Category: Friesland Farm
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Seeds, avian flu & an amazing sunrise.
Monday 9th November 2020: First thing this morning I have a repeat blood test as my last lot are showing low leucocytes again π That means increased risk of infection so I need to be a bit careful. Last night I was reading that the house sparrow is on the red list for conservation which…
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The first frost, the last tea at Nanas (for a while) and turf war in the skies above.
Monday 2nd November 2020: Morning π It was very windy overnight and still some pretty hefty gusts first thing this morning, we are supposed to get drier weather from Wednesday I will look forward to that. This is the week that we potentially go into another semi lockdown, I say potentially as it still has…
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Darker nights, Halloween and another lockdown.
Monday 26th October 2020: Having been somewhat absent from the outside last week I thought I had better do a few bits today. But first there was a cake to cook and jelly to make for the VIPs, chocolate cake today as requested by Josh and strawberry jelly this week. I got some dusting and…
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The mighty Oak, lots of paperwork π & procrastination π
Monday 19th October 2020: Good morning Monday π here you are again, I donβt get the Monday morning blues mostly because Iβm not obligated to be at a place of work π So itβs a lovely morning, dry, not too cold, the sun is trying to shine but there is quite a bit of cloud…
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Iβll give the sourdough a miss π butternut squash soup and indigo rose tomatoes π
Monday 12th October 2020: The pandemic continues though I have to say it seems like it is happening elsewhere and I hope they donβt end up being famous last words π Seriously though we seem to be in a bit of a bubble here, the last outbreak before and during lockdown didnβt really seem to…
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Sourdough starter, Christmas cake & a couple of little failures π
Monday 5th October 2020: After the dismal weather at the weekend, this morning the sun was shinning thank goodness, itβs soggy ground underfoot but at least itβs not raining for the moment. John did the morning rounds and my first job was to tidy the boot room and give it a bit of a clean,…
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Lavender oil, a lovely walk and plenty of walnuts.
Monday 28th September 2020: Would you look at that, we are back round to Monday again π Some tasks just happen without any planning of them and thatβs what I have been doing this morning, an unplanned task, still one that needed doing just wasnβt on my radar. The cleaning out of the greenhouse, two…
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Harvesting, soup making and a trip out of the shire π
Monday 21st Sept 2020: You may remember, but probably not lol, that I bought a tea bush (sapling actually) Camellia Sinensis, well itβs been steadily growing and although itβs still not very big it does have quite a few leaves on it. Hopefully it will get big enough to make both green tea and black…
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Sunny days, tidying up and βsurpriseβ x 3 π
Sunday Evening after publishing π I forgot to update you in last weeks blog that Diesel returned just in case you were worried. He had a good feed, some extra treats and is fine. He is getting on though so I guess one day he wonβt come back but for the time being he is…
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Autumn pickings, a smack in the eye and a house of horrors (bit dramatic Dawn) π
Monday 7th September: Weβll here we are again back round at Monday, the children have either gone back or are going back this week. Seems like life is returning to normal except the daily reports of the virus numbers which in some countries are scarily huge π Cases are rising here, well they are going…
