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Our Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ all2024 🎉It’s cold but it is Winter so can’t expect much else.2024-01-1530 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 7A change of direction from the original podcast and all about growing and selling cut flowers.2023-11-1720 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 6November Update. Life has become much more busy since I started the podcast and so updates are the easiest way for me to keep in touch with everyone these days.2023-11-0928 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 5What have I been up to?2023-09-071h 00Our Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 4: RoundupA quick round of what’s been happening here since the last episode which was ages ago 😂2023-06-2932 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 3A little bit about what I have been up to on the smallholding but mostly about growing cut flowers 😁2023-04-1048 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allUpdate: Episode 2Hello 👋 sorry it has been so long, things are beginning to ramp up in the growing year now so there should be a lot more for me to talk about.2023-03-141h 01
Our Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allHello 2023 🥰I thought I wouldn’t do any more recording but you will hear all about why I was fading off and what I intend to do in this next season during this episode x2023-01-0938 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 45: Weekly round upThe final episode for this season and maybe ever 🤷♀️ who knows, never say never but for now I feel it has run it’s course. Thank you for listening folks x2022-11-3033 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 44: Weekly round upWet week!2022-11-2436 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 43: Weekly roundupRain and lots of it plus an egg shortage 🙄2022-11-1756 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 42: Weekly roundupThe birds go into lockdown, I am having a meltdown about the climate 🙄2022-11-101h 10Our Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 41: Weekly round upTechnical gremlins this week 🙄2022-11-0350 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 40: Weekly roundupFinally got started on the paperwork!2022-10-2741 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 39: Winter and some weekly round up.The first half of this is about Winter on the smallholding, the ups and downs.2022-10-2037 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 38: Weekly round upBird flu lockdowns loom 😔2022-10-1347 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 37: Weekly round upAll that has occurred this week.2022-10-0651 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 36: Weekly round upA ‘meh’ kind of a week 🙄2022-09-291h 01Our Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 35: Weekly roundupTime to increase the price of eggs 😔2022-09-2229 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 34: Weekly round upThe week that Queen Elizabeth II died and Prince Charles became King Charles III2022-09-151h 22Our Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 33: Weekly round upThe wedding 🥰2022-09-081h 07Our Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 32: Weekly updateWhat has been going on for his week?2022-09-0256 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 31: Weekly updateI am not sure if I am coming or going this week, emotions are running high and I am tired.2022-08-2559 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 30: Weekly round upIt finally rained 😁 Happy me, happy plants 🥰2022-08-181h 02Our Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 29: Weekly round upScorcher of a week, field fires everywhere 🙄2022-08-111h 12Our Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allExtra Episode: FlowersMore about my flower farming journey2022-08-0859 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 28: Weekly round upWaffling this week, I seem to be saying something and nothing lol2022-08-0446 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 27: Weekly updateDown in the dumps this week 😞 some mild swear words (apologies)2022-07-2851 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 26: Weekly round upScorching 🥵 and no water to boot!2022-07-211h 06Our Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 25: Weekly round upAll the things that I have been doing this week including rescuing and looking after a baby hedgehog 🦔2022-07-141h 13Our Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 24: Weekly round upThe trials and tribulations of life in general 🙄2022-07-071h 05Our Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 23: Weekly round upBusy, busy, busy2022-06-301h 09Our Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 22: Weekly round upWe are losing hens to the fox again 😏2022-06-231h 01Our Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 21: Weekly roundupWhat have we been doing science we came back from our holiday? Weeding and washing 😂2022-06-161h 12Our Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allExtra Episode: More Flower stuffIt’s British Flower week 😁 more in this extra episode about the things I have learnt as a start up flower farmer. If you are thinking of doing some thinking similar then hopefully the journey I am on will help you too c2022-06-1328 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 20: Weekly round upWe have had a swarm, all about that and all the other things that I have been doing this week.2022-05-1955 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 19: Weekly round upOoops accidentally deleted everything I had recorded 🤪2022-05-1233 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 18: Weekly roundupMore flower bouquets to make and I came second again in our local flower club competition 😁2022-05-0557 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 17: Weekly round upThe poultry restrictions are being lifted finally and I have been making a few flowers up for customers, all that and more besides.2022-04-281h 