Tag: peas
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Mid Summer, a rotten cold & a missing cat, again!!
Monday 21st June 2021, Summer Solstice: The birds will all be kept in today and possibly tomorrow and the day after that, actually for as long as needs be, I am hoping the foxes will move on and be a problem for someone else and that they manage to get them dealt with because so…
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Busy week, some rain at last & fox attack again & again 😢
Monday 14th June 2021: Today we find out if any of the restrictions still in place will be lifted or not, not holding out much hope for a full lift 🙄 Another fine day with the temps set to climb up near 30c, you know what that means for me, early morning, so it’s 8.30pm…
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Kind words, the Rayburn is out and Kittens 🐱
Monday June 7th 2021: It’s Johns birthday today and he has this week off so naturally I am making him work here 😂 First off we got the morning stuff done and John let out the new batch of hens, they have been in over a week so time for them to explore. Unfortunately although…
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Spring Bank Holiday 😁 glorious sunsets & the first peas.
Monday 31st May 2021: Bank Holiday Monday, Sam and Luke are coming over today, Luke is helping John with a few things round the farm that he can’t do by himself including taking down the ash tree in the garden next to the greenhouse 🙄 I was going to do a roast but it was…
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More rain 🌧 some planting up & my 2nd vaccine 😁
Monday 10th May 2021: OMFG! I have just typed up today’s page and accidentally discarded it 🤬 so I have to start again, I was initially distraught then I realised it was only Monday so I hadn’t lost that much 😂 The weather looked promising this morning, not cold, not too warm, not too sunny…
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A cold week, plenty of rhubarb & delicious mushrooms.
Monday 3rd May 2021: Bank Holiday Monday, in a normal year there would be plenty of days out to choose from but this year 🤔 add to that the weather forecast and well let’s just say we might as well stay at home 😂 Which is of course exactly what we are doing, I have…
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Micro veg masterclass, pricking out & the first crop harvests of the year.
Monday 15th March 2021: It’s Florence’s 3rd birthday today 😀 it is such a terrible shame that we have not been able to spend the time with all our grandchildren the way we would want to 😞 hopefully this coming summer we can make up for lost, precious time. March 15th is synonymous with ‘beware…
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Surprise! Mid week interlude 😀
I thought I would do a quick round up of the photos of produce I took over the 2020 growing season in date order so you can see how the year progressed. I love how vibrant the colours all are and can’t wait to start harvesting again this year. What I really should do is…
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Weeding, tidying, plenty to do.
Monday March 1st 2021: An altogether different day today, the heat and the sun have disappeared and it is quite a bit colder, the sun came out in the afternoon but there is still a distinct chill in the air. February has been a crazy month weatherwise, we have gone from days and days of…
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A pick ‘n’ mix of a week 😜
Monday 13th July 2020: It was a sunny start though the sun seems to have disappeared behind clouds now which is great for me. I did a bit of picking first thing this morning, rhubarb, dwarf beans, courgettes, a marrow, beetroot, salad turnips, French breakfast radish and white globe radish plus a few blueberries and…
