Our cotton plants are doing quite well and we’ve got a few flowers. I’ve been reading up to see what care they need, and I found an article about the introduction of cotton into Europe. Until then the only fibre…

jul_12, originally uploaded by ian_pullen. I think we know what happened to the snake in the garage – at least I hope so, as I’d not like to think that the snake that Babbity Bumble had adopted as a pet…

There is a field at the other end of the village where part of it has been completely stripped by free ranging chickens. We’ve been trying to teach ours to free range as our back yard is currently full of…

Well, I fell off my bike on Tuesday and sprained my ankle. I’d like to say it was as I was traversing a mountain or jumping across a river, while in fact I hit a pile of sand and came…

We’ve introduced the kittens to the dogs and cats and now the novelty has worn off, we’re letting them roam free. They still see my workshop as being their ‘safe’ place, but are happy to explore the rest of the…

We went to the fiesta on both Friday and Sunday. On Friday we stayed until 3 o’clock, which sounds impressive until I mention that when we went we said good bye to my class, their friends and a wide range…

We’ve got a snake living in the barn door – eeek! It’s a small one, so hopefully it will make it’s way somewhere else to settle …

While this might look like there has been a terrible accident, Babbity Bumble was in fact sleeping on the beanbag. It is quite unusual for a cat to lie like this, so I think it is a sign that she…

The kittens are settling in well. Babbity Bumble is just like her namesake, for ever buzzing around. I’ve found the Beatrix Potter books online – Mrs Tittlemouse (which is where Babbity Bumble appears) and Miss Moppet. They are currently spending…

We went to collect two kittens yesterday who were being fostered by the animal rescue center in Badajoz. The rescue centre is attached to the vet, so they only look after poorly animals there and volunteers foster the other animals.…