11Our Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allExtra Episode: FlowersA round up of my flower farming journey so far, it is still all very new but how I got here and how it is going.2022-04-2347 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 16: Weekly roundupA bit of everything that’s been happening, the holiday weekend and lots of birthday celebrations.2022-04-2155 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 15 : Weekly roundupWhat’s been happening this wee?2022-04-141h 11Our Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 14: Weekly round upWhat’s happened to the weather 🤪2022-04-071h 34Our Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 13: Weekly updateA terrible week my emotions have taken a battering as well as my health 😔 I tested positive 🙄2022-03-3150 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 12: Weekly round upSome lovely weather this week after last weeks deluge.2022-03-2443 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 11: Weekly round upMostly nice weather so busy getting outside things done while it’s dry.2022-03-1742 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 10: Weekly roundupAll the things we have been up to this week and my musings.2022-03-1056 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 9: Weekly round upAnxiety this week over major world events and my upcoming flower competition entry.2022-03-0358 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 8: Weekly round upOne step forward two steps back this week.2022-02-2458 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 7: Weekly roundupStill chomping at the bit to get seed sowing underway on a big scale but got to hold my horses and wait for longer days and warmer temperatures. Plenty of rain this week 🙄2022-02-1742 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 6: Weekly roundupA bit of this and that 😆2022-02-1040 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 5: Weekly round upSeems I have a lot to say this week 😂2022-02-031h 20Our Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allSeason 2 Episode 4Quick round up this week2022-01-2723 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allSeason 2 Episode 3 Weekly round upHad a bit of a wobble this week but moving on 😁2022-01-2034 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allSeason 2 Episode 2Weekly round up of our lives on the smallholding.2022-01-131h 15
Our Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allSeason 2 Episode 1: Weekly round upWe are in a new year 2022, moving forward with new aims and ideas 😁2022-01-0630 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 41: Weekly round upThat is the end of the calendar, thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy a very Merry Christmas and I look forward to sharing our goings on with you in 2022.2021-12-2352 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 40: Weekly round upSlow this time of year on the smallholding but plenty of other stuff to do 😁2021-12-1643 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 39: Weekly round upAll that has been happening this week both on and off the smallholding.2021-12-0945 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 38: Weekly round upAll kinds of things this week including the chicken lockdown preparations and the goose laid a surprise egg!2021-12-021h 14Our Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 37: Weekly updateA quick round up of what I have been doing, planting tulip bulbs, making cards and the Christmas pudding is done. Bird flu and lockdown 🙄2021-11-2549 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 36: Weekly round up.I really had to get the accounts done and dusted this week. The egg numbers have dropped very low and what direction do we want to move forward in? All this and more in the episode.2021-11-1831 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 35: Weekly roundupA mixed bag of a week again.2021-11-1135 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 34: Mondays thoughts 🤔COP26: What results or changes will come out of this conference, will they be enough. Who is doing anything about it if it’s not enough?2021-11-0822 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 33: Weekly round upAfter the high of last week there are a couple lows this week 😏 some achievement and a surprise find or two😁2021-11-0645 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 32: Weekly round upAll the things that I have been doing this week including going to a wedding 🥰2021-10-2938 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 31: Monday podcastKeeping chickens, what you need to know about keeping chickens and other poultry on a long term basis in order to get the best product from your birds. I have kept birds for nearly twenty years and this is how I do it and what I have learned along the way.2021-10-251h 08Our Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 30: Weekly round upNot a good week this week, we had some heartbreaking news 😢2021-10-2133 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 29: Monday rambleMe rambling about ways to future proof your life in various ways and why I think it is important 😁2021-10-1832 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 28 Weekly updateLovely weather means lots of work outside 😁2021-10-1451 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allMonday topics: Episode 27Food security, self reliance & resilience. How do we achieve these on a basic level?2021-10-1132 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 26: Weekly round upLots of work done this week 😁2021-10-0746 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 25: Weekly round upA bit of this and that2021-09-301h 02Our Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 24: Weekly round upBit of a long one this week 🙄 I have included a couple of verbal tours of areas of the smallholding. We had a ‘surprise’ this week in amongst everything else 😁2021-09-231h 20Our Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 22: Am I alone?Am I alone in my thoughts or are there plenty of others out there who think the same? Let me know 😁2021-09-1620 min
