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Wednesday 10th March 2010

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Smallholdings to rent: Ellesmere,  Shropshire, £550 pcm Smallholdings to rent: »

Smallholding to rent, Ellesmere, Shropshire £550 pcm Former Stable Block of main [...]


Smallholdings to rent: Stacksteads, Lancashire, £1,100 pcm Smallholdings to rent: »

Smallholding to rent, Stacksteads, Lancashire £1,100 pcm A substantial Grade II listed [...]


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Smallholding to rent, Ashbourne, Derbyshire £695 pcm A delightful semi detached [...]


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Smallholdings to rent: Ellesmere,  Shropshire, £550 pcm

Smallholding to rent, Ellesmere, Shropshire £550 pcm Former Stable Block of main farmhouse now converted in 2007 to delightful [Read More]


Livestock and Poultry

The chicken, the buzzard, and the mirror-ball The chicken, the »

Are your chickens safe from buzzards? I've shortened the story here, but basically the [...]


The chicken, »

Further to our chicken / buzzard article , we've received a response from the RSPB [...]


Protecting your chickens Protecting your »

Caring for poultry - looking after your chickens and hens Well there is one thing for [...]


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Grow your Own

Time to start planning your vegetable patch

Time to start planning your vegetable patch

The weather's not good, but I can't help thinking about the coming months and can't wait to get started on the vegetable patch and in the polytunnel. As we have just moved, we'll being starting from scratch in the spring. Lots of digging to do, a polytunnel that needs a cover on it, and weeds to pull out. We need to start planning too - decide [...]

Fruit ‘n’ Nuts … and we’re not talking Cadbury’s

Fruit ‘n’ Nuts … and we’re not talking Cadbury’s

What's happened to the fruit and nuts this year! From two apple trees, one plum tree, one cherry tree, and numerous blackberry bushes, our harvest has been pitiful. We've managed to collect half a dozen blackberries, and one apple this year. That's it! Disappointed? Absolutely. The price of fruit isn't cheap, so growing our own was meant to be [...]