Tag: Friesland Farm
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30 seconds of bliss, forking heck ๐ & 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 ๐
Sunday eve: Waiting to put the birds to bed as John is sleeping again, hope this illness passes soon ๐คชitโs 8.30pm and still very light so might have a coffee outside while Iโm 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 Georgeโs day ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Noticeably cooler today than the record temperatures of last week, I for one am glad itโs cooler and more like proper spring temperatures ๐ I did the morning rounds and then spent three hours trying to sort out some tax issues for the old company, I have been…
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Lots of sunshine โ๏ธ Jobs completed (at last) and thunderstorms โ
Monday 16th April: Had a very busy day today! Mostly in the garden, I made a little strawberry bed inside the fruit cage and planted strawberryโs that had set themselves in various places, then I spent the rest of the time tidying up, pots that had got blown around, plants that didnโt make it through…
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Amazing smells of Spring, First pick of Rhubarb and new Guinea pigs.
Monday 10th April : Damp this morning with fine drizzle ๐ however it feels ok temperature wise. Did the morning rounds, 1 egg from the new ladies and evidence of eaten shell, I suspect as we moved them into the outdoor run, we actually do have a rat nicking them, no other reason for them…
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Beginnings, progress and endings.
Bank Holiday Monday 2nd April: Still raining ๐ง rained heavily in the night and as a consequence we now have the lake we usually have AND a tributary stream flowing into it across all the side paddocks, the hay barn is flooded, the stables are flooded, in fact, everywhere is bloody flooded. I know I…
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Jobs to do, manic egg sales and Eostre celebrations
Monday 26th March: A good productive day, John is off this week so we hoping to get a fair bit done, thatโs the plan anyway! John went off to pick up a new batch of POL hens while I did the morning rounds. In the pen where we keep them he has installed some new…
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The beast from the East and all that goes with it!
Monday 26th Feb: It is cold this morning but not as cold as I was expecting it to be but time enough for that. Did the morning stuff had to break all the water buckets and was glad we filled them yesterday, though prolonged cold will obviously bring problems further down the line. Made a…
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Wind, a fence and some much needed R&R ๐
Monday 12th Feb: What a fabulous day, after the endless miserable weather we have had today was welcomed with, letโs get busy, thoughts. To begin with it was still frozen but without that cold wind, so I began tidying up, putting away, picking wind blown paraphernalia up. By mid morning it was thawing but still…
