We have been making our own Organic Goats Milk Soap since 2018. In those early days, Deborah was lucky to have lots of help from our lovely neighbour Niki who was a soap maker (she used to trade locally as Findlays Bar before changing career into teaching). Niki generously shared her soap making knowledge with […]
We had hoped our kitchen and scullery would be complete for the festivities but the work had taken longer than expected, not helped by the deep snow and temperatures of minus 17 degrees in early December. It’s been a challenge getting tradespeople down our farm track, despite Colin’s heroic gritting efforts. The final job of […]
The mood on the smallholding changes at this time of year. After a busy summer (with B&B guests and lots of successful courses) where the fields have literally been buzzing with life, things start to quieten down, plants and mini-beasts all enter a period of dormancy and we begin to see the holding in a […]
We have had quite an adventure with our four lovely British Saddleback pigs recently. We have three pig pens and we try to use them in rotation (alternating with planting green manures and vegetables) as pigs can be very hard on the land with their rooting behaviour and fondness for digging wallows. We keep our […]
We are SO excited about the Coracle Building Experience this month. It’s called an ‘experience’ because it’s so much more than a course. The Lint Mill enjoys a beautiful riverside location and so it’s the perfect location to build a boat! There will be camping and we will celebrate the joys of cooking and eating […]
I wish we’d had a fiver every time someone had called us Tom and Barbara over the years! But believe me, we’re really no Tom and Barbara and those that know me, will know I’m often fighting off my inner Margo! Nonetheless, the idea of a sustainable life was always a good one and when […]
Lately, there have been some strange sounds around The Lint Mill, terrifying demonic screeching sounds like this! At the very least we thought it was one of our goat kids being attacked by a predator. The sounds weren’t confined to night-time, we heard them mostly at dusk and we couldn’t connect the sounds with an […]