Are you trying to fuel your family with healthy, home-cooked food? Are you wondering how to find the time to dish up three wholesome meals every day? Then look no further! Here’s how I manage it. Appraise Your Current Routine If you aspire to create three home-cooked meals every day, but you’re currently struggling to…
Are you trying to make more of your meals from scratch? Maybe you’re interested in producing your own food and eating more seasonally? Here on the smallholding, eating freshly prepared food, made with seasonal home-grown ingredients is the main objective! Home-grown, freshly cooked food tastes so much better, it creates very little waste and there…
Are you interested in keeping alpacas? Would you like to find out what is involved in taking care of them? Here’s a summary of everything you need to get started! Why Keep Alpacas? Guard animals Alpacas are excellent at protecting their territory from predators and other intruders. So, if you keep birds or small mammals,…
Are you looking for a quick and nutritious vegetarian dinner idea? Are you looking to pack some extra protein into your plant-based meal plan? Then these delicious “fruit and nut” burgers are for you! One of the biggest challenges about going plant-based was finding enough nourishing replacements for the standard “meat and two veg” British…
Are you struggling to stick to your budget? Do you find yourself overspending each month? Here are the tactics I use to live on a fairly restricted budget. My decision to take an extended career break, to spend a little more time at home prioritising my family, has obviously impacted our household income. Even though…
Are you keen to swap shop-bought compost for your own home-made blend? Here’s how to turn your kitchen and garden waste into black gold, and bring new life to your flowers and vegetables! Introduction Maybe you have lofty ambitions for your garden, such as self-sufficiency or prize-winning roses. Or perhaps you are just starting out…
Are you concerned about your carbon footprint and keen to move away from using fossil fuels to heat and run your home? Have you considered using wood for heating and cooking? Are you interested in the practicalities of relying on solid fuels such as wood? Here’s how we make wood burning work for us. Introduction…
Are you thinking of giving a rescue pup a second chance? Would you like to know how caring for a rescue dog differs from other dogs? Keep reading to find out! In the summer of 2021, we adopted two collie dogs from our local rescue centre. I covered our experience of rescuing our two pups…
How much can a smallholder accomplish in five years? We have recently celebrated our five-year anniversary on the smallholding. So here’s a review of all we have done in that time! Chickens Once we had moved in, the first big objective was to get ready for chickens. We had previously kept back-garden chickens some years…
Are you thinking of moving to a smallholding? Would you like to know why established smallholders took the plunge? Read on to find out all about our journey from city dwellers to running a smallholding in rural Scotland. Let’s Start at the Very Beginning George and I met through a mutual friend when we were…
