28th March 2012

Hollie Thomas, family and friends are staying at Sutton Mawr, they are making the most of the brilliant weather, trips to Barry Island, cardiff bay, cosmeston park and the new St Davids 2 shopping centre.

 Farm tour took place this afternoon, the girls were very excited about meeting the new born lambs.

They then meet Ruby the pig.....

Now Ruby and Stella are leaving us today, and going to a farm in Shepton Mallet.

We could not catch Stella...

Even my daughter Izzy was called in..

After  5 hours, we final got them, and off they went... They have gone to lovely home, but I will miss them.

27th March 2012

The weather just gets better and better. I hope this isn't our summer!

Hollie Thomas is staying at Sutton Mawr this week with her family and friends. They are having a lovely time. Today they went to the beach on Barry Island, and came back to finish the day off in the courtyard having a BBQ.

26th March 2012

We had a guest from Shanghai in China, his name was  Zheng Ji Wen. He loved the farm and has promised to return with his family..

 We also had two beautiful lambs. She delivered them first thing this morning, right down at the bottom of the field. .

They are now laying on the grass enjoying this amazing weather

5th March 2012

Today, we were moving pigs. The Lyon family were staying at Sutton Mawr for a few day so, I recruited a few helper Tommy, Scott and Ian. We started at 10am......

                                                                   It did not start well!

                                                              We nearly got them all in...

                                                         We got two in, but there is always one!

                                                   She found some new friends with the cows

                                             Tommy was on the case, but the pig had other ideas!!

Three hours later we got them all in....

Meanwhile, the Aldhaheri family were collecting the eggs...

24th March 2012

Here are some photos of the animals.. the sun was setting and they were all out enjoying the spring grass...

                                                     Four calves

                                                 Calves close up.....

                                              Jessie calves .....called Beauty

                                               Lambs at sunset......

23rd March 2012

Spring is here. What a fantastic day and they say it's going to last for over a week!

The daffodils are out in force, and they will be closely followed by the tulips in the courtyard.

It's time to wipe the dust of the BBQ!

18th March 2012

The boys did brilliantly! Well done Wales. We all feel really proud this morning. Our French guests were all pretty cheery, they loved Cardiff and the whole experience.

Some of our French guests decided on a farm tour to clear their heads...

17th March 2012

The big day is here.  Wales v France... Wales playing for the Grand Slam and France playing to restore pride!

We are full  of French supporters, they loved the Sutton Mawr fully monty breakfast, even managed to have a farm tour... They adore  their food, especially when it is home produced. Lets hope they don't look so happy tonight..Come on Wales!!!!!!

16th march 2012

Stella and Ruby were out and about today. The mud is slowly drying up. They really are the best of mates.

Ross has been spoiling them with a bit of milk from the next door farm. They love it...

15th March 2012

Finally the weather has cheered up and stopped raining for nearly 10days, so I was able to let the cows out into the field. They stampeded around the field, the calves going especially mad.. Lovely sight!
　
We can not believe there is hosepipe bans in England, it's done nothing but rain here since June last year. That's Wales for you!

12th March 2012

We had a short break, and disappeared to West Wales. The weather was lovely and the dogs got sploit with lots of walks.

This a photo from Pembrey park just outside LLanelli and in the back ground is the Gower Peninsula. A fantastic walk, the wind was blowing the sand down the beach. the poor dogs needed googles!  Its just over a hour away, and has dry ski slope cafe and toboggan.

14th March 2012

We had the lovely Fischer family from Hamburg, who had come over to see their niece who is a student in Cardiff University.  The kids had a great time in the mud, collecting the eggs. Unfortunately, the kids got stuck, the chickens knocked over the egg baskets. Their dad had to come to the rescue!

                                                 their wellies did not quite fit!

Their got close up to the pigs , the cows and the cute lambs....

11th march 2012

What a corker of a weekend. The sun came out for the Wales v Italy match, and stayed out for the rest of the weekend. I was up early, wanting to  get started. We have had a few Italians staying with us at Sutton Mawr, they loved the stadium, but not the result. They have decided to going walking down the Gower, so that should cheer them up.

The first job was to ring the lambs tails, we have had 7 lambs so far. There are all doing ready well..

Dennis the ram is always keeping guard against foxes. He is a lovely ram, he come up to me first thing in the morning and last  thing at night, for head rub!

The chickens are on top form they went wandering everywhere today. They even followed me to the bottom of the field.

The mud is slowly drying up in the pig paddocks. These three porkers were very friendly today when I went to feed them.They then spent most of the day sun bathing!

Vicci and myself then spent the rest of the day weeding and tidying up the courtyard and herb garden. Suddenly, there is going to be a lot plant growth, going on in the garden . We are currently well behind. So this week its gardening week!