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A new broom.
A new broom sweeps clean, so they say (Ed. – Who’s they? Need some attribution here), but when to replace? My parents […]

The chickens, bantams, rabbits and the …
A new broom sweeps clean, so they say (Ed. – Who’s they? Need some attribution here), but when to replace? My parents […]
Off to Andrew’s farm to top us up on barley straw. Such a cold and dry Spring has meant that the animals […]
Near the river gate we put a fence to protect the entrance from the Donks who persisted in eating the foliage. Problem. […]
It can get very muddy in the chicken area, so we need to formalise the pathways to make it more accessible. First […]
To get straw. Across to Pen y Bont to get a bale (large obvs) for the Donks. We got 20 bales (small […]
Off to get the straw at last. Our local farmer has collected a small load from Aylesbury of all places. His usual […]
Well… They’ve read, memorised, sung, practiced, re-practiced, and choreographed to the absolute tedium level. And, now… finally, there are ready. Take your […]
Regular followers will remember that straw is always an issue for us. Not much barley is grown around here, plenty of sheep, […]
In common with other animal lovers, the view of ours is that they are special, clever, intelligent, dumb, cute, understand what we […]
We are now short of barley straw, but Andrew, our supplier at Pen y Bont, is not expected for a couple of […]