If you've been thinking it's time to really get to grips with sheep care and husbandry, our 2 day intensive Sheep for Beginners course is just the thing. Next dates with availability 18 & 19 July and 3 & 4 October. smallholdertraining.co.uk/sheep-for-be...

The turn of the season Things new and things old

This week's post from the farm - bringing in the new, chucking out the old.

Course Dates - Smallholder Training at South Yeo Farm West Dates for smallholder training courses at South Yeo Farm West, Devon. A wide range of 1 & 2 day courses available for beginner smallholders & livestock keepers.

After several requests, I've put up 2027 course dates on our website - I don't normally do this until June at the earliest, but there we are! Who am I to resist? smallholdertraining.co.uk/course-dates

Nifty little gadgets and an homage to spring

My weekly post from the farm. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/nifty-litt...

Still lambing and shrieking at rats

This week's post from the farm. Still lambing and shrieking at rats. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/still-lamb...

What's on in June? smallholdertraining.co.uk

Observations at lambing time Torwen Badger Face lamb

This week's post from the farm. It's lambing time! debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/observatio...

Flappy fannies and swollen vulvas Its lambing time

This week's post from the farm. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/flappy-fan...

Selling and a trip down memory lane

This week's post from the farm is all about selling, plus a trip down memory lane. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/selling

A week in the life Spring has come a-knocking

This week's post from the farm; all kinds of spring-like shenanigans. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/a-week-in-...

Bedding down It’s ironic, being so lazy in the housework department, that I have so many beds to make.

This week's post from the farm: the reluctant domestic debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/bedding-do...

Fashion and farming Because I'm all about London Fashion Week...

This week's post from the farm, because I'm all about London Fashion Week debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/fashion-an...

Addiction Alcohol, food, GLP-1s, and knitting.

This week’s post from the farm is all about addiction, fixation, alcohol, food, GLP-1s and knitting… debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/addiction

Light and dark, kindness and viciousness Detail from A Map of Days - Grayson Perry

This week's post from the farm; more art than livestock. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/light-and-...

Shedding Years ago, twenty I think, I was tootling along the hedgeline of one of our fields, peering over the fence and getting acquainted with the various scrubby bushes, saplings, tuffets of grasses and twin...

This week's post from the farm; being naked in nature... debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/shedding

My books:
The Complete Guide to Smallholding £18.50
Keeping Goats £18.50
Keeping Ducks & Geese £17.50
£3.35 UK postage for up to 2 books. Can post worldwide. Happy to sign if you want.
smallholdertraining.co.uk/recommended-...

Bucket lists and other bollocks

This week's post from the farm - shouting about bucket lists. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/bucket-lists
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Chicken skin And What Not To Eat

This week's post from the farm; a reflection on Channel 4's What Not to Eat. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/chicken-skin

Enough is plenty This morning I was walking across the farm with the dogs, checking the pregnant ewes and the group of tegs who will go to the ram this autumn, and it was drizzling, removing the last traces of the sno...

This week's post from the farm. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/enough-is-...

Pointless food debates and doing wtf you want At any time of year

This week's rant from the farm. Happy Christmas! debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/pointless-...

Detritus It’s not that you don’t notice rubbish in an urban environment – of course you do – but there’s so much of it that it blurs into a grey acceptance.

My weekly post from the farm is rubbish debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/detritus

Musing on a smeuse I love a good smeuse.

This week's post from the farm and not a hobbit in sight.
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He's an old boy.... a breeding stag.

Food Thinking about Christmas fare

This week's post from the farm; all about that festive feast. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/food

Year end Firsts and lasts

This week's post is all about firsts and lasts debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/year-end

Knitting again A tale of nostalgia in yarn

This week's post from the farm is more wool than sheep. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/knitting-a...

Cheese and new delights Do you like cheese?

This week's post from the farm is all about CHEESE! debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/cheese-and...

Hidden under concrete Growing over concrete

Hidden under concrete: this week's post from the farm.

The Complete Guide to Smallholding £18.50
Keeping Goats £18.50
Keeping Ducks & Geese £17.50
£3.35 UK postage for up to 2 books (postage for overseas calculated on the website).
Published by The Crowood Press.
I can add a message in the book if you wish.
smallholdertraining.co.uk/recommended-...

The curated kitchen table Is there anything more determined to make you dissatisfied with your life than a curated kitchen table?

This week's post from the farm. All about kitchen tables. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/the-curate...