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Sow The Seed follows the ups and downs of me, Helen and my husband, Simon - a couple trying to live a simpler life in south-west Wales.

I hope this blog will not only be a good reference and diary for us over the coming years, but will give helpful advice and tips for people trying to do the same thing, or dreaming of doing the same thing.

Find out more on how we got here.

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Tasks: Transplanting plants; weeding

Harvesting: Swiss chard, cabbages, new potatoes

Eggs this year: 271

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Mmm sausages!

This weekend we went to see the piglets we are hoping to get in early spring. As you can see from the picture they are very sweet, although the mother was alarmingly large. They are a Saddleback and Middle White cross, so they have a few black markings on them, but otherwise are the typical pink piggy colour. The crossing of these two breeds apparently makes good meat (but that is some time away yet). Read the rest of this entry »

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