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I’m sad to hear that Saskatoon berries have made it past Canada. I liked the exclusivity. I’m extremely happy that other places get to enjoy this little purple berry. Frozen is best. I know most of you won’t be able to spot a leaf on a drive through the wilds of if it’s origin, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia, I know I can. I know several places of wild growth. I’m happy and mad.

your garden is gorgeous

Cheers

How peaceful. But what was Damson shouting at 😂

Forgot to ask in my earlier comment but do you have a plan on deterring birds from eating the berries at all or are raspberries quite good at protecting themselves from the birds? I had a small bush in the garden and was surprised that most of them escaped the attention of the birds but they were pretty well hidden and covered by their own thorns.

TIL that you got different varietes of raspberries like earlies and autumn! Amazing. Just curious when do the early ones become available for picking? And also - do you have a specific place you source these from in Scotland? Thanks! Great vid btw!

Do you have any updates? Are you still utilizing this method? Are you finding it creates weed seed free compost? Thank you

What a fantastic evolving system. Thanks for sharing your journey. Watching your vids from Australia and interested to know what temp is 'hot for Scotland'? Beautiful blue sky. I'd love to come and WOOF with you guys one day.

Such a beautiful place. Your cat seems really big! :D

Dung beatles for cow pat control

love the wee Dexter!

Love how Lilli helps and chats away. She is growing up so quickly.

Looks fantastic. Great that we got some beautiful hot days in before heading back to cold, wintery June!

One way to reduce the fly pressure in the pasture is to move a posse of the chickens in a moveable chick shaw 3 days after the cows leave and they go right to the cow patties and eat the larvae and spread the manure.. win win.... improves pasture, less flies, less bought feed for the chickens, less moving of chicken manure...

The fence system looks great. Is the lower wire not live? It didn't look as if you are strimming or scything the grass around the base of the fence. I also wondered if Rosa was moving the wire away from the shrub but maybe not. You don't have issues with the fence shorting? Inspirational and entertaining as always, thank you.

Instead of showing us your face and a bit of your arm pointing, turn the camera around. We’re not here for/entertained by your face.

the difference in damson! Amazing how she goes to the stand herself now!

Haying with my scythe is probably my favorite activity out there. We only do a quarter acre Hay Plot for our Rabbit's Winter feed. 14 breeders we've gotta kerp alive. We get 3 cuttings. Two of 'em go for the growoutsv n season, the remainder is saved for Dec-March feeding when pretty much nothing grows here.

I didn't know about tree hay! What a great and smart permaculture method! Thanks for sharing this knowledge. God bless 🙏

What a lovely little film ❤

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Love love loved this! So inspiring with the cows and especially loving all you are learning about Dexters!! 🌿🌱

Very nice kind of farming!

Somehow, this was the exact video I needed today 🙂so peaceful and beautifully captured. So looking forward to following along with your journey with the adorable cows!

Very artistic video! It's a beautiful compilation with blend of video and sound. I love the close up of the cow eating with the powerful sound.

Nice to see yous to see yous nice good stuff guys

A girl after my own heart. I could listen to my cows chew for days. 😊

So blessed with those sounds 😊

Beautiful nature/animal sounds. So peaceful. 😌

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Lillie’s sweet good mornings were so precious. I’m glad you are focusing on family.

I admit, I do sometimes wonder about a Jersey here. It'll be interesting seeing how they work out for you.

is this not a better way to live than feminism?

Top of the morning to you

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When did that tiny baby turn into a walking , talking little girl! How time flies.

Fantastic Vlog, I’m missed your Smallholding updates and goodness I love the cows. I met some Dexters at the weekend and really love the idea of milking them x

Love your videos. This takes me back to my childhood in the NW Highlands croft with our milking cow Mum made butter and crowdie and we children took pails of milk to old aunties. More videos please ❤

Congratulations on getting cows, I am sure you will love them! We love the opportunity to make all our dairy and fresh milk/cream. More importantly, you will have so much compost! One thing I should mention, health and safety, as a fellow jersey owner, be careful with your position when you milk, do not have your face in hoof range , if she kicks( rope snaps, a fly goes by,needs a pee 😅) she will break your jaw. Enjoy the journey!

What a great childhood for Lilli. She's a very lucky girl. I've also just planted out my peas in a 'forest' of hazel brash. Looks a lot more interesting than bamboo. Keep at it!

Great to see you and the vegetables again, but really sad to see the goats gone, use to love seeing them as I was brought up with goats and they are such characters. Loved seeing the relationship between Rosa and the goats, but glad they have a good home. Lily has such a wonderful upbringing with your way of life, pure magic. Thanks

Butter and cheese and rich milk…..maybe just the wrong goats….Nigerian dwarfs are supposed to be best for that, and you could cross Nigerian dwarfs with Nubian which would also get you the same but more volume…..just saying 😊

Hi, James, Rosa, and Lily. So good to see you all. I’m looking forward to seeing more of your vlogs❤️❤️❤️

Delightful as always. We have loved milking our Dexters in Australia; Jersey's too; on our 30 acres. Always such a great time listening to your calm and joyfilled vlogs. Thank you, James, Rosa, and Lily xxx love the pea sticks

Lilli is so sweet when she gave the good morning to the chickens 💚

Enjoyed the video--Glad to see you all back full of the joys of spring. I have missed them immensely. And Hey-History repeating itself with the cows---you'll have a wonderful stone cold dairy in the house for all the mouth watering milk and cream and butter to come. New tatties 'n' butter -everybody's favourite.

What a lovely surprise they look beautiful 😍 love the music who is the artist? Thanks for the lovely video 😊

This is really useful inspiration for our grazing system. We currently have geese grazing on previously permanent pasture but one day hope to do something very similar to this, integrating different live stock and trees!

The honeyberry is deceptive. It turns purple and you think it’s ripe. Nope, wait several weeks until they get sweet when you eat one. Net them for sure or you won’t get any

We have a several-acre field of mature Honeyberry rows at my work just 90 mins drive from you. There is a big difference between the varieties but Aurora taste the best to me. If you fancy a look around just let me know!