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Mar 15

Slow food

Glastonbury CND Festival 1987. Elvis Costello and Van Morrison were headlining. And in the Green Field, there was a display about...

Aug 16, 2020

Worm composting

How we built our wormery using an old IBC.

Jan 13, 2019

Preparing for chickens

Chickens are great company when you're pottering outside. They are a fantastic way for children to appreciate the natural cycle. They...

Sep 15, 2018

Chicken, the food

Talking anthropomorphic animals are ever-present in so much of children's media. They play a big part in creating the...

Jan 11, 2018

The pecking order

My 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, 2017

The 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, 2017

Small is beautiful

For about eighteen months we've been searching for a smallholding property to buy. Somewhere with two or three acres, a nice house, not...

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