Hello all,

The below puppy has thankfully grown out of digging up my plants and live heading my flowers. But for you who's fur babies still do this I hope this blog helps.  Electric fencing for gardens....

Garden Guardian - Upright Post Kits

Pigs.

I think people think pigs are very dirty stinky animals but that is not true. Yes pigs like to wallow in the mud (much like my dog......)

While it is well accepted knowledge that pigs wallow in mud in order to regulate body temperature and keep cool, but did you know it is also for their wellbeing. So a happy pig has food and water, shelter with bedding, a wallowing hole, a place to forage and interaction from humans.

Keeping them where you want them:

Electric fencing is a highly

Suffering from unwanted visitors in your garden, around your poultry or in your yard at night? Why not try the new Night Watchman LED Predator Deterrent?

At only £16.20 plus £9.95 for UK mainland delivery, we are sure you will agree it's a great price (vat incl).

Although it is a new product we have been testing it and  already have a great testimonial from a user who's been testing it for the last year - see below

Ian from Devon had this to say about it  "I've had the Night

The Bowling season starts up again very soon,

You have invested so much time and money into keeping your beautiful greens level and well maintained over the winter period it would be a shame to lose them just at the beginning of the season so don't let this be you.

We have 4 line systems, 6 line systems and netting systems all of which are highly effective in keeping your unwanted pesky visitors out. If your bowling green is a slightly different size or shape and you want some extra advice

Hello all - do you need to keep badgers out by using an electric fence?

Yet again the badgers are out in force... we are getting more and more calls this week about badgers either turning over the garden, getting into the veg patch or even turning over the bird feeders for food so below we have some kits that might help you. We are also on the end of a phone to put together something bespoke to fit your needs. Believe me I feel your pain for me its moles who are doing the damage to my garden...

So

On 4 January 2017 the Scottish Government announced that the Avian Influenza Prevention Zone will remain in force until 00:01 on 28 February 2017, maybe longer. As part of the requirements of the zone, all poultry and captive birds in Scotland must be kept indoors or otherwise kept separate from wild birds, and bird keepers must also apply heightened biosecurity measures where practical.

So you have followed all the guidelines and are now faced with bird struggling with boredom?

Here are some

Keep Britian Tidy!

I read that Kirsty Allsopp has been vocal in her opinions on rubbish - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2972881/The-great-rubbish-revolt-Readers-reveal-daily-battles-litterbugs-blighting-Britain-defiling-streets.html .

We have some beautiful places to take our dogs for walks.  Beautiful beaches and woodlands.  What I just don't understand is people who leave their dog poo behind in plastic bags.. would you do this in your own garden?  Leslie (in the EFD office)

You may know that Keepers of poultry and other captive birds must now keep their birds indoors, or take steps to keep them separate from wild birds as a precaution against the spread of avian influenza which has been spreading through Europe in the past few weeks.

We were wondering what other information is available to help stop the spread of this horrible disease and have have googled and found quite a few information sources on the disease so thought it might be helpful to pop them in a 

Hiya All! ... it's me, Candy Floss!

(Remember me? - I'm that world famous super intelligent - and pretty - Highland cow that ran off and found myself a nice new home at the fantastic Hillside Animal Sanctuary!

Anyways...since our very kind and efficient keepers are so-o-o busy feeding, cleaning and looking after us, as a kind surprise (I'm full of those!)  thought I'd write the end of year report for Electric Fencing Direct and

Can we come up with high quality produce at good prices in the UK?

Well, Farmer's Weekly have noticed that LIDL has brought out an Xmas advert that backs British farming. It aims to show that it’s possible to deliver high quality produce at good prices. Good news surely! :-)

You can see the full LIDL advert here 

It's great to see LIDL buying from farms who practice good livestock  husbandry and we need many more of the big companies in the UK sourcing and championing free range food in