It is permanent but not fast flowing. It is sufficient that the lambs and calves have water all year but it is also subject to seasonal overflow when a couple of weeks of heavy rain will fill it right up.
Yes we are. In the photo you can see the panels on the main house. We currently have a 14 panel array on the garage roof (the building next to the yellow van) as well, now. The two lots pay for all of our annual electricity usage via the Feed in Tarriff.
Rabbits will tuck into anything tasty, including stems. I have a fallen apple tree (wind damage during a storm a few weeks back) . The rabbits took no time in devouring anything they could reach - leaves, apples, even this year's scions. My beans were devastated last year until I put up some 2ft...
This is an aerial shot of our place, nestled in the heart of Devon. It is the whole triangle about 2.5 acres in total. This was taken about 6 years ago and the whole place is a lot different now with easy maintenance raised beds ( we ain't getting any younger y'know ), 1 commercial blueberry...
Well what a lovely lot of welcomes. Thank you all.
I agree with a couple of comments about showing pictures, it is true, a picture tells a thousand words.
First up is The Aeron Purple Star that Annette mentions above. Bred and developed by my good friend Gwilym ( Big Gee on the Gardeners...
Hi Annette, as you can see I have joined TEG. Couldn't resist following up the Russian tomato email you sent me. Did I ever send you some Indigo Rose seeds?
Rob here.
We have a lovely little 2 1/2 acre small holding in our own little corner of beautiful Devon where we keep pigs, lambs, chickens, geese and, of course, we grow nearly all of own fruit and veggies. Obviously, with trying to be as self sufficient as possible, I have a wide interest in...