Category: Friesland Farm
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Curveball INCOMING……………🙄
Monday 22nd June 2020: And here we are back round at Monday again, still in the throes of a pandemic but hopefully coming out the other side slowly. We have had a constant day today, plenty of jobs and constantly busy. We started off with a bit of tractor work which John did, dragging the…
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Ladybird larvae, picking begins & pyramid orchids.
Monday 15th June 2020: A few bits of catch up news that I have forgotten to update on: I am easily making 10,000 steps a day on my Fitbit 😀 so at least I know I’m not lazy lol. The chive flower vinegar is at last in the bottle, now just need some chips to…
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Lemon curd, routine jobs and another fox problem 😏
Monday June 8th 2020: Its just gone midday and I have sat down for a sandwich and a breather, I have had a bits and pieces morning doing whatever needed doing. So far I have weeded the brassica, sweetcorn and squash beds, picked asparagus, mange tout, broad beans and rhubarb, poo picked biscuits paddock and…
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Runner beans 😀 a snake and finally some rain 🌧
Monday June 1st 2020: There is still a worldwide pandemic going on but life is trying to get back to normal albeit baby steps. John has returned to the bathroom he started 10 weeks ago to finish it off this week, it is still a little difficult getting building supplies but it can be done…
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Wall to wall sunshine, endless watering means early mornings 😜
Monday 25th May 2020, Bank Holiday Monday: Time and tide wait for no Man as the saying goes, nature keeps doing its thing regardless of any pandemic (and getting on better because of it I suspect) and the natural flow of the year gently rolls on 😀 I, and others I know, have enjoyed the…
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Garlic harvest, wildlife mornings & a tad of the wet stuff.
Monday 18th May 2020: A new week 😀 still in a global pandemic and life has taken a slower pace for a majority of us. I wonder how many will continue to take it much slower once the threat is over. John has decided that when he goes back to work he is going to…
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Monday 11th May 2020, still in the midst of a global pandemic and this feels like the 33rd week we have been at home lol though in reality I think we are going into week 8? As always there are plenty of jobs to keep us busy here and for that I am very grateful.…
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Keeping busy, drying herbs & VEDay celebrations.
Monday 4th May 2020: We are still in the depths of the global pandemic, not that anyone needs reminding but it’s good to look back in a few years time and see what was going on lol. We escaped for a few hours today, a few hours we will never get back, queuing 😜 We…
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Rain, Dads funeral & getting on with it.
Monday again! 27th April 2020, not a year we will forget in a hurry, a worldwide pandemic that has had massive impact on the way we live. There have been negatives but I’m hoping there will be some real positives that will change the way we do things both for the benefit of the environment…
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Muddling through, plenty of sunshine, still in lockdown.
Monday 20th April: I am not sure how this week will pan out regarding the Smallholding blog, to be honest I think I will just be going through the motions 🙄 John went to pick up another load of wood from some trees a friend cut down, I have spent the morning between, watering the…
