Tag: Jam
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Rain, homegrown passata and a broken tractor 😕
Monday 24th August: Rattling through the weeks, I think like most people I will be glad to see the back of 2020, while not wanting to wish my life away it’s been a tough year by anyone’s standards 😜 It’s just gone 2pm and I am all plummed out I reckon, I spent the first…
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Changeable weather, plenty of produce, especially plums 😂
Monday 17th August 2020: Up and about this morning get some veg picked, I think I need a bigger basket 😂 loads of tomatoes this morning and the conference pears were ready to pick. After sorting it all out, putting some out for sale, finding homes for the rest of it, I got started on…
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Lunch in the City 😲 plenty of plums & RIP Benny 😢
Monday 3rd August: This morning I whizzed around and got a few things done ( made two banana loaves and a greengage and vanilla tart) before going out for lunch in Oxford with Charlie as a birthday treat. We went to The Alchemist, the food was delicious and it all felt very safe and social…
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Windy weather, picking and freezing & John returns home.
Monday 29th June 2020: It very windy today, I’m sure we don’t normally have winds as strong as this in June 🙄 yesterday was the same, strong enough to damage plants and whip bits off of trees 😏 I spent the night on my own here which is only the second time in 11 years…
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Afternoon tea, potatoes planted & Jobs list ticked off.
Monday 2nd March 2020: The beginning of Johns week off, the weather is on our side for today at least. We both did the morning rounds then straight on with the job of the day, the fence at the end of the veg garden. This is a job that had to be completed in one…
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Jammin, not the musical kind 😜
I decided to change the theme layout of the blog this week to keep,you on your toes 😋 Monday 2nd September: Oooo we are proper rolling into Autumn now. Dad and Sue enjoyed their week and did some helpful jobs around the place, mowing, picking, weeding etc John was off as well and got a…
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Picking, Strawberry jam & feathers everywhere.
Monday 1st July and the weeks keep rolling on 😏 A nice morning as far as I am concerned, overcast, dry and not to warm 😀 John did a couple of the bird pens before going to work and I did the rest and picked greenery for the torts and rabbits etc. Then once I…
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Back from holibobs, back to work & and thieving little s***s 😡
Wednesday 19th Sept: This is the first chance I have had to write anything, as you can imagine it’s been pretty full on since we got back from our holiday. We had a splendid time, mostly spent relaxing, some acupuncture and massage and lots of eating, drinking and talking. The farm has been in the…
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Apples, pears, plums and a whole load of other stuff.
Monday 20th August: I’m thinking that maybe we should have opening times for the egg shed as last night someone arrived at 7.45pm expecting there to still be eggs available! A dull but warm morning so after the orchard animals were sorted and I went round checking for randomly laid duck eggs I decided to…
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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…
