8th June 2010 | Dee's Diary, Southlands Farm News | No Comments
Friday 21th May, and after much deliberation our plans changed. Charles, Hector and I were off to the wedding of Charle’s cousin and Rosie and Widget ( small hairy terrier) were going to stay at Granny and Grandpa Gordon as Rosie was mid g.c.s.e.’s and snowed under with revision. ̵ Read the full post
14th April 2010 | Dee's Diary, Food, Southlands Farm News | No Comments
Thanks to Mr “B—-y” Fox we have been without chickens since Christmas, but I promised myself I would wait till spring and brave it and get some more. My aim had been to adopt some battery hens. Sadly due to the change in rules of housing battery hens (Well done Compassion in World Farming Read the full post
10th April 2010 | Dee's Diary, Southlands Farm News | No Comments
Rosie has been spending a week doing work experience lambing at our friends the Fenwicks; Tony, Sarah and their son Jack at Crookdene Farm. She has had a wonderful time thrown in at the deep end. She has risen to the challenges set. Delivered lambs, Tail docked, castrated, revived, stomach tubed, bo Read the full post
19th January 2009 | Dee's Diary | 2 Comments
When Charles and I went to collect Grindle the Dexter bull from Suffolk we detoured to Shropshire (I know my geography has never been good!). The reason for the detour was that I had been in touch with a lovely man Damon who bred Sporting Lucas Terriers and he let it slip that his bitch ... Read the full post
19th January 2009 | Dee's Diary | No Comments
Poppy and Ruby our two Kune Kune pigs have been with us for just over a year and an executive decision was made that a husband had to be found! I searched the Kune Kune society for Boars but they were all a long way off to take for a quick romance and the stud ... Read the full post
28th December 2008 | Dee's Diary | No Comments
Rosie and I have been busy making garlands for the cottages and the house. This year we have used cinnamon sticks, limes, dried slices of apple, hips, berries, holly, quince and tied bows of raffia. We made a pile of greenery on the kitchen floor and started by binding pieces of fir tree and holly . Read the full post
16th November 2008 | Dee's Diary | No Comments
For those of you who have been to stay and wondered if Tulip was ever going to have a calf, here he is……….. He arrived at 3.00 am on Sunday morning. This weekend we had had the most wonderful weekend with our first full Wedding party occupying all the cottages.There was a very happ Read the full post
4th June 2008 | Dee's Diary, Southlands Farm News | No Comments
Hooray! We have chickens. At last I have the utter joy of going out in the morning to let out ” My Girls!” and peek into the nesting boxes and see if there is an egg-Bliss!!! Rosie and I went on a mission and purchased 4 lovely brown hens ,we did rather like the idea something ... Read the full post
31st March 2008 | Dee's Diary | No Comments
We had a hysterical time cleaning the greenhouse this weekend. Our Son got hold of the pressure washer and I seemed to get as wet as the grenhouse, I did get my revenge with the watering can later! Now we have a crystal clear greenhouse, no moss or green bits and Charles surprised me this ... Read the full post
28th March 2008 | Dee's Diary, Southlands Farm News | No Comments
We would like to introduce courses for our guests under the Game To Eat campaign which is a Countryside Alliance initiative. We are trying to promote the eating of local in season Game. Charles loves nothing more than taking people shooting, fishing, beating or maybe just a day observing in the Coun Read the full post
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