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Lamb Spam
The time has finally come - we have lambs at the croft! Each year I forget how tiny they really are, there’s normal lamb cuteness, then...
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Oliver Gibb
- May 1
- 2 min
New croft members: Ponies
This weekend we welcomed Hosanna and Glen, 2 ponies who have moved to our croft from Sanday. Hosanna is a gorgeous Highland pony, 19...
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Oliver Gibb
- Apr 24
- 2 min
Glamping at the Croft
I’m excited to announce that this summer we are offering glamping at our croft in a Dutch canvas tent. The tent is situated in a field...
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Sian Tarrant
- Apr 10
- 3 min
Decrofting - a How-To Guide
Last week we received news that our house was finally decrofted. It’s been a long wait, and I’ll go into why this is so so important for...
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Sian Tarrant
- Apr 3
- 3 min
This little piggy went to market
Raising our own turkeys for Christmas dinner was our first foray into producing our own meat, a big step on our journey to self...
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Sian Tarrant
- Mar 27
- 1 min
Milldam Quiche
With the copious amounts of fresh milk and eggs that the croft is producing at the moment, I am enjoying churning out quiches - which is...
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Sian Tarrant
- Mar 21
- 2 min
Goats arrive at the croft
I had driven down to Sussex with our trailer for a particular reason ...to collect some goats and bring them back up to the croft. I have...
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Sian Tarrant
- Mar 14
- 1 min
Apricot Surprise
On a cold and windy night, when nobody was home (Olly was in Aberdeen, and I was in Sussex), Mango gave birth to a heifer calf, alone in...
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Sian Tarrant
- Mar 7
- 1 min
Mango the Cow
This weekend Mango, our new Jersey heifer arrived on the croft. I’m so excited to finally have her here at the croft. She had to wait a...
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Sian Tarrant
- Feb 14
- 1 min
Fencing
No, not the kind with a sword, but with wooden posts and wire. This month and next month we are busy fencing 1.4km of our land at Milldam...
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Sian Tarrant
- Feb 7
- 2 min
Weekend in Evie
As a pre-Birthday treat we stayed in Evie, on Mainland Orkney, for the weekend. We stayed at the Lodge at Eviedale Bakery. I had been...
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Sian Tarrant
- Jan 30
- 1 min
Plant a tree on North Ronaldsay!
On New Years Day Olly and I started a new tradition of planting trees. It just so happened that we had 22 trees to plant for the first...
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Sian Tarrant
- Jan 23
- 3 min
Plans for 2022
I thought I’d do a post about our plans for the year ahead., and now somehow it’s well into January. I don’t usually do resolutions, but...
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Sian Tarrant
- Jan 16
- 1 min
Power Cuts
We have had a number of powercuts in this first couple of weeks of 2022 The realisation that we are not at all prepared for them has hit...
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Sian Tarrant
- Jan 9
- 2 min
Seal of approval
Olly and I take our cattle from a ‘walk round the block’ to try and keep their hooves in good condition. Una and Tom are always keen for...
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Sian Tarrant
- Jan 2
- 2 min
Turkeys
It was the week before Christmas and the time had come to dispatch the turkeys. We had bought a pair of young turkeys in early summer,...
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Sian Tarrant
- Nov 30, 2021
- 3 min
Orkney Christmas Gift Guide
December starts tomorrow, so I thought I had better get my Orkney gift guideposts! While orkney.com has compiled a list of some of the...
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Sian Tarrant
- Nov 14, 2021
- 1 min
Pastures new
Over the summer I took on a couple of new pursuits. British Fibre Art Magazine - which has been published since 2016. The magazine was...
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Sian Tarrant
- Oct 30, 2021
- 2 min
Pig Surprise
Earlier this month we bought 2 pigs, a sow and a boar. They are Large Black pigs, a native, rare and traditional British breed of pig,...
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Sian Tarrant
- Oct 16, 2021
- 1 min
Dyke Building 2021
This year we were back to some normality and had many keen volunteers at the Sheep Dyke. A total of 150 volunteer days were achieved with...
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