I'll start by coming clean: I'm a townie-turned-country girl, born and brought up in a terraced house in Merthyr Tydfil, in the South Wales valleys.

A decade ago, I knew nothing about farming, but I now have a successful smallholding near Caerphilly, 800ft up a windswept mountain.

A journalist for more than 25 years, I breed and show pedigree Tamworth pigs, have some wild boar hybrids, a flock of sheep which I lamb every year, and I rear chickens and turkeys.

I now specialise in writing and broadcasting on agricultural and countryside matters. My latest big project is the Haynes Pig Manual, now on sale.

The farming thing started as a hobby, with the sole intention of keeping our freezer stocked with top-quality, free-range meat, but word soon got round and I now supply pork and home-cured bacon on a regular basis, plus traditional bronze turkeys at Christmas.  
Please feel free to browse around the website, or contact me by emailing tudfultamworths@hotmail.com if you have any queries. You can also follow my blog, PIGS IN WALES