Tyddyn Bryn

smallholding

• New yarn!!!!!

  So tomorrow the Rustic range of yarns launch!! All hand dyed by me here at the smallholding and all the wool for the yarn is either locally sourced or homegrown!! From our own Sheep!!!!! So that’s gorgeous fleece from Wanda, Baabara, Wolfy and the three witches!!!! This time the wool has been blended with a…

  Ellie

  April 23, 2020

  Craftiness, knitting, Knitting and Crochet, yarn

  crafting, Etsy, from sheep to yarn, hand dyed, hand dyeing, home raised yarn, knitting, ravelry, sheep, smallholding, yarn

• 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

• Weekend waffle

  A new episode of Weekend Waffle is live on the YouTube channel A withybed built and you can see what we have be up to in the Polytunnel!! It’s all rather exciting!! 😁

  Ellie

  February 10, 2019

  Building work, Fruit and vegetables, Garden, Podcast, Sustainability, Working the land

  building work, fruit, garden, gardening, hedges, plants, Podcast, smallholding, vegetables, views, willow, Woodland, woodlands, woodwork

• 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

• Weekend waffle

  A new episode of Weekend Waffle is live here A bit of tree planting, the starts of a Japanese inspired garden, snow and a puppy!!

  Ellie

  February 2, 2019

  Building work, Garden, The tin hut, Working the land

  building work, gardening, Japanese garden, orchard field, plants, rocks, rubble, smallholding, stream, tin hut, trees, Waterways, willow, 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

• Sustainable Saturday

  Today I have the first in a series of vlogs outlining small changes we are making here to become more sustainable, ditch the plastic and have less of an impact on the environment… Here is the link Now for the puppy spam

  Ellie

  January 12, 2019

  Podcast, Sustainability

  ditch the plastic, Podcast, self sufficiency, smallholding, Sustainability, sustainable

• What we do Wednesday!

  How to process firewood!! Well how we collect and process it!! 😂 You can find a short video here of what we do!!! Someone LOVES the chainsaw helmet!!! Especially the visor!!! 😂 And whilst the chain saw was out!! Himself chopped me up some logs to make a log circle in the littlie’s forest school…

  Ellie

  January 9, 2019

  Children, Firewood, Forest schools, Life with a toddler, Podcast, Woodland, Woodwork, Working the land

  forestschool, Podcast, self sufficiency, smallholding, wood, Woodland, woodwork