We started keeping bees in May 2019 when we collected our first swarm. Although it…

I was recently asked to speak on a panel as part of International Women’s Day…

We’re delighted to report that Ayesha has been included in the Emerald 100 – a…

Chickens are great company when you’re pottering outside. They are a fantastic way for children…

Talking anthropomorphic animals are ever-present in so much of children’s media. They play a big…

My father was the one who had kept chickens. There’s a story about how he…

We thought we’d introduce our six chickens – which we acquired back in January. These…

*No, not when the fish are on holiday. When we are. Fish keeping best practice is…

Having chickens running around, laying fresh eggs… (nearly all the girls are laying!), fish swimming…

After the initial success of the beer traps, the suicide rate plummeted. Despite being English,…

I recall the fun of digging the greenhouse to home the sump tank. I recall…

My father loved keeping chickens and for several years we watched them run around and…

Part 1 covered the build, and part 2 the plumbing. In this post I’ll cover the…

* Geekery warning * Apparently, this post is heavy on technical detail and somewhat light…

I first heard about aquaponics at a permaculture talk in London. One of the speakers,…

We haven’t quite worked out the meaning to life, the universe and everything – but…

For about eighteen months we’ve been searching for a smallholding property to buy. Somewhere with…