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Rain made a mess of the freshly painted windows.

Rain plus paint equals mess

12 September, 2012 by Stonehead 2 Comments

In April, I did my post-winter inspection of the croft to identify areas that needed maintenance and repair to have them in good condition for next winter. One of the priorities was the house windows—the paint was peeling, wood was exposed in a couple of areas and two frames were rotten. Six months later, […]

Crofting, Farming & Smallholding, Do it yourself

Crofting, DIY, Painting, postaweek2012, rain, Smallholding, Weather, Windows

First frost—and it’s still August

31 August, 2012 by Stonehead 9 Comments

When I woke this morning, it was because I felt cold and not because the sun was shining in the window. I went for a wander around the house, discovering it was just coming up to 4.30am and confirming it was chilly inside. In the kitchen, I checked the thermometer. The temperature inside was […]

Crofting, Farming & Smallholding

August, frost, postaweek2012, rain, summer, Weather

Looking for dinner: piglets in the snow.

Mantled with snow

5 May, 2012 by Stonehead 4 Comments

As I walked through to the back door at 6am, I noticed the house felt appreciably colder than it has for the past few mornings so I wasn’t surprised when I looked out the window and saw a light dusting of snow on the ground. When I went up the hill to feed the pigs […]

Crofting, Farming & Smallholding

Crofting, Farming, Livestock, Pigs, postaweek2012, Smallholding, snow, spring, Weather

Delilah's piglets emerge into the sunshine.

Sun makes for happy pigs

28 April, 2012 by Stonehead 3 Comments

The sun finally emerged this morning, bringing a brief end to a 12-day spell of continuous cloud cover, heavy rain, hail and sleet. It also brought out Delilah and her piglets for half an hour’s exploration and mischief. One of the three is a monster of a piglet. The others are about average in size. […]

Berkshire pigs

Berkshire pigs, Crofting, Farming, piglets, Pigs, postaweek2012, Smallholding, sun, Weather

Waiting to be planted out

16 April, 2012 by Stonehead 6 Comments

The continued frosts and occasional snowfalls are continuing to delay progress in vegetable patch. Outside, the garlic is off to a fine start but there’s still no sign of the broad beans coming through. Inside, we’re fast running out of space in the sunporch as the first lettuces (three varieties), spinach and cauliflower clamour to […]

Crofting, Farming & Smallholding

Crofting, planting out, plants, postaweek2012, Smallholding, spring, Vegetables, Weather

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