[cousin jack]

I live in what once was a model village. The village was built for workers on the estate, every house had at least 60 feet of garden for growing vegetables and a pig sty. Electricity came from a local spring that was diverted and held in a man made lake and then ran into a bore hole with a turbine, this powered the Hall, farm and village, every house had running water from local springs, this was all planned and built in the 1920’s. I am sure we have to take a step back to move forwards sometimes.

[cousin jack]

I usually throw in a shovel or two of fresh horse droppings to my chickens every day, they really come running for it, I also kill two birds with one stone as it were, because when I worm the horse it worms the chickens as well. Also in the summer, or should it be called the rainy season, I hang a rabbit carcase or sheeps head on the fence, the resulting maggots fall to the floor and are usually snapped up pretty soon. My wife sells the eggs at the school gate, all the mothers tell her our eggs are wonderful, the best they’ve ever had, she knows not to tell them about what I feed them, otherwise I think oue sales would drop big time.

[cousin jack]

Message received, hello, to one and all, Ralph

[cousin jack]

Hello everyone, I class myself as an aspiring horselogger, fortunately I have a very good mentor in Simon Lenihan, I for one would be willing to contribute articles even if it was only from a beginners perspective, anyway, count me in.

[cousin jack]

@Rod44 8804 wrote:

Found some nice pictures but it was very tough reading:). My ancestors are from Norway and my wife and I have been to the home farms. I have a daughter in law that is half Swedish.

If you go to the website via google you will be able to get a translation to english 🙂

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