Our new front paddock

A year ago, we got some massive privet tree’s and dying pine tree’s cut down and stump ground, which left us with a vast dirt paddock over the summer

When the autumn rains arrived, I was out there sowing grass seed galore, so we now have a sea of green.

The question now is what to do with it…

I didn’t do all that just to mow it every other week, so the question now is what to use it for?

An orchard? -already got one

Vegetables – I can’t eat that many and I’m not a fan of vegetables anyway (ask my mum)

Sheep? they need really good fences, and we couldn’t run them all year round. They do need a fair bit of maintenance and monitoring. It would also mean buying an extra freezer to store because thats where they would eventually end up.

Goats? These are also famous for escaping fences, and eating everything and anything. They are very intelligent and spend all their time thinking about how to ruin your day.

Pigs? -just no -Ok?

Cows? not enough land for that

Chickens? we have three of them all ready for a supply of eggs

Ducks? now that’s a definite maybe.

You have the option having ducks for eggs or meat.

Duck eggs are similar to chicken eggs, but are larger an don’t keep for as long.

Then theres the meat option. Somehow, a duck for Xmas dinner has a certain appeal to it.