Mischeiovous Sheep

Got home this evening to Mischievous sheep. They were running and jumping around the field head butting each other  as me. Hitting me on the leg with their feet. Cheeky sheep I wish I had my camera to film them! Will have to take some photographs for this blog of them. They are looking very healthy.

The ducks and chickens are doing well I have a big fat hen!! They all look very neat and tidy.

Been foraging the field for various fruits made some more xmas puddings with Bude Brewery Ale in and chutney and experimenting with marmalade. No farmers market now on a Friday till next easter feels strange not making for the market. Bude Food assembley is on all year round with my products and Cornish craftiness has my products too.

Poly tunnel is empty just about awaiting a new one kindly lent by a friend cant wait!!

Cornish life

Well another farmers market finished for the year but new doors open re selling!! Doing well with the sauce business and this time of year all the fruit comes from my smallholding.

Ducks and chickens well they seem ok. They are all looking very healthy and happy.

Sheep are looking very healthly too.

Been a tough year as ever second year of business but does seem to be easier now have regular customers wanting my products which is great.

Just creating next years plans. hopefully at the same base and hopefully increasing the livestock. I have run out of pork so I guess its time to have pigs again!

New poly tunnel coming soon!

As for fruit its been a good year its time for wine making, jelly making and chutneys. more about selling oportunities later.

Neglected blog

My blog has been neglected not from not wanting to blog but not have computer access and blogging on phone just isn't the same. Now back to having computer access so the blogs should resume.

In the last month which is when I last blogged.

I have two massive Chickens in the gang they have really grown. All doing well on the duck and chicken front.

Sheep are doing really well they are loving their field. They keep running up to me and wanting stroked. Um not sure that's meant to be part of the deal if I want to eat them. However I have decided that I am keeping the three ladies I have and letting nature takes its course so I could name them!!

MY tomatoes well all I can say is if you don't grow tomatoes start!! Cant get them to the kitchen as I eat them all before they get there.

Fruit well what a fab year had mega apple and blackberry haul so far along with other vegetables should as spuds and onions, raspberries, blackcurrent, red current and still got loads more to pick such as qunince, meddler, sloes and wild fruit.

Blackberry Whisky for xmas started. Or should I say Bourbon berry Liquer!!

Photos of my lot!

I was so pleased to get home to my little world this evening. Looking at my lot this evening after a difficult day - I am so lucky to get home to my dream! 

The Blackberry

The blackberries are out already picked 1.5 kg and just scratched the surface. Going to be loads of blackberry preserves this year. Think i must try the blackberry wine again!!

The sheep are happy today think they have realized how better they feel without a coat!

shearing sheep

I noticed I have neglected my blog of late. Been a busy month.

Today I finally got my sheep sheared and learnt how to shear a sheep and had a go. Bless them they came back after being sheared and they were not happy. they have settled now. I now have two bags of my sheeps  wool to play with.

Also dug up loads of spuds

Chocolate ducklings first day in the big field

Yesterday my ducklings were introduced to the big field. They love it in there loads for them to explore. They didnt bother about the big ducks  and the big ducks didnt bother about them. They found their own way to bed whilst I was at a barn dance! Which was great fun!

Here are the chocolate ducks in question

The others are doing well too

The smallholding is looking tidy at the moment