Tag: self sufficient
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Preparing for the year ahead.
The weather has warmed a little but it’s still only around 3/4c most days, sometimes with a heavy fog, plenty of conspiracy theories online about this 🙄 We have managed to do a bit outside although there comes a point when fingers and toes are protesting a lot and that’s the time for me to…
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Cold 🥶
That’s a bit of an understatement! It has been freezing this week, not by some standards around the world but definitely by ours. The thermometer in my greenhouse registered -5 on the coldest night which means it was at least -8 outside and that didn’t really let up during the day either. Needless to say…
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Happy New Year 🥳
I totally lost my way when it came to the blog during the last year, I started writing a piece so many times that I have a plethora of drafts I now need to delete! What was wrong? Writers block, lack of confidence, nothing to say? A combination of those and more I suppose but…
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It’s been a while, sorry 😣
September 2024: It has been ages since I last blogged and I am really sorry, I started so many drafts only to get caught up in life in general that they never made to publishing 🤪 It has been a busy few months, on the flower side of things business has been brisk, different to…
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Flowers, Grandchildren & Rhubarb.
Monday 8th April 2024: It is still the Easter holidays for the children and Sam came over with the kids today. The farrier was due out and so she came over to get the horses in. She was worried about Biscuits feet as they didn’t look right and she has had laminitis in a previous…
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I am in print 😊 a surprise party & Easter weekend.
Monday 25th March 2024: What a fabulous way to start the week, despite the early morning rain and grey skies, I had notification that I am in print in a magazine 😊 An article in ‘The Country Smallholder’ written by Jack Smellie, is all about the change of direction into flowers here on our Smallholding.…
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A few trips out, a couple of cream teas & flowers, flowers, flowers.
Monday: I have a week of social events ahead of me which makes a change from being here all week and working. Today was the first event which was a regional meet up of Flowers from the Farm members from the South East. We met at Chippy Flower Farm which is about half an hour…
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Rain, cold and finally some sunshine.
Monday 26th February 2024: Not frosty this morning but we have a cold wind instead 🙄 It’s lunchtime and I am just sitting down writing this up while I wait for my beef broth to defrost and heat up in the pan. Apart from the usual jobs one of the first things I did this…
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Some lovely sunny days, some very rainy nights and flooding again.
Monday 12th February 2023: Wowzers I logged on to see a message from WordPress wishing me happy anniversary, 13 years I have been blogging, that’s some dedication isn’t it 😂 The sun has shone beautifully today and my first job was to walk up to the church and meet the lady in charge as I…
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The weather is up and down and my tooth is out!
Monday 15th January 2024: We had a beautiful warm glow sky this morning, it didn’t last long and when I stepped outside it was trying to snow. There was a good frost which is much needed but I prefer the days that warm as they go and I don’t think we are going to get…
