Tag: greenhouse
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A wassail, a new logo & some seedlings.
Monday 17th January 2022: Old twelvey, 12th night (pre Georgian calender) Wassail day π Another cold and frosty morning and I was on the morning duties as John went off to work. After doing that (a little late as I spent an hour on FaceTime with my brother in Aus) I got on with making…
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Cold, wet & lots of research π
Monday 3rd January 2022 (Bank holiday): We have done quite a bit of work over the holidays and there is always plenty more to do but I decided not to do outside work today, I just feel I needed to get some things done inside. John however has been working outside sorting out the duck…
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Happy New Year π
I hope you have all had a lovely festive time and I wish you a very happy 2022. We still have Covid (who would have thought it π) but we are getting to grips with living with it on a daily basis, letβs hope this year coming is a little more like life used to…
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Dizzy, another storm & getting my stores in.
Monday 6th December: Today was a bit of a write off, I went out and did the morning rounds but started feeling a bit dizzy and nauseous halfway round, that feeling didnβt leave me all day and so apart from the absolute basics I didnβt do anything except sit or lie down. I was hoping…
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Snow, a beautiful bargain & a pantry π₯°
Monday 29th November: Oh what a lovely Monday morning π€ͺ snow on the ground, flipping freezing and as yet (2pm) it has not thawed π A different routine this morning, the birds are now all housed and so that means there is no point John doing them in the morning before he goes to work,…
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A mixed bag of a week π
Monday 18th October: I had fully intended to get a fair amount done today but in the end I didnβt. The one thing I did do was to get the tortoises inside ready for the winter sleep. I found Voldy pretty easily he was still out and about, when I started searching for big billy…
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Wood chip, garden bounty & a change of plans.
Monday 11th October 2021: Must try harder to write every day and not forget like I did last week π€ͺ Already this morning the plans I had have changed and itβs only 9.30 am. I had a phone call from a tree company who are working in the area had want to bring wood chipπ…
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Lots of tidying up, some flower arranging & a bit of foraging.
Monday 4th October 2021: A nice day for the best part, a little rain in the afternoon but only quick showers really. I had decided how my day was going to go and got on with things only to get a phone call from John at around 9am. The job he was starting this week…
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Autumn is here, getting my stores in & preparing for Winter.
Monday 27th September 2021: Autumn made itself known this morning, we have had sunshine and warm temperatures for a few weeks now but this morning we woke to windy, rainy weather and the temps are a tad lower than they have been. The sun did break through though and most of the day was nice…
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Tomato soup, a picture & a relaxing weekend.
Monday 13th September 2021: The morning after the weekend before π and while it took us a week to put up the hen do village it only took a couple of hours to take a lot of it back down. There is a lot left to remove and sort out mind you and that is…
