The Smallest Smallholding

Yeo Valley Organic Gardens – Part 1

Lucy — Fri, 11 May 2012 09:06:01 +0000

It’s been a long time coming, but finally here’s my take on the Yeo Valley Tour… As the raindrops stick to and meander down the window panes for the umpteenth day in a row, I can’t quite believe the luck that we had on the Tuesday that we visited the Yeo Valley farm. Some [...]

Rehome Ex Battery Hens in Scotland

Lucy — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:17:55 +0000

I just wanted to do a quick shout out to one of the very few Ex Commercial/Ex Battery Hen Rehome organisations in Scotland – Homes4Hens. Homes4Hens are based near Dumfries/Glencaple in Scotland and at present have rehomed over 1100 ex-commercial hens… but they desperately need to find more homes for these girls! At present they [...]

Droughts

Lucy — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:57:15 +0000

I’ve been experiencing two kind of droughts recently – the widely anticipated water drought that has lead to a hosepipe ban in our region, and the other type of drought… the one that hits your wallet and your bank account. The question is not what or why. We all know that the lack of rainfall [...]

And the winner is…

Lucy — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:55:24 +0000

… Sue of Our New Life in the Country! Well done Sue, I hope you enjoy your trip to Yeo Valley. If you missed your chance to enter my competition this time, why not take a look at Yeo Valley’s upcoming talks over the summer here.

Happy Easter

Lucy — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 10:10:51 +0000

After March’s glorious (but temporary) triumph of Spring, I’ve been a bit disgruntled that the flip flops have been relegated back into the shoe cupboard once again. It felt as though spring had a somewhat false start, and after the sleet-dribble earlier this week, burning the last of the wood in the fire in the [...]

Win 2 Tickets to Exclusive Alys Fowler Talk at Yeo Valley Organic Gardens

Lucy — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:46:58 +0000

Exciting news, folks! I have two exclusive tickets to give away to an Alys Fowler talk on Edible Gardening, to be held at the Yeo Valley Organic Garden and Tea room. That’s a pair of tickets that you could win to attend a talk by Alys and tour of the Organic Gardens, worth £150! All [...]

Product Review – Edenbox

Lucy — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:32:31 +0000

I was recently contacted by the creative marketing minds at Edenbox to try out one of their new products, “an allotment in a box”. I love getting free things and parcels of nice stuff in the post, so I readily agreed. On Friday my own Edenbox arrived. No sooner had I accepted the parcel from [...]

Cows in Fields

Lucy — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 11:26:42 +0000

This morning I went for a jog with Rich, and halfway around the fields we stopped to say hello to some very handsome chaps that had been grazing nearby. I’m not entirely sure about the destiny of these fellas, and to be honest I don’t really want to contemplate it for too long, but at [...]

Water.

Lucy — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:28:49 +0000

Rumour has it that East Anglia is fast approaching a drought. We could even be experiencing a drought now, in March. So come April, we may well be subject to a hosepipe ban. I’m not particularly fussy about any lawned areas – in years gone by, our lawn has been fried to a crisp, only [...]

Blog Recommendations Please

Lucy — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:51:01 +0000

As part of my (ongoing) blog revamp, I’ve been going through my blogroll and striking off the blogs that haven’t been updated in months as well as those that have shut down and ceased production altogether. It’s always a bit sad when a blog you’ve been following grinds to a halt, but it’s all too [...]