The croft in miniature

The Big Lad came home from school last week with a piece of paper that outlined his next project - build a model house using junk and recycled materials.

Of course, he couldn’t just go and stick a few cardboard boxes together and call it a house.

No, the Big Lad had to build a model of “his” croft - with Mummy and Pa helping, of course.

Looking for a new home

Ginger, our Tamworth boar, is on borrowed time now that we have a pedigree Berkshire boar. Our original intention was to have Ginger slaughtered and turned into bacon and sausages once we’d bred a couple of litters from him.