Category: Friesland Farm
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Apologies for the lack of a blog!
Thursday 28th June: Yep this is the first time this week I am able to write something, the Lupus had taken hold, looking back I can see I was on a slippery slope I just didn’t recognise the signs as they are different to the last, and only, flare I had. I knew I was…
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Forest gardening, Midsummer and a Harris Hawk
Monday 18th May: The weather looks set to be fair this week, no rain in sight which means lots of watering to be done! I’m pretty good this morning once I’ve taken something to help out so John did half the birds and I did the other half, we have 10 hatchlings in the final…
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Elderflower, more hatchlings and greenhouse planning.
Monday 11th June: An idyllic day, those are my thoughts of today, of course I haven’t done much again his morning so I can take the time to just enjoy what’s around me, sunshine, birdsong, gentle breeze, totally idyllic, I need to take more time to appreciate it in future I think. It is in…
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Edibles at last, another birthday & a successful adoption.
Monday 4th June: Rain first thing, I watered last night so that seems a waste of time but you never know how things are going to go! John is back as his proper job this week so I am on my own doing the feeding etc this morning. When I finished that it was onto…
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The humble pea, the mother of all storms and a Cotswold rally.
Tuesday 29th May: We arrived back after a couple of days away in Wales, it was scorching down there and pretty muggy much like the rest of the country and overcast here when we arrived back but still muggy. Everything is still alive thank goodness, the farm has been well taken care of and even…
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Goslings, wildlife pond & more fox attacks.
Monday 21st May: John is off again this week so he did most of the morning round, I followed behind doing the things he forgets to do! Then he spent the morning cutting wood and cleaned the floor of the POL pen in between. I did a bit of early morning hoeing and collected weeds…
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30 seconds of bliss, forking heck 😜 & focaccia.
Monday 14th May 2018: Ahh where is the year disappearing too, how come Winter seems sooo long and the rest soooo short? Did the morning rounds, I let the few hens, that were in the stable for a couple of days, out and almost immediately they knocked over a quarter bucketful of corn that John…
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Dandelion honey, more fox attacks and a toad 😀
Sunday eve: Waiting to put the birds to bed as John is sleeping again, hope this illness passes soon 🤪it’s 8.30pm and still very light so might have a coffee outside while I’m waiting. Bank Holiday Monday 7th May: Hot, hot, hot today phew. Got the birds done first thing, John was just well enough…
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Bad start, got better, life is good.
Monday 30th April: A woeful morning right from the off, early morning call to John, his Mum is being admitted to hospital after an incident, I do the morning rounds, and we have had a fox massacre in the back paddock. It has gone in through the window on the roof and massacred the hens…
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Hatchlings, home baking and mint jelly.
Monday 23rd April: St George’s day 🏴 Noticeably cooler today than the record temperatures of last week, I for one am glad it’s cooler and more like proper spring temperatures 😜 I did the morning rounds and then spent three hours trying to sort out some tax issues for the old company, I have been…
