Debbie Kingsley
@southyeofarm.bsky.social
Farmer. Meat boxes. Smallholding courses.
Writer: The Complete Guide to Smallholding; Keeping Ducks & Geese; Keeping Goats.
https://smallholdertraining.co.uk/
https://southyeofarmwest.co.uk/
https://substack.com/@debbiekingsley
Writer: The Complete Guide to Smallholding; Keeping Ducks & Geese; Keeping Goats.
https://smallholdertraining.co.uk/
https://southyeofarmwest.co.uk/
https://substack.com/@debbiekingsley
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Debbie Kingsley
@southyeofarm.bsky.social
· Nov 20
My books:
The Complete Guide to Smallholding £18.50
Keeping Goats £18.50
Keeping Ducks & Geese £17.50
Running out so ordered more for your Christmas gifts.
£3 UK postage for up to 2 books. Can post worldwide. Happy to sign if you want.
smallholdertraining.co.uk/recommended-...
The Complete Guide to Smallholding £18.50
Keeping Goats £18.50
Keeping Ducks & Geese £17.50
Running out so ordered more for your Christmas gifts.
£3 UK postage for up to 2 books. Can post worldwide. Happy to sign if you want.
smallholdertraining.co.uk/recommended-...
Reposted by Debbie Kingsley
This week's post from the farm is all about CHEESE! debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/cheese-and...
Cheese and new delights
Do you like cheese?
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November 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
This week's post from the farm is all about CHEESE! debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/cheese-and...
Hidden under concrete: this week's post from the farm.
Hidden under concrete
Growing over concrete
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November 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Hidden under concrete: this week's post from the farm.
The Complete Guide to Smallholding £18.50
Keeping Goats £18.50
Keeping Ducks & Geese £17.50
£3.35 UK postage for up to 2 books (postage for overseas calculated on the website).
Published by The Crowood Press.
I can add a message in the book if you wish.
smallholdertraining.co.uk/recommended-...
Keeping Goats £18.50
Keeping Ducks & Geese £17.50
£3.35 UK postage for up to 2 books (postage for overseas calculated on the website).
Published by The Crowood Press.
I can add a message in the book if you wish.
smallholdertraining.co.uk/recommended-...
November 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The Complete Guide to Smallholding £18.50
Keeping Goats £18.50
Keeping Ducks & Geese £17.50
£3.35 UK postage for up to 2 books (postage for overseas calculated on the website).
Published by The Crowood Press.
I can add a message in the book if you wish.
smallholdertraining.co.uk/recommended-...
Keeping Goats £18.50
Keeping Ducks & Geese £17.50
£3.35 UK postage for up to 2 books (postage for overseas calculated on the website).
Published by The Crowood Press.
I can add a message in the book if you wish.
smallholdertraining.co.uk/recommended-...
My weekly post from the farm debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/bedding-down
Bedding down
It’s the time of year when hibernating in cosy clothes by the fire is the order of the long evenings while we contemplate the year ahead.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:37 AM
My weekly post from the farm debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/bedding-down
This week's post from the farm. All about kitchen tables. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/the-curate...
The curated kitchen table
Is there anything more determined to make you dissatisfied with your life than a curated kitchen table?
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October 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This week's post from the farm. All about kitchen tables. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/the-curate...
Cattle - too big, too scary? Love beef and have a niggling feeling that keeping cattle might be of interest? Cattle for Beginners course 22 November. Come and find out if cattle are for you. Also 31 January 2026 (could make a great Christmas present!). smallholdertraining.co.uk/cattle-for-b...
Cattle for Beginners - Smallholder Training at South Yeo Farm West
Our cattle for beginners course will leave you ready & inspired to fetch your first house cow or small beef herd home, with confidence.
smallholdertraining.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Cattle - too big, too scary? Love beef and have a niggling feeling that keeping cattle might be of interest? Cattle for Beginners course 22 November. Come and find out if cattle are for you. Also 31 January 2026 (could make a great Christmas present!). smallholdertraining.co.uk/cattle-for-b...
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Our popular two day intensive Sheep for Beginners courses kick off again in January. We're in Devon, and there's lots of local accommodation on our website for those travelling from across the UK or overseas. smallholdertraining.co.uk/sheep-for-be...
October 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Our popular two day intensive Sheep for Beginners courses kick off again in January. We're in Devon, and there's lots of local accommodation on our website for those travelling from across the UK or overseas. smallholdertraining.co.uk/sheep-for-be...
Saying no to suckling pig. A view from the farm. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/no-sucklin...
No suckling pig? So sue me.
A burger made from our Devon Ruby beef - minimum 30 months old
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October 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Saying no to suckling pig. A view from the farm. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/no-sucklin...
