Information Page

Below are some links into different subjects.

Remember there are as probably as many ways of doing things as there are people on the planet & if it suits you and keeps your animals healthy & happy then go for it. What we have put up here are general information and how we do things.

Read as much as possible on a subject & experiment if a crop, batch of wine etc. dosen't work (& most do), there is always next year.

Click here for details on how to order outside of the online shop.

 

Useful links (people we know & use or sites we like)

 

General Animal Husbandry or Stockman skills

            The Five Freedoms

 

 

Chickens

             Flock Number Article & Link

             Why Keep Them?

             Standards for Layers

             Standards for Meat Birds

             Meat Bird Worksheet

Geese

            Flock Number Article & Link - as above you need a Flock Numer for these too

            Why Keep Them?

Goats

Pigs

            Before you buy

            Pig Herd Number

            Pigs - Standards for Fatteners

 

Vegetable Facts

Biointensive Gardening

 

May Gardening to do

Free Printabel to list for May just click on the link & you can print off a wee to do that we have pulled together for you.

 

 

Garlic

Parsnip

Potato

 

Herb Facts

Here we are going to have some links for herbs, herbs being any plant you can grow or find wild that might be useful. Parsley right through to Nettles.

Honeysuckle

Nettles

Parsley

Rosemary