We've officially be in 3 months!

Well on Friday was our 3 month anniversary in the house... and what a journey it has been so far!

Unfortunately that does mean that this coming Friday it has been 3 months since we lost our gorgeous Griff. We actually planted a dwarf lemon tree to mark his resting place last weekend, not that well will ever forget where he rests.

Anyway this weekend was pretty busy, with a few further milestones. Friday saw the moving of the first, and largest of the 3 water tanks. This was necessary as one of the many challenges we have faced todate include finding out that the fencing was all in the wrong place. Meaning our tanks were on the neighbours property!- Lesson learned when purchasing rural blocks (well for that any block), make the contract subject to survey.

But it is, what it is and our neighbour has been very good about the whole thing. So we will get it sorted, just in small steps. So step 1- move the largest, above ground tank- done!

Next step is to pump all the water out of the 2 semi-submerged tanks, then begin exploring the underground piping and work out how to move them and where... but we'll get there one step at a time

Nearly 3 months in and this is where we're up to

Well we unloaded our life's possession from the van 11 weeks ago today, and it has been a rollacoaster so far. There have been issues with telco's and boundries but the biggest blow came exactly a week after the high of moving in, when we had to bury our beloved three and half year old Staffy Griffith.
As I returned home after and evening running around town, following work. I found my gorgeous baby boy lying beside the road... Both our babies had escaped, what we thought was our puppy-proofed garden, but only Ffion had made it home.


So, so much for the dream start, it was supposed to be for us and our gorgeous furry babies, but it wasn't to be. However the loss of our gorgeous baby boy has made us more determined to make this work. Otherwise our move and the price he paid would be for nothing. So this is for our Griff.


So to date; we have since made the guilt ridden, heart wrenching decision to get another dog. Our new addition Madog- a lovely mastiff pup who's making Maes-y-Delyn his home. And I know Griff would have loved him... just wished it didn't have to be one or the other, but I guess that's life. We just have know he had a happy life, in a loving home, and we were honoured to have had him in our lives.


So for the small holding we have 2 lovely cows (heifers, brahman-droughtmaster crosses). Out beautiful Berkshire pigs; Smokey and Streaky; who we are hoping to breed. We had another land race cross pig, however he is already stocking our freezer.
We currently have 5 laying chickens (since Ffion (our female Staffy) devoured an escapee a few weeks back), 3 meat birds (we had 5, but 2 have already served thier purpose) and 7 chicks. As well as a few young fruit trees and a veggie patch.


So I guess it starts from here! This is the update on how our new life goes... Pob lwc