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- Morning folks! Just to let you know that Lovespoon Gelato will be closed for the duration of March. 6 years ago
- Ho-hum, "liquid sunshine" here again in Wales -just relieved the hay crop is in at long last! 84 big fat bales,bursting with goaty goodness. 7 years ago
- #Twitter: weaving swallows merrily vocalise as my fingers fly over the keyboard; & dawn's bare bones scrape Friday's fragile blue-morn sky. 7 years ago
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Pastures New
These are words I hoped I would not write: not for many, many years at least. Our lovely little Lady Diddie, is no longer with us. After having survived her night in the Veterinary Hospital with negligible but at least some improvement she … Continue reading
Caring Intensively
Bad news: & it’s regarding the extraordinary little goat we wrote about in the recent post “All Caprines Great & Small“. We’ve suffered a fast-&-furious outbreak of the deadly Coccidiosis, here; & tragically our lovely little Diddie has been one of … Continue reading
Getting It Wrong
One of the things about running a food & farming business, is that you get plenty of checks & balances imposed upon you; including regular no-notice inspections from various organisations. So it was no surprise when a silver Freelander … Continue reading
All Caprines Great and Small
Many people express surprise that in spite of the fact that we have so many goats here, the majority of which are British Toggenburgs and are similar in appearance – being chocolate-coloured with white points – that we know each and … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Diary, Farming, Goats, Life, Livestock, May 2010, Smallholding
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Shepherd’s Warning
As dawn broke this morning it revealed a very different sunrise to that of the previous day. Before I’d even hauled my sleepy self from under the duvet & pile of snoozing cats I could tell that this day would be different; … Continue reading
Posted in Diary, Goats, January 2010, Life, Livestock, Nature, Smallholding
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Resolution
With the rising of the sun dawns a feeling of fresh hope. The cold, clear morning light revealed a sharp air frost had decorated the trees in the valley with a delicate cloak of pearlescent white, giving the slender limbs … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Diary, Farming, Goats, January 2010, Life, Livestock, Locality, Nature, Sheep, Smallholding
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Bobkitten
We’ve recently taken to hiring a Bobcat to clean out the Dairy Complex pens. Prior to that, it was taking an average of five days – working almost constantly- to clean out the deep-littered beds every six weeks; which when … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Diary, Farming, Goats, Life, Livestock, September 2009, Smallholding
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Ben Hur-Hur-Hur
Someone ‘upstairs’ is having a laugh – at our expense. First & foremost for us as farmers, the weather: we STILL haven’t even come close to harvesting our desperately-needed hay crop (well not quite so desperate any more since we started … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Dairy, Diary, Environment, Farming, Goats, Ice Cream, Life, Livestock, Nature, September 2009, Smallholding
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Swings & Roundabouts
My goodness, how time flies…. already halfway through May! It’s been typically busy: punctuated with crafting gelato, Farmers’ Markets, & deliveries etc; not to mention the usual farm work. The girls have largely settled down to the routine in the … Continue reading
Chariots of Ice
So, here it is at last – our new freezer vehicle! It’s not the one we’d originally intended to buy but is actually significantly better (& cost about £9k more – ouch). Whilst not brand new it’s only had one … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, April 2009, Dairy, Diary, Farming, Food, Goats, Ice Cream, Life, Livestock, Smallholding, Wales
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