Want to keep a few cows but don't know where to start? Our Cattle for Beginners course is 22 November. In Devon (lots of local accommodation recs) smallholdertraining.co.uk/cattle-for-b...
October 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Want to keep a few cows but don't know where to start? Our Cattle for Beginners course is 22 November. In Devon (lots of local accommodation recs) smallholdertraining.co.uk/cattle-for-b...
This week's post from the farm.
Jilly Cooper, gap teeth and sardines
It’s been another mad week on the farm and the diary has inadequate blank areas which means there’s been no time to write.
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October 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This week's post from the farm.
This week's post from the farm substack.com/home/post/p-...
A manic week
It's curtains, in so many ways.
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October 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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My weekly post from the farm: time to prep the cockerels. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/crowing-th...
Crowing their last
As far as I’m concerned, producing your own food is the whole point of smallholding and farming on the smaller scale.
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September 26, 2025 at 8:40 AM
My weekly post from the farm: time to prep the cockerels. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/crowing-th...
This week's post from the rural depths.
Rural broadband
A tale of countryside woes
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September 19, 2025 at 8:11 AM
This week's post from the rural depths.
My weekly post from the farm.
Trespass
Last week I came into the house to find a message on the answer phone.
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September 12, 2025 at 8:14 AM
My weekly post from the farm.
Thinking about taking on cattle but it all seems rather daunting? Join us for our Cattle for Beginners day on Saturday 22 November smallholdertraining.co.uk/cattle-for-b...
September 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Thinking about taking on cattle but it all seems rather daunting? Join us for our Cattle for Beginners day on Saturday 22 November smallholdertraining.co.uk/cattle-for-b...
Clever duck. My weekly post from the farm. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/clever-duck
Clever duck
Ancient me and my unbelievably ancient duck Mrs Cayuga (with us no more) who was about 18 when she died, the Methuselah of the duck world.
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September 5, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Clever duck. My weekly post from the farm. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/clever-duck
My weekly post from the farm. If you know words, this is one for you. Plus pigs. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/moribund
Moribund?
Hunting for the right word
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August 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
My weekly post from the farm. If you know words, this is one for you. Plus pigs. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/moribund
Thinking about keeping sheep? Just started keeping sheep? Our intensive 2 day SHEEP for BEGINNERS course is just the thing. 6 & 7 September on our farm in Devon. Lots of local accommodation. smallholdertraining.co.uk/sheep-for-be...
Sheep for Beginners - Smallholder Training at South Yeo Farm West
Our sheep for beginners course will leave you ready & inspired to manage your own flock of sheep with confidence.
smallholdertraining.co.uk
August 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Thinking about keeping sheep? Just started keeping sheep? Our intensive 2 day SHEEP for BEGINNERS course is just the thing. 6 & 7 September on our farm in Devon. Lots of local accommodation. smallholdertraining.co.uk/sheep-for-be...
My weekly post from the farm is all about offal, the best spare parts for carnivores. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/offal
Offal
Spare parts for carnivores
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August 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
My weekly post from the farm is all about offal, the best spare parts for carnivores. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/offal
Yesterday was the Okehampton Show, a day out for the farmers. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/okehampton...
Okehampton Show
Excitement in the cake tent and more.
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August 15, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Yesterday was the Okehampton Show, a day out for the farmers. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/okehampton...
This week’s post is all about what this farmer keeps in her bag and pockets… inspiration thanks to India Knight. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/a-farmers-...
A farmer’s bag and pockets
Earlier this week India Knight (I LOVE India Knight. I’ve never met her but her books and posts make me laugh in such a good way. She’s a presence on my bookshelves and my life in the same way as Jill...
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August 8, 2025 at 8:11 AM
This week’s post is all about what this farmer keeps in her bag and pockets… inspiration thanks to India Knight. debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/a-farmers-...
This week's post from the farm debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/hints-of-a...
Hints of autumn
and hints of swearing
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August 1, 2025 at 8:07 AM
This week's post from the farm debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/hints-of-a...
This week's post from the farm debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/singing-in...
Singing in your sleep
and noises through the window
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July 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
This week's post from the farm debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/singing-in...
My weekly post from the farm is all about bats debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/bats
Bats
Absurdly furry bat
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July 4, 2025 at 8:50 AM
My weekly post from the farm is all about bats debbiekingsley.substack.com/p/bats
SHEEP FOR BEGINNERS. Just 3 places left for our 2 day intensive course on 6 & 7 September. smallholdertraining.co.uk/sheep-for-be...
Sheep for Beginners - Smallholder Training at South Yeo Farm West
Our sheep for beginners course will leave you ready & inspired to manage your own flock of sheep with confidence.
smallholdertraining.co.uk
June 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
SHEEP FOR BEGINNERS. Just 3 places left for our 2 day intensive course on 6 & 7 September. smallholdertraining.co.uk/sheep-for-be...