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 ... 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
26th March 2008 | Dee's Diary, Southlands Farm News | No Comments
When we started converting the Barns into Cottages it was at the forefront of our thoughts to incorporate as many green policies as we could. Now a year on it is constantly evolving. Last year saw the development of the new Vegetable garden which I love. A fantastic place to be and we were lucky ... Read the full post
26th March 2008 | Dee's Diary | No Comments
Charles and I have been on a quest for some time now to find a really good pie to put in the Cottage freezers for our guests. It has meant we have had some jolly good lunches! However on the Hadrians Wall tourism day on 4th March we met a great family business “Pie Mill” ... Read the full post
26th March 2008 | Dee's Diary, Southlands Farm News | No Comments
I just wanted to share my enthusiasm for Spring.!!!! Recently we have had storms, gales, snow, power cuts etc. And today it was beautiful! Earlier in the year I found a bargain job lot of Tet-a-Tet daffodils and we planted them around some of the trees in the first field and they are wonderful-tiny Read the full post
26th March 2008 | Dee's Diary, Southlands Farm News | No Comments
I now need to introduce you to the latest editions to the Farm…….Valentine. Celtic and Mini (because she really is mini!) – Our lovely new Dexter cows. After several fun weeks of searching we found them just near carlisle and they arrived in late February. We also took delivery of Read the full post
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