A month after moving to HotH we popped round to introduce ourselves to the neighbours… And came home with a kitten. I’m really not a cat person, however, we were taken in by this cute, tiny grey tabby with white socks and a white chin and thought ah ha, we now have nat...

I’ve wanted chickens for years and given they don’t take a massive set-up, they were naturally the first animals to join us on the hill. We had high hopes for lots of yummy eggs, however had no idea how much more they’d give us.

A little research into breeds and we deci...

We knew winter had arrived – before frost settled on the ground for the first time we had another big clue!
 

We’d moved the boys into our smallest back paddock, having saved the grass for them as a winter treat and there’s lots of roughage for them to munch on (bushes...

Welcome to House on the Hill. We moved here a year ago with our elderly dog Betty with the aim of slowly building up a sustainable lifestyle. We both work full time and so moving with the seasons bit by bit we’re learning our way into life on the hill and how we can sh...