Kate Pullen

Kate Pullen

Rosie Through the Looking Glass

Rosie is becoming very aware that over the last four months everything around her has shrunk quite significantly. When she arrived she was a little smaller than Henry. Now Henry has shrunk so he is a fraction of her size.…

Semana Santa and Sam has a Fit

This week is Semana Santa. I thought it was last week so I cancelled classes thinking it was Semana Santa which promptly confused everyone. Given that it is a late Easter this year I can appreciate why many of the…

Water Dog

Rosie has turned into a proper water dog. We knew that she liked water and the fact she has webbed toes was a bit clue. However she’s taken to romping in even the smallest of puddles like a duck to…

Sneaky Peak

Here’s a peak of our new site – Still a few ends to tie up, however it’s taking shape and the last couple of days I’ve been adding the products and Ian’s been muttering to himself – which generally…

Chicken Reduction

We’ve rehomed some of our chickens – in fact all bar three hens and one cockeral. The one cockeral we didn’t rehome is called Limpy. So that gives a bit of a clue as to why we didn’t rehome him.…

Fly Catchers

Both Pirata and Wilbur appeared to have a funny five minutes yesterday. Admittedly, it’s not that unusual for Pirata to play a special cat and mouse game with a mouse that only he can see, however yesterday he was quite…

Slug Slurping

Rosie has amassed quite an array of unpleasant habits. However she has plunged new depths with her current unpleasentness – slug slurping. When she is out walking she hoovers up slugs as she walks. She doesn’t miss a step, simply…

Rainy Days

Well, since the start of March the weather has turned miserable. Shame as this has curtailed our asparagus picking. I realise we are fair weather asparagus pickers. Last week was Carnival, and there was a super-fiesta on Sunday where Carnival…