oh dear Pigs can fly

I just found my pig jumping over the electric fence to get to me!! Her sister wont jump it so think we are ok they dont like to be parted. Pig wig is enjoying chasing sheep round the field. Not sure sheep feel the same way. Luckily pig wig is happy in the field so no attempt to escape out of the big field. Was a strange sight though seeing pig jump the fence they usually walk through it!!

Operation Honey is underway

Well all suited and booted I robbed my bees hive watched u tube used the apple press to use the cut crush and strain method for extracting Honey. So I now have honey and very tasty it is too!!

The honey is busy straining into the honey bucket as we speak then it can be bottled and will be for sale.

fruits all coming along nicely

Well thats for western power who chopped azll the trees down so they dont interfer with cables. Tress look a right mess. However they did leave all the logs. Get them all chopped up and dried and excellent wood burner fuel.

I am watching the Quince, Apples medlers, Hazelnuts and Damsons and sloes all developing going to be a super harvest. The blackberries are still looking good. I feel sunday ios going to be a playing on the smallholding day.

Honey to harvest, blackberries to pick, logs to chop and chickens and ducks to muck out.

seems a while since i wrote a blog. Here goes.

We have baby chicks growing. I have 3 male chicks who are getting to the right weight. Can I cull them to eat them that is the question???

Bees they have honey i have a bucket with bee tap. The next challenge is getting the honey to the jar.

Sheep are happily growing and  love their field until the pigs get out then the pigs chase the sheep and all hell breaks loose. Until you shake a bucket of food then the pigs happily follow me back to their pen.

Chickens and Ducks well other then mr fox having a few and 2 baby chicks dying they seem very happy.

Stardust is still loving her field and I stress here field!! She is keeping the mice population down around the veg patch and animal feed store. The cats disappeared this summer when I had guests but have soon reappeared when they left.

The garden  full of weeds but getting a few crops and tomatos doing well in the pop up green house.

So all busy as ever but bliss down on the smallholding.

New life on the smallholding

Four Chickens hatched yesterday/today - three look very well the fourth had egg shell stuck to it. a bit of a clean and its well away.

The young chickens are doing well and the hop along chicken is now using its poorly leg so all is well in the chicken coup.

The pigs are getting bigger and the sheep are too.

Looking forward to a visit from Nina and Franki and families on sunday - I think its called glamping as they are putting a tent up in back garden!

Summer is here - water water water!

The heat has got us meaning water water and more water. Animals need more, plants need more and I guess so do I. Had a fab week with Joanne, Matt and Eden, Shame I couldnt spend more time with them but business in its infancy and all that. Glad they still had a fantastic holiday.

Tourist are here and stock is selling, Eggs in the farm shop and home made puddings seem to be going well there. Markets - the usual Sauces and Spice mixes and Infused rapseed oil. Web site not up to date - Can I have more hours in a day please!!

Animals - they are all well and being ruined. My sheep go in a shelter when it rains!! Ruined what do they need a coat for. Pigs are behaving. Ducks have decided they want to live in the hen house and the hens have chosen the house that is set up for both hens and ducks rather then the proper hen house. They are laying eggs and raining revenue to pay to feed all the animals so whatever my lady chickens want they can have. :)

So laze days in cornwall dont exist when you live in Cornwall in the summer its go go go!!