More photos of cosy Nook Cottage on our Pembrokeshire Farm, Rosehill!
Rosehill Bed and Breakfast is a friendly livestock farm in Pembrokeshire with a self contained and cosy 1 bedroomed Nook Cottage. We are ideally situated for attractions in both North and South Pembrokeshire; such as Skomer Island trips to see Puffins, many Blue Flag Beaches,historic Tenby,marvellous St David's Cathedral, beautiful Barafundable Bay. Milford Haven & Neyland Marina are near, for Seafair Haven boating events.
Saturday 23 July 2011
One bedroom Nook Cottage, Pembrokeshire, Wales
More photos of cosy Nook Cottage on our Pembrokeshire Farm, Rosehill!
Friday 8 July 2011
Summer beaches and sheep
Now is the time to take that summer time dip in Pembrokeshires gorgeous beaches. There are so many to choose from. It's like Devon and Cornwall rolled into one unique coastline, but without the hordes of tourists! I went in the sea at Sandy Haven, a quiet beach not far from me and I could peacefully watch the oyster catchers wading on the shore.
The ram lambs will soon be seperated from the ewe lambs, for obvious reasons!
The yearling rams have been inspected and are officially registered pedigree LLeyn for breeding purposes.
I have decided to join up the dots a bit in my virtual world of communication and so went on twitter as EnquiriesMary
Are you enjoying the fantastic beaches in Pembrokeshire. OK I know the weather has been hit and miss at the moment, but beaches are for all seasons, (we sometimes get all seasons in one day!)
You never know who is going to stay in your victorian B&B, and a few days ago we had Ruth Goodman, social historian , off TVs Victorian Farm, Victorian Pharmacies etc! See her web site and the courses she runs by googling her name. My name on twitter is EnquiriesMary. I thougth that I might join up my virtual world like dots on a picture.
The calves and lambs are growing well. It will soon be time to seperate ram lambs from the ewe lambs, for obvious reasons! The yearling rams were selected for registering with the pedigree society and passed their inspections, though I don't think they appreciated the
You never know who is going to stay in your victorian B&B, and a few days ago we had Ruth Goodman, social historian , off TVs Victorian Farm, Victorian Pharmacies etc! See her web site and the courses she runs by googling her name. My name on twitter is EnquiriesMary. I thougth that I might join up my virtual world like dots on a picture.
The calves and lambs are growing well. It will soon be time to seperate ram lambs from the ewe lambs, for obvious reasons! The yearling rams were selected for registering with the pedigree society and passed their inspections, though I don't think they appreciated the
Wednesday 23 March 2011
spring lambs head butting at Rosehill farm B and B with 1 bedroom cottage in Pembrokeshire, West Wales
Here are two lambs I bottle fed, they are called 'molly lambs', enjoying a lovely spring day on our farm and Bed and Breakfast at Rosehill , see http://www.rosehillfarmbandb.co.uk/ . I also run chicken keeping courses which are residential, please see http://pembrokeshirebnb.webnode.com/introductory-day-courses-for-keeping-chickens/
Monday 21 March 2011
girl calf for spring
One of the first girl (heifer) calves this spring. When calves are very young, they don't make a mooing noice, and only later on they can mange a sort of grunt! Their mothers do all the talking.
It is lovely to see the calves all newly licked and washed by mum, who has the roughest of tongues, but it does th ejob of cleaning and brushing the calve's coat so that it shines. All the while she is talking to the calf with that low, maternal mooing sound.
Wednesday 9 February 2011
Chicken & poultry keeping fun, including wild goslings
Keeping chickens is a fun, interesting and fascinating hobby. There are so many breeds of all shapes, colours it is difficukt to know where to begin.
Do I have a little bird with feathers more like rabbit fur, than a chicken, which burbles endearingly and bobbles around like a feathered pomme pomme? If you do, then try the five toed silkies.
The chickens have been 'living in the freezer' as it were, with all the icy weather we had. They have a lovely barn to go in, but they still enjoy being outside. Perhaps they were looking for David Attenborough to report on how clever chickens were on adapting to different climates, especially as they descended from feathery dinosaurs! They very sensibley kept off the frozen pond, but the geese 'danced on ice', although some of them just slithered awkwardly. I gave the geese I imported from Germany, the Steinbachers, the best scores.
When we first moved in we had some Canada geese nest on the edge of our small lake on our farm. Here is a little story of how I got interested in keeping geese.
I run a B&B in Johnston, Pembrokeshire http://www.rosehillfarmbandb.co.uk/, and this rescue of Canada very young goslings took place at the time when the oil gas pipeline was being laid and part of it bisected our country lane just up from our farm. The parents nested every year on our lake and many geese and other waterfowl live near Rosehill Farm on the upper reaches of the River Cleddau near Neyland Marina.