Our Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 23: Weekly round upThis week I am able to tell you about the secret I have been keeping and what has been keeping me very busy here apart from Smallholding stuff 😁 #belltentvillage2021-09-1621 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 21 Weekly round upIt gets busy with the harvesting in the fruit and veg garden this time of year. Trying not to waste a single thing I am have grown takes up a lot of time 😀2021-09-0939 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 20: What’s going on around us?Exploring the things we can’t see and how insignificant that makes us humans.2021-09-0620 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 19: Weekly round up of events and non events on the smallholding.What has been happening this week, John had a second week off from his regular job so we have been busy getting stuff done.2021-09-0241 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 18: Is Smallholding a lifestyle or a job?I am trying to decide if Smallholding is a lifestyle or a job?2021-08-3038 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 17 Weekly round upAfter a week away on holiday we are back and work begins again 😁2021-08-2635 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 16 The biggest wart on the SmallholdingThis episode is slightly off piste but I talk about Lupus and how it affects our smallholding life.2021-08-2338 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 15 Weekly round upThis episode is by Shelley who came to look after the smallholding while we went for some much needed R & R 🥰2021-08-2139 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 14 What makes someone want to be self sufficient?What makes someone want to be self sufficient, exploring my personality traits is interesting and enlightening, to me at any rate 😜2021-08-2133 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 13 weekly round upA few of the many things I have been doing this week around the smallholding.2021-08-121h 02Our Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 12 Food wasteFood waste, the bigger back story to food waste, what you and I can do about reducing our food waste and Earth Overshoot day.2021-08-0932 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 11 Weekly round upWe have some new arrivals, lady friends for Ted the Turkey who has been lonely for over a year now. The weather has been shocking for July/Aug2021-08-0539 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 10: The roots and where they came from.In this episode I talk about where my inclination to grow my own came from and also a bit about what kind of practises I try to implement.2021-08-0245 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 9 weekly round upWhat has been going on this week, did we get any rain?2021-07-2950 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allGarlic and onion interludeWhile sorting the garlic I may as well sit and chat to you about it 😁2021-07-2621 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 8 Chalk and CheeseJohn and I are chalk and cheese in every way you could possibly think of except our core values but it does work somehow.2021-07-2624 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 7 weekly round upWhat have I been up to this week? You can also catch up with goings on by reading my blog which can be found at www.frieslandfarm.com or on Facebook under Friesland Farm 😁2021-07-221h 02Our Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 6: What exactly are we self sufficient in?This episode covers the areas we are self sufficient in. If the world as we know it suddenly changed for the worst could we manage to feed ourselves without leaving the smallholding?2021-07-1936 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 5: Smallholding round upA daily round up of what has been happening here on the smallholding.2021-07-1549 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 4 The good the bad and the uglyA round of of all the things that are good and not so good then some that are ugly!2021-07-1238 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 3 weekly Smallholding roundupA quick roundup of what has been happening the past couple of days on the smallholding these episodes will all be called Smallholding round up and I explain in the episode how it will work in conjunction the Monday episodes.2021-07-0821 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 2: MoneyMoney makes the world go round as they say but it’s not everything.2021-07-0531 min
Our Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allEpisode 1; Who, what, why, how?My first ever podcast about our smallholding life, who are we, what do we do, why do we do it and how does it all work. To be fair it is a bit of a ramble and not scripted, which will be obvious lol. I am an ordinary, everyday person living a not quite so ordinary life. I don’t have any qualifications that could be considered useful in the world of work except O levels but what I do have is a lifetime of experience, practical abilities and oodles of common sense which I think more than makes up fo...2021-06-2833 minOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ allOur Smallholding Life, Flowers ‘n’ all (Trailer)2021-06-2700 min
Response-ability.TechUsing Deep Learning to Detect Retinal Disease. With Pearse KeanePearse Keane is our guest in this week’s episode. Dr Keane is speaking in the Health Tech stream at the conference in October. Pearse explains what drew him to ophthalmology, and shares his story about how he came to collaborate with DeepMind to use deep learning to identify age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a devasting but common retinal disease that, if not treated quickly enough, leads to blindness.Pearse talks about the two papers published in Nature Magazine about this research and the realities and challenges involved in moving from research to real world implementation, and...2020-08-1945 min