The vegetable patch is usually a very sunny and protected place to be, but our windbreak of sitka spruce has grown a little too enthusiastically in the past two years. Even on a sunny day like today the vegetable are shaded for almost two-thirds of the day. It will be worse come autumn and winter. [...]
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A pig of a day
26 May, 2012
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The sun is shining, the temperature is in the mid-20s and our Berkshire pigs need to cool off. Yes, it’s another job for Two-Legs. Once or twice a day I go out with the buckets and a watering can to replenish the wallows and give the pigs a shower. Delilah, who’s out with a litter, [...]
Read moreA long day’s work
24 May, 2012
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Up at 6am. Breakfasts made, lunches made. Other Half packed off to work. Boys dressed and pushed out the door for school. Pigs and chickens fed and watered. Wallows filled. Out mowing at 8.10am. Shifted to working on the drystone dyke after an hour. Back mowing at 11am.
Read more Repairing a drystone dyke
20 May, 2012
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Weather, sheep and time have taken their toll on the drystone dyke that separates our croft from the neighbouring farm, with several large sections collapsing over the past winter. With an unexpectedly sunny day today, we decided to make the most of it and repair a section of dyke.
Read morePig farmer makes the fashion pages
14 May, 2012
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There’s hope for me yet. The Guardian’s Fashion Sections runs a regular Weekender feature, which this week features pig farmer Rob Leamon. Weekender: Rob Leamon, 56, pig farmer ”The best thing is being my own boss.’ Leather Bottle Farm was bought by my parents in the late 50s. They started off with six sows, now [...]
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