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We’re all going to die!

6 October, 2011 by Stonehead 30 Comments

We’d saved several hundred pounds to buy new tyres for our Land Rover Defender but ended up buying second-hand ones, leaving £200 that could be spent elsewhere. As we have an unfiltered private water supply, which we know isn’t the best, we thought we’d put the spare cash towards a filtration system. The money wouldn’t […]

Crofting, Farming & Smallholding, Water

Aberdeenshire, Crofting, Drinking water, Environment, postaweek2011, Smallholding, Water, Water pollution, Water supply

Nosing into compost buckets

13 September, 2011 by Stonehead 4 Comments

A survey has discovered that slop buckets, or compost buckets as we know them is this household, don’t smell. Well, doh, that’s obvious. It’s the contents that smell! Even then, it’s only if the bucket is badly managed and not emptied often. More seriously, though, I was interested to read that many people waste just […]

Environment, Frugal Living, Sustainable Living & Self Sufficiency

Compost, Environment, Food, Food waste, Frugal Living, postaweek2011, Zero waste

Honey in a pot of bother

9 September, 2011 by Stonehead 2 Comments

I wonder how this judgement is going to be enforced? The European Union’s highest court on Tuesday ruled that honey which contains trace amounts of pollen from genetically modified (GM) corn must be labelled as GM produce and undergo full safety authorisation before it can be sold as food. Bavarian beekeepers, some 500m from a […]

Bees, Environment

Agribusiness, Environment, European Court of Justice, Genetically modified food, honey, Maize, postaweek2011

Welsh pigs clear land

29 June, 2011 by Stonehead 0 Comments

Aside from being good to eat, there are are other uses for pigs. Clearing land is one of them. Seven rare breed pigs have returned for a second year to help restore heathland at a Leicestershire beauty spot. The three-month-old Welsh pigs are helping to clear unwanted species such as bracken, sycamore and birch scrub […]

Pigs

Environment, Land management, Pigs, postaweek2011, Smallholding

Just a hobby farmer with a single field

2 May, 2010 by Stonehead 14 Comments

For various reasons, I’ve ruled out voting Labour or Conservative at the forthcoming election. I have no interest in voting for the British National Party. I am therefore left to choose from the Scottish National Party, the Liberal Democrats or the Greens.

Crofting, Farming & Smallholding

Crofting, election, Environment, Farming, Livestock, Politics, Smallholding

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