Mar 13Building a cob oven - part 1The cob oven was one of our earliest projects. What can beat wood-fired pizza?!
Mar 15, 2021Slow foodGlastonbury CND Festival 1987. Elvis Costello and Van Morrison were headlining. And in the Green Field, there was a display about...
Jan 13, 2019Preparing for chickensChickens are great company when you're pottering outside. They are a fantastic way for children to appreciate the natural cycle. They...
Sep 15, 2018Chicken, the foodTalking anthropomorphic animals are ever-present in so much of children's media. They play a big part in creating the...
Jan 11, 2018The pecking orderMy father loved keeping chickens and for several years we watched them run around and enjoy his company. Sadly my father passed away last...
Sep 4, 2017The good life?We haven't quite worked out the meaning to life, the universe and everything - but we know the answer is 42 and that chickens are in...
Sep 3, 2017Small is beautifulFor about eighteen months we've been searching for a smallholding property to buy. Somewhere with two or three acres, a nice house, not...