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Pool Cottage Hops

For my birthday last year, number one son, Ben, bought me a range of hop plants. The idea being to grow our own hops for the Dizzy Pig...

Dizzy Pig Beer Labels

Now the garage makeover is complete and we have the "Dizzy Pig" pub, it was time to have a more professional look to the beer we make at...

Pool Cottage Forge

Having attended a one day blacksmiths day at Oldfield Forge in deepest darkest Herefordshire to learn the basics, we have now built our...

Winter comes to Pool Cottage

The weekend of 9 - 10 December saw our worst snowfall in many years, we woke at first light to heavy drifts making it difficult to get to...

Garage Re-Build and Makeover - Part 4

With the majority of the exterior completed we were able to turn our attentions to the interior makeover of our garage. Measuring...

Crockett and Tubbs Arrive at Pool Cottage

Last year we had 2 OSB/Large White cross pigs called Jake and Elwood. They were great fun and ultimately produced some epic meat which we...

Garage Re-Build and Makeover - Part 3

In the week after Easter we took things a little easier, since the garage roof was now watertight and some of the pressure was off....

Garage Re-build and Makeover - Part 2

Work on the re-build began on 30 March with the removal of some of the front roof sheets, along with the original frontage, in order to...

Garage Re-Build and Makeover - Part 1.

Over the years, we have held a number of courses at Pool Cottage, including our Smoking and Curing Course and the Sausage Making Course....

Lister Water Pump Restoration

For many years there has been a 15m deep well at Pool Cottage, which is shared with our neighbour. Directly above the well is an old...

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