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Beautiful day for the first time in ages. I am recovering from a migraine and (perhaps because I didn’t take my ADHD meds) I thought what better cure than to cut down that tree which is growing too close to the gate. #Smallholding

The neatly cut stump of a tree growing beside a metal fence. Sun shines down on the stup and the two or three logs cut from it

@adinfinitum #DigiAgriApp Here's a nice #farming #smallholding #android #app for #selfsufficiency #cosuficiencia
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Before and after. It cuts nice and cleanly. Lots of willow to process now and many more trees to coppice. But pleased with this. #smallholding #chainsaw

A row of willow trees bare in the winter sunlight along a frosty path.

The same row with the first tree reduced in height to about two and a half feet above the ground. Some small whips remain which can be the beginning of next season’s growth.

A sunny day, it's been a while so this is a good chance to clear away some soil heaps left over from drainage installation in preparation for building new raised beds.

#sustainability #smallholding #growyourown #tractor #farming

An old red case international tractor within a rural steading barn set up blue skies and a large mound of soil.

First batch of green tomato chutney in the jar. It already has a nice bite to it, but it'll need a few months to mature properly.

#chutney #preserves #making #cooking #food #homemade #homegrown #garden #harvest #smallholding

A mixture of roughly chopped apple, green tomato, sultanas, and onion in a jam kettle ready to be transformed into chutney.

Green tomatoes on a chopping board, next to a knife. One tomato has been quartered.

Jars full of green tomato chutney, ready for their lids.

Dear #rewilding / #permaculture / #smallholding / #tree planting people of the fediverse,

I'm looking for planting ideas for a field boundary windbreak, preferably fairly quick growing, ending up say 5-8m high or easily manageable to that height.

Exposed location - doing this because there is basically nothing between our kitchen garden/orchard trees and whatever weather comes up the Bristol Channel.

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Alpacas at dusk.

#alpaca #småbruk #norge #norway #smallholding

An evening view around dusk, top half of the picture is sky while the foreground is the field. The sky is light and shows a silhouetted wire fence and fence posts while the field is dark. 9 alpakkas are in the field all bar one are in a group looking to the right at something of interest off camera. The last one is to the right of the group, eating.

Monday morning, misty and damp after a weekend of Storm Amy. All peaceful and quiet.

#stormamy #tractor #norway #morning #silentmonday #smallholding #småbruk

Morning view, shot towards the sun. A tractor is on the right of the picture with the cab windows misted up - the condensation is lit up by the sunlight. Two woodpiles are stacked to the left of the tractor with several sets of wire fences crossing the picture. Dew drops are hanging of the wire mesh. In the foreground power lines cross the upper part of the picture. Almost monochrome.

We have an abundance of blackberries growing in the garden right now. It's wonderful. I've been making crumbles. They are also absolutely delicious, stewed #LowFoodMiles #sustainability #seasonality #PesticideFree #Harvest #Smallholding #OrganicLiving #HomeGrown

a close up of a blackberry growing in the garden

a bowl filled with picked blackberries from the garden.

Occasionally I post a #sheep photo as I also manage a #smallholding in SW #Scotland.
The recent warmer weather has been a concern, but we do have several shady spots.

Sheep in early morning sunshine with trees and bushes for shade.

The garden is an abundance of fruit and vegetables right now. It's wonderful. 🍓🍎🍒 Nothing tastes as good as homegrown. 💚 #TheGoodLife #Smallholding #Smallholder #LifeAsASmallholder

Breakfast in the sun for the ducks. #SmallHolding #Poultry #DucksOfMastodon

A group of eight white ducks in a sunny field guzzling layers pellets from a large metal bowl. The scene is jolly and full of life.

Good morning from this little Ryeland Tup lamb, born at 3am. #lambjng nearly over, phew.
#smallholding #rural #farming #sheep #DumfriesandGalloway

Much of our current day / evenings are being spent in the barn with the sheep. #lambingtime #smallholding #rural #farming #livestock #sheep #dumfriesandgalloway

Interior of agricultural barn. Too many things in view to mention eg, sheep, bales of hay, wooden slats, metal gates, trailer, wheelbarrow amongst other things scattered around. Low level lighting, dark night outside through the slats.

Our time now for a while is mainly taken up with watching sheep and ensuring that their lambs are all fine. #smallholding #farming #rural #lambing #sheep #ryeland

Ewe and new born baby lamb in a small sheep pen surrounded by straw on the floor.

New born lamb taking milk from a ewe in a small metal fenced pen surrounded by straw on the floor.

Attention all poultry keepers, fowl fanciers, bird herders, and chicken ticklers. Are you tired of hiding bodies? Do you baulk at the thought of concealing crimes beneath yet another patio or raised garden bed? Warn your visitors and save their lives. It's okay, chickens can't read. Yet.
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1878253596/beware-of-chickens-metal-warning-sign

#farming #farm #garden #gardening #chicken #chickens #pets #eggs #smallholding #selfSufficiency #country

A sublimation printed 8 inch by 6 inch colourful metal sign with an illustration of six chickens. Text beneath the chickens reads "Beware of the chickens. They have concealed weapons and no conscience."

We have a mystery to solve. One of our ducks has been laying in a secret nest somewhere so we bought a fake, ceramic egg and placed it in a nest to encourage her to lay there. It was a nest made by our goose so a bit oversized for a duck but it was right next to an abandoned duck nest so 🤷 Now the ceramic egg has gone missing...
#RunnerDucks #Smallholding #Crofting

These are our #Ouessant ewes. No lambs for them this year, they're taking a year off.
#sheep #rural #smallholding #DumfriesandGalloway #lambing #landscape

A group of 11 small ewes. Some black, some white. They are standing in a row facing different directions at the top of a grassy slope with colourful evening sky with pinks, blues and greys behind them.

Today I will be mostly taking down poultry runs. Time for a move to another pen for the birds.This keeps them healthy and reduces worms and other parasites. #Chickens #Poultry #SmallHolding

Free ranging chickens in the sun with low hills behind.

Two work gloves and a pair of small bolt cutters sitting on a poultry house roof. An old pallet is in the background and dead thistles, grass and moss are all around.

#sunset #silentsunday #landscape #smallholding #rural #calm

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