Last year’s abundance, lest we forget

Last year’s abundance, lest we forget

The plants seem so small at this time of year and battling against the elements, battling the pigeons, the slugs, every year it’s the same, I always spend May in a slight panic, thinking the plants will never grow, then as the month progresses I am always...
Lamb time

Lamb time

This time last year we were bottle feeding the sock lambs.  Now they’re 1 year olds known as “hoggets” and have just had their first shearing (really good looking sheep according to James the shearer, who shears about 2,500 sheep a year) They will be...
Yuletide Blessings

Yuletide Blessings

The Yin and the Yang, Mother Earth and Father Sky.  We must all care for the baby seed, lest Monsanto (and all the other industrial agri-chemical corps) claim all rights and we loose the power to produce our own food. The Christmas Box’s of 2015 containing...
Seed saving

Seed saving

Saving seed from a wide variety of heirloom pulses and bulbs… and document saving for the planning appeal: hearing will be held on 9th March 2016 at Wealden Council offices at 10am.  All...