Tag: quail
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The wrong shoes, plum moth and hard working Mums ๐
Monday 19th August: whoo hoo Monday again ๐ฌ Not a bad day weatherwise so far, cool enough, a touch of sun, no rain and no wind ๐ After doing the morning stuff I got on in the garden, not veg gardening, today I am giving that a rest but flowers instead. I have a few…
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Apple picking, baking day & the Wildlife Park day out ๐ฆ
Monday 12th August: A decent morning considering last nights storms, I helped John do the animals then got on with tidying up the hay bay in the barn. The hay gets everywhere once itโs opened, we have the big round bales, and most of it is now gone but I bagged up the last bits…
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Courgette soup, new hens, stormy weather & Tussie Mussies.
Sunday eve: I took a couple of ibrufen and as John was watching the F1 I decided to go outside and do a bit of pottering. Firstly I watered the tunnels and was delighted to see that the cucumbers and melons have begun to grown quite quickly, then I potted in some plants, blackcurrants, lupins…
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A Wedding, a death & a bloody great pot hole ๐
Monday 4th March: Cold and blustery this morning but at least itโs not raining. I have not done much but the usual today what with house guests and all. Finally the family secret is out of the bag, yesterday we surprised Dad and today Adi, my other brother was surprised with the arrival of Joe,…
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Runner beans, runner beans and more runner beans ๐
Monday 13th August: Not Up so early this morning, the urgency to water everything has now gone as the drizzle keeps on coming, they say the heatwave will be back but I have my doubts about that. John did the feeding, I went out and got started with the picking, the runners have not been…
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Cherry pie, apricot jam and still no rain ๐
Monday 9th July: Up at 4.30am! Needed the toilet, starving, thatโs the steroids, there was daylight so I figured I might as well get up an on. It was so wonderfully fresh and cool at that time of the day, even better than late at night, a welcome break from the daytime heat. Diesel also…
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Goslings, wildlife pond & more fox attacks.
Monday 21st May: John is off again this week so he did most of the morning round, I followed behind doing the things he forgets to do! Then he spent the morning cutting wood and cleaned the floor of the POL pen in between. I did a bit of early morning hoeing and collected weeds…
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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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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…
