Tyddyn Bryn

vegetables

• A few updates!!

  Things are starting to grow in the Polytunnel and the fruit cage has a heap of green strawberries!! James has built the majority of the first long raised beds!! Just awaiting delivery of the blocks for the rest of this bed and the second now!! But we could wait and started to plant!!! Beans this…

  Ellie

  June 9, 2018

  Fruit and vegetables, Garden, Livestock, Working the land

  bees, Big Field, fields, foals, fruit, fruit cage, garden, gardening, hedgerows, hedges, hive, hives, Livestock, plants, ponies, self sufficiency, sheep, slurry pit, Small field, smallholding, vegetables

• 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

• Planting planting and more planting

  So now the Polytunnel has been skinned we have been able to get in and plant!! So far now we have planted mangetout, beans, beetroot, carrots, spinach, leeks, rocket, spring onions and salads…. Then James has moved our two new grapevines into the corners, one red one white… He has also moved all the baby…

  Ellie

  April 30, 2018

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

  fruit, fruit cage, garden, gardening, plants, rocks, self sufficiency, slurry pit, vegetables, weed wars

• Farm update

  Soooo in lieu of a podcast which I may not have time to do or enough content for, for a few weeks…. here is the farm update for recent weeks!!! Sooo…. back at the end of March on his due date we became a family of four when baby Mathew put in an appearance!! All…

  Ellie

  April 24, 2018

  baby, Day tripping, Fruit and vegetables, Garden, Life with a toddler, Livestock, News, Wanderings, Working the land

  baby, fruit, gardening, plants, Polytunnel, self sufficiency, sheep, simple living, slurry pit, sustainable, toddler, vegetables, visitors

• 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…

  Ellie

  March 13, 2018

  Fruit and vegetables, Garden, knitting, Knitting and Crochet, Life with a toddler, Patterns, Podcast, Sewing, Working the land, yarn

  acquisitions, building, crafting, crochet, farm, fruit, knitting, Podcast, Sewing, smallholding, smallholdingl life, Spinning, vegetables