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With the majority of the exterior completed we were able to turn our attentions to the interior makeover of our garage. Measuring approximately 7 x 5 metres, it's a reasonable space to play with and having emptied the whole garage, apart from the clay oven, we had a blank canvas. A list of tasks was created which included the following: Refurbish the windows. Treat the walls with PVA. Clad the main roof interior. Fit new lighting. Box off the loft area and make an access door

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 are still enjoying. So now the warmer weather is upon us, we wanted to have the joy of new little piglets running around the smallholding. We contacted Springhill Farm, who are our regular supplier of weaners, and we settled upon 2 more of the same mix. The deal was done and Crockett and Tubbs, were on their way to their new home at Pool C

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. However, there was still much work to be done. In the past, we've had a number of birds making their nest in the garage and to prevent this we needed to fit soffit and facia boards to the exterior where the roof meets the side walls. We custom made the soffits to fit between each rafter, complete with mesh vents to aid ventilation in the space be