Why Pigs are such a waste of time !

September 30, 2016 | Oakfield

Because you can happily spend all day watching them. Some 3 months 3 weeks & 3 days after ‘Gaffer’ (Mr Pig) paid a visit we have lots of bright pink young things running around & getting into mischief.

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Frog Invasion – No not that one!

September 18, 2016 | Oakfield

Edible variety! The herons cant keep up and struggle to take off such is the explosion of marsh frogs on the surrounding ponds. Introduced to kent 1935 ( they escaped) ‘It’s like the everglades here’ http://bbc.in/2cTeTku We’ll see how big they get but I think Turkey will still be on the menu come December

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Bees off strike !

| Oakfield

For years I thought the bees were using the hive as a hotel and storing their honey elsewhere but to my surprise we got our first crop of honey 22lb in all. Great fun getting the honey out the frames & everything else & only got stung a few times 🙂

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