Spindlebrook • no-dig • Market Garden

Been a while since I posted here, was reminded by someone about my blog post on my first allotment (Here - https://heartandsoil.blogspot.com/2010/07/permaculture-allotment-from-weeds-to.html) .
When I began this blog back in (I'll fill this in when I've looked it up), I was searching for a way to live the dream I'd had since I was a child. To spend my life living on a farm, growing veg, with people I love....

I'm re-blogging this blog post from back in July 2012 after reading my friend Sarah's brilliantly researched article on scrubland. Scrub is Special - Save Our Scrub!
Hello there..
The 4.5 acre slope we were going to flatten to the ground and plant with trees is now an area of scrubland, heathland and natural regeneration. This was a HUGE decision for me to make. I LOVE planting trees and always thought it was better to plant trees...

Learn more about the Oil beetle family at BUGLIFE.ORG.UK
It is a female Violet Oil Beetle in the video, she has a swollen abdomen as she has just emerged to find a male and is full of eggs. If you look carefully you'll see little flies on her body, they're feeding on the oil she exudes. When she's mated she...

 Here's my gang of broody Cuckoo Marans hens and the tiny wee lavender bantam Heidi. It's all very serious but I haven't got enough eggs for them to sit on yet so I'm having to chuck them out of their nests a few times a day... kindly of course...