Kate Pullen

This week is Holy Week. Needless to say, not an Easter bunny in sight – instead, preparations for the parades. The Good Friday parade in Llerena this year is going to be transmitted on national television. This starts at 6…

The chicks are doing well. They are quite messy. They spend much of their time trying to spread chick crumbs around their box or splashing in water. We need to think about where they will go when they are too…

Ian shouted as he came running through the house earlier. Not thinking about the date, I stared at him in amazement, wondering what sort of egg our little chicks had managed to lay. … and then I realized. Oh, ha…

The decorator is starting next week. We weren’t expecting him until then so no real surprise. He had said the first week in April so we assumed the first full week. This will make such a huge difference as it…

Well, after buying our new chest freezer we are yet to switch it on. We need to put a plug into the garage barn, however we also need to get some food to fill it up with. It will be…

We went to the spring fare today in Zafra. And came back with five silkie chicks. I think they are about a week old, by the look of them, proper feathers are just coming through on their wings. They are…

We went out for a picnic and then went asparagus picking. Here is Ian showing off our haul – an all time record!

Well, Ian and I are like deflated balloons at the moment. It transpires that we are not super-ace asparagus pickers after all. We’ve been picking quite a bit over the last week or so, and have had record hauls. Last…

Bet you weren’t expecting that…!