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Renovating beautiful self-catering holiday cottages in the Blackdown Hills in East Devon

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    • 01 Walk around Furley, Howley, Marsh and Yarcombe
    • 02 Walk around Stockland
    • 03 Walk around Upottery and Beacon Hill, Yarcombe
    • 04 Walk around Rower Hill, Stockland
    • 05 Beacon Hill, Stockland
    • 06 Yarty Valley to Stockland
    • 07 Churchinford – Bishopswood – Marsh – Yarcombe
    • 08 Pub Hike: Upottery, Churchinford, Bishopswood, Marsh, Yarcombe
    • 09 Walk up Beacon Hill to Dalwood and Stockland
    • 10 Circular walk to The Kings Arms Stockland
    • 11 Low Yarty Valley to Stockland
    • 12 Pound Lane loop
    • 13 Yarcombe loop
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Getting the garden ready for winter

2nd Nov 2025 leyfarmcottages

It did make me chuckle this week when I received a gardening email suggesting it’s time to ease up in the garden as the number

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A weekend in the garden

13th Jul 2025 leyfarmcottages

A rare weekend with no daytime plans meant we could spend both days in the garden and make some noticeable progress. Our first focus was

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First impressions

23rd Mar 2025 leyfarmcottages

This feels like a far less productive weekend than last week. Our main focus has been in the garden again, making the most of the

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Pea & bean vegetable bed progress

23rd Feb 2025 leyfarmcottages

This feels like another particularly busy week and weekend. We’ve made good progress with our new pea & bean bed – we finished making the

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A week of different weather

24th Nov 2024 leyfarmcottages

It’s certainly been a mixed week of weather. After a frosty start to the week the snow finally hit on Thursday, covering everything in a

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