Gardd Darna

Gardd Darna Gardd Darna is a 6-acre 100% off-grid smallholding in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
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Yesterday, we celebrated our mum's 71st birthday, we are not extravagant family by having big party, just small gatherin...
24/08/2025

Yesterday, we celebrated our mum's 71st birthday, we are not extravagant family by having big party, just small gathering to share foods. I just went to market buy everything & my brothers cook in open fire so workers & their family can eat. Not all her grandchildren from the capital Manila is here due to their school commitment.
We all went to our father's grave and brought him some flowers, candles & his favourite Gin! He may be long gone but his legacy & the love to his family remain in our hearts. I'm sure, he is smiling looking at us..

This is where he is going to have his fishing pond, discussing the depth and details to digger driver. I thought he alre...
24/08/2025

This is where he is going to have his fishing pond, discussing the depth and details to digger driver.
I thought he already forgot his fishing pond🤔
I got an easy life as I dont need to be interpreter.. They can easily understand Dave if he speaks slowly..

2weeks since we arrived, done a lot of changes inside the house. We're hoping to move to master bedroom today though en-...
23/08/2025

2weeks since we arrived, done a lot of changes inside the house. We're hoping to move to master bedroom today though en-suite bathroom is not yet finished. The whole house has been re-decorated, electricals & plumbing still on-going... I find it slow then Dave reminded me, it's only 2weeks, woman!😛 We haven't discussed the kitchen changes yet!
We only have 2 chair in the house, no point in buying when we have everything in the container which will be arriving next month.

I feel weird buying meat & some kind of vegetables and herbs! The vegetable area haven't been sorted so not a lot of vegetables growing. I'm used of just harvesting from the garden. Then, I will be paying electric for the first time in 7years😅 We're still comparing the best price & service for Solar set-up.

Had fun of going to the market this Saturday! Fish is fresher than supermarket here, especially very early morning. I bo...
23/08/2025

Had fun of going to the market this Saturday! Fish is fresher than supermarket here, especially very early morning. I bought meat in supermarket last week & the tastes was awful & not fresh so I only buy meat from local butcher which is cheaper & fresher than supermarket.
Bought bolo (big knives) also & some prawns. I asked the vendor if water melon is red & she told me if she open a bit and not ripe, I dont have to buy it - but it's red! Of course, I stop by to local pottery to buy some stuff.

22/08/2025

Someone is coming to double check our pool system after 5pm. I told him to look for my brother & explain to him as I may be asleep at that time😅

Lime trees here grows around 10feet in height & with lime fruits almost all year round. Chillies grows everywhere and ...
22/08/2025

Lime trees here grows around 10feet in height & with lime fruits almost all year round. Chillies grows everywhere and the smaller the chillies, the spicy they are!
Best combination to marinate meat...

It's raining but workers put tarpaulin so they able to do the final stages of scrubbing the limescale in the tiles. They...
21/08/2025

It's raining but workers put tarpaulin so they able to do the final stages of scrubbing the limescale in the tiles. They said, it's much nicer to work as the sun is not too hot.. and they are hoping to filled up the pool with wster on Sunday during my mother's birthday...
You can only give respect to this people for working.

We just waiting for 2 more Solar quotations then we decide who gives the best price & after service... We have quite a l...
21/08/2025

We just waiting for 2 more Solar quotations then we decide who gives the best price & after service... We have quite a lot of solar installer now compared 20years ago and prices relatively the same as UK. At least the trees around our house don't affect the sun to go to the panels.

Dave searching for perch to put inside the aviary... We got more noises of birds around us.
21/08/2025

Dave searching for perch to put inside the aviary... We got more noises of birds around us.

Baby Phyton jumped into the pool without water. I warned them not to hurt any snakes or little crocodiles or any other w...
20/08/2025

Baby Phyton jumped into the pool without water. I warned them not to hurt any snakes or little crocodiles or any other wild animals inside the farm, it will cost them their job! They really knew Dave when it comes to animals, all wildlife inside the farm are protected..

I was out all day yesterday to sort my Philippine driving license which took me all day, to join the queue from 1 window...
20/08/2025

I was out all day yesterday to sort my Philippine driving license which took me all day, to join the queue from 1 windows to another, from one building to another 😅 Ohhh how I miss the convinience of UK system!
I seem to adapt the driving in the city, it's like living in Preseli area but we have to drive to Camarthen for gov't offices.

Despite of the busy day, I still managed to pick-up 12pairs of different birds 😅 So Dave got to prepare the aviary while moaning to me😅

I left Dave with 12workers and he message me regularly, some staff needs reminding what's the priority of the day, they seems to out of synch after few hours😅 to be fair they all work very hard here. I mantain my ethos of only employ local people. A lot of them been working for me on & off in the last 21years here.

We upgraded the filtration system of the swimming pool & hopefully the cleaning will be done today so we can start filling water.

Some Mahogany trees needs to be cut (it sad though) as it damaged our concrete wall but it can be store to make furniture. They will be replace with some fruit trees with roots is less damaging to our concrete wall & more beneficial to wildlife & human.

One of our worker arrived this morning with goodies...
19/08/2025

One of our worker arrived this morning with goodies...

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Gardd Darna Clunderwen
Llangolman
SA667SH

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+447484676359

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