Alfred and Edmund arrive

by Penny on April 9, 2012

Edmund in his stable

To balance the number of girls here, two young boys have arrived – Alfred and Edmund pygymy goat.  They love climbing about and eating apple and carrot slices.

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A new house for Barnie

by Penny on March 5, 2012

After several weeks of manufacturing, the luxury penthouse for our resident barn owl took 3 of us to install.  Its now ready for occupation – so lets hope Barnie finds it and likes it!

Barnie's new house

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Its a dogs life

April 26, 2011

This is Holly.  Her offical job is Head of Security.  And, as you can see, she takes her job very seriously – she’s usually asleep!   She is frightened of most things, particularly noise and loud bangs, which is a bit odd as she is half a springer spaniel which I thought was meant to be […]

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8 years on from moving to deepest Devon…

April 26, 2011

Many people dream of an idyllic life in a rural environment when they live and work in a major city. I was no different. Jumping on the Tube and rushing into Mayfair to deal with properties worth Monopoly money…all very exciting at the time… but now I have swapped the 8:05 into Baker Street for the […]

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Primroses

April 26, 2011

Spring is a beautiful time of year here at Hole. The lanes and hedges about the farm are full of primroses and violets, the Marsh Marigolds on the ponds are bright and dazzling yellow, and the oxe-eye daisy are  only a few weeks from opening. Feels like early summer!   This year the oak leaves are […]

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The ‘Hole Herd’

April 26, 2011

These is the world famous ‘Hole Herd’ of pure bred, award winning cattle…well alright, they are our 3 mixtured Dexters!  As every animal here, they all have names, and these three are;  Jemima, Florence and Maisy – what else? Florence and Maisy are pure Dexters, and Jemima is a Dexter/Jersey cross if you want to […]

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The arrival of nervous ‘George the Gander’

April 26, 2011

Because of the assassination of her sister Gertrude by a fox in the snow at Christmas, poor Gwendolin has been on her own, feeling very lonely and to add insult to injury, was being bullied by Raedwald the Runner Duck. So I have been on the lookout for a young goose or gander for sale. […]

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Introduction

March 21, 2011

My name is Penny and in 2003 I decided to give up my comfortable urban life and ‘escape to the country’.  I bought a beautiful, but somewhat neglected, small ancient Devon farm in the middle of the countryside, and so began my adventure of moving from a fast-paced city life in London to what I hoped would be […]

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