Log Log
Those of you who have followed by obsession with counting logs with interest, and possibly sympathy, will be pleased to have this update…
Hilary’s Crush
I have mixed feelings about the fact that my husband is fancied by Hilary the pig…
Sheepcats
I have found another way to make our fortune. Training cats to herd sheep. It’s possible…
Twittering In The Hedgerow
Two technologies at opposite ends of the archaeological spectrum define our lives here on our hill. Yesterday I began to lay a hedge…
Power Cut
Today the electricity was off between 9am and 4pm. We knew it was going to happen in advance – some cabling was being replaced in the lane…
Country In Grip Of Melt Chaos Shock!
This is what we’re getting after the country has been in the grip of the snow chaos shock. Not that anyone could have foreseen it…
The Bantam That Laid
Digby is our smallest bantam. Raised from an egg by two nearby children, she has lived with us, her brother Geoff, and unrelated hens Maureen and Silvia for a couple of years…
Grit Shortage!
It has hit minus 20 degrees this week and 24 hour rolling news is rolling around the clock with endless ‘news’ of more weather. We are now getting retrospectives of other winters when there’s been snow…
I Know Where All The Dandelions Are!
Tonka is our accidental tortoise. He arrived in August. Alone. Without an owner. Or, it seems, a home…
Pasture To Plate
The argument is straightforward. Once upon a time in London I would have put prepacked meat in my shopping trolley with little thought…
Cold Weather In Winter Shock!
What is it about the weather? Lead news item on every channel. Front page of every paper. First word on everyone’s lips…
Sheep’s Toenails
Cutting sheeps’ toenails is among my ten least favourite country jobs…
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