Who says British wildlife isn’t exotic? Here at the Smallest Smallholding, our little patch is host to a plethora of wildlife in an array of colour. Even after this dreadful summer we’ve had, they’re still arriving in force.
Our buddleias, sedum, dahlias, lavender and cosmos are providing countless butterflies and bees with sweet nectar.
We’ve also got [...]
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It’s tough at the moment, with everything that’s going on with Nannie. She’s not getting better; I’m stopping myself from looking too far into the future in my mind. I’m very tired yet my mind just whirs constantly, I have a shedload of work to last me half a lifetime, and it feels like I’m [...]
I’ve been wanting to do something useful in the Smallest Smallholding for weeks and just feel totally behind with everything. This year seems to have passed me by - I’m amazed I’ve managed to produce a crop of anything. In between visiting Nannie regularly in hospital and working (of which I have a lot to [...]
Blimey. What a rollercoaster ride it’s been. Last week I was so tired I could fall asleep standing up, thinking the worst, feeling really bad. Then Nannie decides she’s “turned a corner”. She’s talking normally, she’s eating, she’s gaining some of herself back. I don’t know what this means overall…it’s really thrown us all. We [...]
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