Working the land

  fire, fires, log pile, logs, poetry, self sufficiency, sustainable, wood, Woodland, woodlands, woods

• Ever wondered about our yarns??

  I’ve been fiddling about putting together a little about the yarn video!! What do you all think!?! You can find our yarns over on Etsy They truly are a joy to work with!!! Watch this space for some new patterns releases coming soon!!!

  Ellie

  July 8, 2020

  Craftiness, knitting, Knitting and Crochet, Livestock, Patterns, Sustainability, Tyddyn Bryn on Etsy, Working the land, yarn

  crochet, Etsy, indie designer, indie dyer, knitting, Patterns, self sufficiency, sheep, support small business, yarn

• 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

• All go round here!!

  So over the past few days we have been working hard to get things sorted, built, planted, weeded and moved!! We have weeded both large raised beds, and I have started to plant seeds for veg in there, using my scaffolding plank as a bridge across to stop me from stomping all over the bed!…

  Ellie

  March 26, 2020

  Fruit and vegetables, Garden, Uncategorized, Working the land

  digging, garden, gardening, muck, muck spreading, plants, self sufficiency, smallholding, vegetables

• 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…

  Ellie

  March 22, 2020

  Fruit and vegetables, Garden, journal, News, The tin hut, Working the land, yarn

  building, building work, crafting, digging, fruit, fruit cage, garden, gardening, log pile, logs, path, plants, self sufficiency, smallholding, tin hut, vegetables, weed wars, yarn

• 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!! 😁

  Ellie

  February 9, 2019

  Children, Craftiness, Garden, Life with a toddler, Podcast, Sustainability, Working the land

  building, building work, chimney sweep, chimneys, crafting, Esse, flues, garden, gardening, knitting, Podcast, Polytunnel, self sufficiency, slurry pit, smallholding, socks, sweeping, vegetables, weed wars

• Sustainable Saturday and Salami 😂

  As well as sustainable Saturday being live on the YouTube channel here I uploaded a blog about how we made salami back on Wednesday!! In other news…. The small additions to the household are making themselves at home!! 😂

  Ellie

  January 26, 2019

  Podcast, Sustainability

  Podcast, self sufficiency, soap, sustainable