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Gardening | Life on the Smallholding

Jobs on the Smallholding: April

ByHeather April 22, 2025April 28, 2025

Are you a smallholder? Would you like to know what other smallholding folk are occupying themselves with as Spring gets underway? Or are you just keen to find out what is on the jobs list for us smallholders in April? Then this post is just what you’re looking for. Keep reading to find out about…

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Two dinner plates set before a wood burning range cooker. Each plate contains a serving of home made quiche, steamed new potatoes and fresh garden carrots.
Food and Recipes

The Best Simple, Tasty Quiche Recipe

ByHeather June 16, 2023August 9, 2024

Quiche, tart or flan: what would you call this deliciously simple meal? It can be served hot or cold, with a choice of fillings limited only by what you have in your fridge. I love to make a quiche every week over the summer months, as it makes good use of our fresh eggs and…

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Two dinner plates pictured in a farmhouse kitchen before a woodburning range cooker. Each plate contains a serving of vegetarian mince and tatties with seasonal green vegetables.
Food and Recipes

Healthy and Homegrown: What We Eat in a Week

ByHeather June 9, 2023August 9, 2024

Have you ever wondered what the reality of self-sufficiency looks like? What do people who grow their own food actually eat? Well, here is an example of a typical week’s worth of evening meals. We are currently in late Spring. Some of our fresh produce is ready to eat, but we are also relying heavily…

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An open journal, showing a double page spread of jobs to get the garden started in early Spring.
Gardening

Sowing Our Seeds: Getting Started in the Garden This Year

ByHeather April 18, 2023August 15, 2024

I love Spring! It’s such a hopeful time of year. The days start to get longer and warmer. The grass starts to grow. Bluebells and daffodils add splashes of beautiful colour. And it’s time to get started in the vegetable garden. Every year it feels like the race is on to get all the seedlings…

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Hi, I'm Heather!

I am a busy wife, mother, smallholder, knitter and spinner. Join me as I share my tips for simple living, meals lovingly made with home-grown ingredients, and crafty home-making.

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