Category: Friesland Farm
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Frost, a new gosling and willow weaving.
Monday: The temperature has definitely taken a downward fall, hope it doesn’t last too long, I will be putting fleece over plants in the tunnels and greenhouse for the next couple of nights, I don’t want to risk losing any of the work I’ve already done! All is as per normal this morning, although I discovered…
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Wrestling with a rat, guinea pigs and Rhubarb bread.
Bank holiday Monday: Did the usual morning stuff then some pottering in the garden before deciding to pop out and get some multipurpose compost and some potting trays. When we got there John starts chatting to a bloke, ‘hello mate how ya doing’ he replies with the usual, ‘yeah, good how are you doing’ turns…
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A flat joke and a dirty stop out hen.
Monday: Had a good morning in the greenhouse, potting on and sowing seeds, tidying up a bit. Decided that I could use the poly tunnel that the tomatoes go in a bit more wisely as they won’t go in for a couple of months yet. So I dug out the old pasting table, put a…
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Stuck duck, hatching ducks and baby ducks (warning cuteness alert)
Monday: Into April we go and a lovely start it is today, if all mornings could be like this it would feel like utopia 😀 Got the feeding done then put on a couple of loads of washing as it promises to be a good drying day. Took some early morning photos and gave the…
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Stats, Lovage and ‘the carpenters herb’
When I published last weeks blog I had a quick look at my stats, I have posted 237 blogs, it is mostly read on a Monday (49%) at 9am (32%) and there are 206 followers on Facebook 😀 how about that.Monday: Foggy start, hope it burns off and we have another fabulous day, I put…
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Rain, Sun and naughty dogs.
Monday: Back from a weekends rest although we did a lot of walking, but the change of scenery was very nice.The quail seem to be thriving now and having a quick glance at them I am hopeful there are a fair few females amount them although I won’t know for sure for another week or…
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Sun, sea and sand (not all at once though)
Monday: Another quail died overnight so we are down to 12 now. The weather forecast is set to be fair all week with high temperatures for the time of year 😀 This morning as I walk round feeding, the sun is shinning and it feels great to be where I am, the day is my…
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Hatchlings, seedlings and ducks
Monday: Today I shall be mostly checking the incubator every hour or so for signs of hatching! The sun is out so I need to get outside and do a bit in the garden area while I can. Washed down and swept out the greenhouse and gave it a good tidy up inside and around the…
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Rain, rain and more rain ☔️
Monday: A new week 😀 the weather forecast for this week looks awful but will shall wait and see what happens, so far this morning it’s mild with a threat of rain but so far so good. I began worming the chickens this morning, I have to do it over a seven day period and…
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A stinking cold, Doris and Tete a Tete daffodils.
Monday: So today I started on some outstanding paperwork, paying some bills etc then I decided to give my website a long overdue update, 4 hrs later I was still trying to get to grips with ‘widgets’ that was after an hour or so on the support line trying to log in first. Anyway http://www.frieslandfarm.co.uk…
