Category: Friesland Farm
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Kind words, the Rayburn is out and Kittens 🐱
Monday June 7th 2021: It’s Johns birthday today and he has this week off so naturally I am making him work here 😂 First off we got the morning stuff done and John let out the new batch of hens, they have been in over a week so time for them to explore. Unfortunately although…
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Spring Bank Holiday 😁 glorious sunsets & the first peas.
Monday 31st May 2021: Bank Holiday Monday, Sam and Luke are coming over today, Luke is helping John with a few things round the farm that he can’t do by himself including taking down the ash tree in the garden next to the greenhouse 🙄 I was going to do a roast but it was…
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Herbs, Hazel Hedges & Hens
Monday 24th May 2021: Starting the week after being out last night and a beer sounds like a recipe for disaster luckily it was at The Harry Potter Studios and it was Butterbeer 😁 so I am ok this morning 😂 All I can say was it is epic! I didn’t really know what to…
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Ash die back, plenty more rain (seriously that will do now thank you) & basically it’s all about the weather and how crap it is 🤣
I Monday 17th May 2021: New week, new mindset 😁 Starting today we can now eat inside cafes, restaurants and pubs etc, whoop, moreover we can go inside other people’s houses and we can hug. Yeah I will skip the last part if you don’t mind, apart from direct family I wasn’t a hugger before…
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More rain 🌧 some planting up & my 2nd vaccine 😁
Monday 10th May 2021: OMFG! I have just typed up today’s page and accidentally discarded it 🤬 so I have to start again, I was initially distraught then I realised it was only Monday so I hadn’t lost that much 😂 The weather looked promising this morning, not cold, not too warm, not too sunny…
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A cold week, plenty of rhubarb & delicious mushrooms.
Monday 3rd May 2021: Bank Holiday Monday, in a normal year there would be plenty of days out to choose from but this year 🤔 add to that the weather forecast and well let’s just say we might as well stay at home 😂 Which is of course exactly what we are doing, I have…
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Jam, asparagus soup & May Day 🥰
Monday 26th April 2021: Still on the chilly side for April and no sign of it warming for the next two weeks. Best to dress for the cold and take layers off I think 🤔 This week John has a full week of ‘proper’ work so I will mainly be here on my own bimbling…
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A pub lunch 😁 eggs galore & a Fox attack 😩
Monday 19th April 2021: Monday again yay 😜 Today it is Mia’s 5th birthday so we will be popping over to see her later 🎂 John went to work this morning after doing the rounds and I have mostly been pottering out and about in the garden. I have had to do some watering as…
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Snow! A hair cut & Mint jelly 🥰
Monday 12th April 2021: WTAF! Woke up to snow, not just a few flakes but more than we have had in the wintertime 😂 As if this past year hasn’t been crazy enough 😜 John was up, fed and let out the birds and gone to work by 8am this morning, he should be back…
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Ash before Oak 😏 a bit of creativity and it’s still cold outside 🥶
Monday 5th April 2021: Bank Holiday Monday and you couldn’t have got a more different day than yesterday 😂 Yesterday we were basking in good temps with wall to wall sunshine and today there is a cold North wind and it actually snowed at one point! To be fair I am writing this at 4.30pm…
