Category: Friesland Farm
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Caravans, Christmas and Caterpillars.
The year is disappearing fast, I can’t quite believe its October tomorrow! The festive season will be upon us before we know it, first of all though I have a holiday in the Med to look forward too so I am not wishing the time away too fast. I started off the week harvesting apples…
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The time of year for unwanted visitors of all kinds.
Did you take a look at the Moon midweek? It was very bright and lit the night sky beautifully, very useful if you want to keep working in the evening. The big farms around us have been working long days while the weather is dry, ploughing, muck spreading and flailing the hedges, getting everything ready…
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Harvest Moon
I have been writing things down as I go along this week otherwise I usually find I cant remember what I did and write the blog in a haphazard way. After our weekend away the first job on the list was picking as this had not been done since the Thursday before, there were plenty…
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Water!
The topic this week has to be water in its different forms, firstly because we spent a lovely weekend by the sea, courtesy of our daughters for our Pearl wedding anniversary. We went to the Cary Arms in Babbacombe, Devon, a five star boutique hotel and if you ever get the chance or the inclination…
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Rosie is good to go :)
One of the big jobs this week was to give Rosie her annual de coke, since letting her out when spring finally arrived she has not been touched, so we took the flue apart and cleaned that then worked downwards taking out all the grate and cleaned all the internal flues. Afterwards I gave her…
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Better late than never, hope you enjoyed the bank holiday :)
Every bank holiday this year has had great weather so we can’t complain about that! We have had a busy few days this week with one thing or another, the farrier came to do the horses feet and bought his very entertaining four year old with him, he had a captive audience of adoring women…
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Extra musings, because I can!
I try not to get political in the blog, we all have different points of view and that’s healthy, but the one thing we all have in common is that we need to eat to survive. Having just completed a survey on future food sustainability I thought I would air my views, small though they…
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40 Cucumbers!
This morning I have picked 40 of the little blighters, it has been the best year year for cucumbers, I need a bigger outlet for some things I think! This is the time of year I love the most, fresh mornings with the promise of warmth through the day, I have been getting up early…
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How do you turn a pumpkin into a splendid coach?
Well it’s Monday again and I have been a bit intermittent with the blogging so I need to get back on track if only to remind myself of where I am at! After weeks of not being able to do much, I am on the road to recovery and of course raring to get at…
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Still here!
Sorry it’s been a couple of weeks since the last blog, I am still struggling on a day to day basis with this wretched illness, whatever it is, hopefully get some answers tomorrow at the hospital and with luck some wonder drugs! I am still managing on the whole to get round and do the…
