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Light and dark, kindness and viciousness Detail from A Map of Days - Grayson Perry

This week's post from the farm; more art than livestock. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/light-and-...

Shedding Years ago, twenty I think, I was tootling along the hedgeline of one of our fields, peering over the fence and getting acquainted with the various scrubby bushes, saplings, tuffets of grasses and twin...

This week's post from the farm; being naked in nature... debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/shedding

My books:
The Complete Guide to Smallholding £18.50
Keeping Goats £18.50
Keeping Ducks & Geese £17.50
£3.35 UK postage for up to 2 books. Can post worldwide. Happy to sign if you want.
smallholdertraining.co.uk/recommended-...

Bucket lists and other bollocks

This week's post from the farm - shouting about bucket lists. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/bucket-lists
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Chicken skin And What Not To Eat

This week's post from the farm; a reflection on Channel 4's What Not to Eat. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/chicken-skin

Enough is plenty This morning I was walking across the farm with the dogs, checking the pregnant ewes and the group of tegs who will go to the ram this autumn, and it was drizzling, removing the last traces of the sno...

This week's post from the farm. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/enough-is-...

Pointless food debates and doing wtf you want At any time of year

This week's rant from the farm. Happy Christmas! debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/pointless-...

Detritus It’s not that you don’t notice rubbish in an urban environment – of course you do – but there’s so much of it that it blurs into a grey acceptance.

My weekly post from the farm is rubbish debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/detritus

Musing on a smeuse I love a good smeuse.

This week's post from the farm and not a hobbit in sight.
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He's an old boy.... a breeding stag.

Food Thinking about Christmas fare

This week's post from the farm; all about that festive feast. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/food

Year end Firsts and lasts

This week's post is all about firsts and lasts debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/year-end

Knitting again A tale of nostalgia in yarn

This week's post from the farm is more wool than sheep. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/knitting-a...

Cheese and new delights Do you like cheese?

This week's post from the farm is all about CHEESE! debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/cheese-and...

Hidden under concrete Growing over concrete

Hidden under concrete: this week's post from the farm.

The Complete Guide to Smallholding £18.50
Keeping Goats £18.50
Keeping Ducks & Geese £17.50
£3.35 UK postage for up to 2 books (postage for overseas calculated on the website).
Published by The Crowood Press.
I can add a message in the book if you wish.
smallholdertraining.co.uk/recommended-...

The curated kitchen table Is there anything more determined to make you dissatisfied with your life than a curated kitchen table?

This week's post from the farm. All about kitchen tables. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/the-curate...

Cattle for Beginners - Smallholder Training at South Yeo Farm West Our cattle for beginners course will leave you ready & inspired to fetch your first house cow or small beef herd home, with confidence.

Cattle - too big, too scary? Love beef and have a niggling feeling that keeping cattle might be of interest? Cattle for Beginners course 22 November. Come and find out if cattle are for you. Also 31 January 2026 (could make a great Christmas present!). smallholdertraining.co.uk/cattle-for-b...

Our popular two day intensive Sheep for Beginners courses kick off again in January. We're in Devon, and there's lots of local accommodation on our website for those travelling from across the UK or overseas. smallholdertraining.co.uk/sheep-for-be...

No suckling pig? So sue me. A burger made from our Devon Ruby beef - minimum 30 months old

Saying no to suckling pig. A view from the farm. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/no-sucklin...

Want to keep a few cows but don't know where to start? Our Cattle for Beginners course is 22 November. In Devon (lots of local accommodation recs) smallholdertraining.co.uk/cattle-for-b...

Jilly Cooper, gap teeth and sardines It’s been another mad week on the farm and the diary has inadequate blank areas which means there’s been no time to write.

This week's post from the farm. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/jilly-coop...

A manic week It's curtains, in so many ways.

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Crowing their last As far as I’m concerned, producing your own food is the whole point of smallholding and farming on the smaller scale.

My weekly post from the farm: time to prep the cockerels. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/crowing-th...

Rural broadband A tale of countryside woes

This week's post from the rural depths.

Trespass Last week I came into the house to find a message on the answer phone.

My weekly post from the farm

Thinking about taking on cattle but it all seems rather daunting? Join us for our Cattle for Beginners day on Saturday 22 November smallholdertraining.co.uk/cattle-for-b...

Clever duck Ancient me and my unbelievably ancient duck Mrs Cayuga (with us no more) who was about 18 when she died, the Methuselah of the duck world.

Clever duck. My weekly post from the farm. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/clever-duck

Moribund? Hunting for the right word

My weekly post from the farm. If you know words, this is one for you. Plus pigs. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/moribund

Sheep for Beginners - Smallholder Training at South Yeo Farm West Our sheep for beginners course will leave you ready & inspired to manage your own flock of sheep with confidence.

Thinking about keeping sheep? Just started keeping sheep? Our intensive 2 day SHEEP for BEGINNERS course is just the thing. 6 & 7 September on our farm in Devon. Lots of local accommodation. smallholdertraining.co.uk/sheep-for-be...