Judging by the size of the goslings, (we breed Steinbacher geese), they were a week old at the most, and the parents had marched their brood across our fields, and had been walking along the lane I mentioned earlier. My husband was driving along this lane behind a car in front, which had frightened the goose family and they all scattered into the surrounding hedgerows. My husband promptly parked the car in the drive, rushed up the grassy farmyard which abutted the lane, spread his jacket on the grass and picked up something. At this point I didn’t know the story then, so he thrust the bundle into my hands and we got in the car to follow the direction of the goose family.
In my hands was the cutest gosling looking up at me and cheeping. I think I fell in love with geese then! I did think it unlikely that we would find them, but further up the lane we came across a cleared area where some workmen had cleared the way for the pipeline. I dashed out with my little charge, saw the family of geese waiting a short way away and I slowly started walking towards them before I let the gosling run the last bit of the way safely home.
I run chicken keeping courses and provide accommodation for those wishing to stay over night.
See http://pembrokeshirebnb.webnode.com/introductory-day-courses-for-keeping-chickens/
Try your hand at a different sort of holiday experience. See our geese and ducks as well, on our farm of sheep and cattle. Enjoying the beautiful coastline, castles, beaches and wildlife Pembrokeshire has to offer.
For those who love puffins, don't forget Skomer Island in Spring and early Summer. Or the Shearwaters that land on Skomer in the evenings then.
Do I have a little bird with feathers more like rabbit fur, than a chicken, which burbles endearingly and bobbles around like a feathered pomme pomme? If you do, then try the five toed silkies.
The chickens have been 'living in the freezer' as it were, with all the icy weather we had. They have a lovely barn to go in, but they still enjoy being outside. Perhaps they were looking for David Attenborough to report on how clever chickens were on adapting to different climates, especially as they descended from feathery dinosaurs! They very sensibley kept off the frozen pond, but the geese 'danced on ice', although some of them just slithered awkwardly. I gave the geese I imported from Germany, the Steinbachers, the best scores.
When we first moved in we had some Canada geese nest on the edge of our small lake on our farm. Here is a little story of how I got interested in keeping geese.
I run a B&B in Johnston, Pembrokeshire http://www.rosehillfarmbandb.co.uk/, and this rescue of Canada very young goslings took place at the time when the oil gas pipeline was being laid and part of it bisected our country lane just up from our farm. The parents nested every year on our lake and many geese and other waterfowl live near Rosehill Farm on the upper reaches of the River Cleddau near Neyland Marina.
Judging by the size of the goslings, (we breed Steinbacher geese), they were a week old at the most, and the parents had marched their brood across our fields, and had been walking along the lane I mentioned earlier. My husband was driving along this lane behind a car in front, which had frightened the goose family and they all scattered into the surrounding hedgerows. My husband promptly parked the car in the drive, rushed up the grassy farmyard which abutted the lane, spread his jacket on the grass and picked up something. At this point I didn’t know the story then, so he thrust the bundle into my hands and we got in the car to follow the direction of the goose family.
In my hands was the cutest gosling looking up at me and cheeping. I think I fell in love with geese then! I did think it unlikely that we would find them, but further up the lane we came across a cleared area where some workmen had cleared the way for the pipeline. I dashed out with my little charge, saw the family of geese waiting a short way away and I slowly started walking towards them before I let the gosling run the last bit of the way safely home.
I run chicken keeping courses and provide accommodation for those wishing to stay over night.
See http://pembrokeshirebnb.webnode.com/introductory-day-courses-for-keeping-chickens/
Try your hand at a different sort of holiday experience. See our geese and ducks as well, on our farm of sheep and cattle. Enjoying the beautiful coastline, castles, beaches and wildlife Pembrokeshire has to offer.
For those who love puffins, don't forget Skomer Island in Spring and early Summer. Or the Shearwaters that land on Skomer in the evenings then.
Wednesday 12 January 2011
holiday in springtime, Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Holiday and stay in Pembrokeshire in springtime, visit Skomer Island to see the puffins from mid April to the end of June. I run a Farmhouse Bed and Breakfast near Haverfordwest with farm animals and poultry, and fresh eggs!
In March and throughout the spring we will have lambs in our fields which surround us.
The primroses are strewn along our drive and the countryside and cliffs are fantastic to see with pinks , campions and much more.
In spring I run residential chicken keeping courses, see www.rosehillfarmbandb.co.uk for accommodation. I have several breeds of chicken and ducks and geese as well.
In March and throughout the spring we will have lambs in our fields which surround us.
The primroses are strewn along our drive and the countryside and cliffs are fantastic to see with pinks , campions and much more.
In spring I run residential chicken keeping courses, see www.rosehillfarmbandb.co.uk for accommodation. I have several breeds of chicken and ducks and geese as well.
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