Hedgerow Ways and Fireside Days

First, gather your chickweed. Chop it roughly into a jar then add just a ziz of apple cider vinegar. My home made version is on th...

and later, what I did with it!

I am worn, and weary, for another night’s poor sleep. The goats bring a light to my eye with their antics, their cheek and chancing. The ...

Well, I made a start. I started with digging. Digging, in case you don't know, is profoundly unfashionable. No dig is where it's a...

I may regroup on an old idea. A few years ago,  I grew a garden based on the Wartime 'Dig for Victory' plan, and used some very ba...

We are the no hopers, the jokers and rogues.  I love this song, and it just about sums up some of our choices, and our life. If I h...

We awoke to sheets of rain, and it continued past lunchtime. An impromptu family conference delayed us too, but we got the ponies' f...