This year we have had more house plants than ever before, and even though it is lovely to have such a great selection of greenery in the rooms they have come with some annoying little companions: shore fly. They are similar to fungus gnats, but gnats look a bit like a mosquito while shore flies look more like tiny black flies.
This is the third winter that we’re heating our home with an air source heat pump and the experiment continues. As regular followers of our blog and YouTube channel will …
You’re going to be seeing a lot more smart home content on My Home Farm this year, and over the coming weeks, and that’s largely due to Thread technology that …
It’s been fun transforming our Victorian farmhouse into a modern day smart home. It has at times presented us with challenges, but we’re super excited about 2022 because there are …
Earlier this year we mentioned that pumpkins have become one of our favourite vegetables to grow, and we’ve been enjoying making and eating pumpkin pie. Since our post in January, …
It seems that storms are getting more powerful and more frequent, and this winter alone the UK has been hit and affected by storms that have left millions of people …
Winter is always a busy time for us as we prune a lot of the trees around the smallholding while they’re dormant. We have poplars growing around the pond and …
During this time of year it can be difficult for wild birds to find food because insects, berries and other food sources can be scarce. We’ve always fed our feathered …
We planted the latest addition to our tree family by the pond this week, a malus × moerlandsii ‘Profusion’. It’s a young tree, and we can’t wait to see this space around the …