Spring Has Sprung

1st of March and the first day of Spring. I am lucky to have quite a big garden and I love gardening. 

We have a very productive veg patch, 2 greenhouses (from Frecycle), summer house, potting shed, wildlife pond, chickens and Kune Kune pigs. 

Springtime sees me quite busy in the garden, cleaning the greenhouses, digging the veg patch and sowing seeds.

I have opened my garden to the public in the past, including Transition Stroud's Edible Open Gardens. 

Our Kune Kune Pigs

In 2011 we got 2 Kune Kune pigs, they are called Pippa and Katie.

They are a native breed of New Zealand and we chose them because they are the smallest  breed of pig. 

We run a pig keeping workshop through Transitions Stroud as it has become popular for people to keep pigs in there garden so that they can then produce meat that comes from pigs that have lived happy lives outdoors. 

Transition Stroud Edible Open Gardens

I have taken part in Transition Stroud's Edible Open Gardens for the last 3 years.

My husband and I open our garden to the public and we also run a Pig Keeping workshop. There were several gardens from Whiteshill that took part and the allotment also opened to public for the event.