Beekeeping: Lesson One
We nearly caused a major diplomatic incident last week. For a moment, a vision of helicopters overhead spewing Kevlar clad SAS troopers down ropes to secure the farm flashed across my mind…
Tonka Wakes Up And We Adopt More Sheep
It’s been a while since I’ve updated you all on the latest news from the farm, so here are a few snippets to bring you up to date…
Hubble Bubble
When Sarah and her best friend Lisa are together – which is often now that Lisa has her own key to the farm – they adopt a unusual form of communication…
Dead Duck And The Great Escape
Bert – or was it Ernie? I couldn’t tell the ducks apart – fell victim to a fox the other day. Leaving Ernie – or is it Bert? – in a state of shock, and alone…
Super Heroes
The topic of conversation over dinner the other night was – if you were a super hero, who would you be? And Christopher said instantly ‘Mega Boy’. ‘What does Mega Boy do?’ I asked…
Chilly Chickens And Other Cold Animals
Red’s cock-a-doodle-doo is hoarse. The doodle-doo bit is almost missing. He sounds a bit pathetic – so I’m giving him a special vitamin tonic in his water to try and help…
Hibernating The Tortoise
So you will be interested to learn that Tonka the Accidental Tortoise has been put into hibernation. This is the most stressful thing that we have ever had to do…
The Demon Butcher Of Beckley
Lights flickered in the farmhouse kitchen. Snow swirled outside. A Little Owl shrieked as it veered between the ice-laden branches of the great oak. Somewhere, a wolf howled. Well, that bit’s not true. But this is….
Christopher Gets Dressed
It is cold. Very cold. Despite the fact that it seems like only five minutes since we were last wrapping ourselves up like Michelin men just to venture outside…
We Get Bees
I am going to buy Sarah a bonnet for Christmas. It will go well with any of her personalities – Miss Muffett, Bo Peep, Red Riding Hood…
What To Do With The Extra Cock
More building work has been required in a hurry. Two of the most recent batch of chickens have suddenly put on a growth spurt and it’s very obvious that they aren’t hens, they’re cocks…
Rock and Bone and Water
Autumn’s chemistry set is working overtime right now producing an extraordinary horizon rather as though a mad painter had chucked his paint pots all over the landscape…
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