Tag: seed sowing
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A pub lunch 😁 eggs galore & a Fox attack 😩
Monday 19th April 2021: Monday again yay 😜 Today it is Mia’s 5th birthday so we will be popping over to see her later 🎂 John went to work this morning after doing the rounds and I have mostly been pottering out and about in the garden. I have had to do some watering as…
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Snow! A hair cut & Mint jelly 🥰
Monday 12th April 2021: WTAF! Woke up to snow, not just a few flakes but more than we have had in the wintertime 😂 As if this past year hasn’t been crazy enough 😜 John was up, fed and let out the birds and gone to work by 8am this morning, he should be back…
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Ash before Oak 😏 a bit of creativity and it’s still cold outside 🥶
Monday 5th April 2021: Bank Holiday Monday and you couldn’t have got a more different day than yesterday 😂 Yesterday we were basking in good temps with wall to wall sunshine and today there is a cold North wind and it actually snowed at one point! To be fair I am writing this at 4.30pm…
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More freedom for us and the hens 😀 some lovely weather & some of the best days for a long time 🥰
Monday 29th March 2021: Whoop whoop day 😂 today we are allowed a little more freedom, not much but enough to be going on with. I am not actually sure what are supposed to be doing now, meeting outdoors in groups of six I think or two households whatever that means 🤷♀️ it could be…
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Hollibob booked 😀 an allergic reaction & and a tractor that won’t go 🙄
Monday 22nd March 2021: What a ridiculous morning and not even smallholding related 🙄 Holidays were being released from 8.30 this morning and so I was ready and good to go, an hour later and it’s obvious the website had crashed spectacularly, nevertheless I continued to refresh, refresh, refresh meanwhile I could see the prices…
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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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Nice weather to begin with, then wind and rain and then just continuous wind 😝
Monday 8th March 2021: Good morning and good morning to all those children who are finally returning to school today and big high five to the parents who have been home schooling ✋ Hopefully today marks the beginning of the road to some kind of normality later this year 🙏 When I think about the…
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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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Sunshine ☀️ a vaccine & finally some gardening.
Monday 22nd February 2021: Just like that in a blink of an eye it’s Monday again. Another drizzly, grey morning, still quite mild for the time of year though. I do wish the weather would turn a little drier though, and if the sun could make an appearance that would be great. It seems like…
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Valentine’s 💘 goose eggs & seed sowing begins.
Monday 15th February 2021: I am feeling more optimistic this morning about the weeks ahead, I think the weather really does have an effect on my moods and outlook. Today it is much milder, yes we have had rain and yes that is a pain going straight from a frozen solid week to a soggy…
