Tag: Smallholding
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Surprise ๐ฒ a day trip & ooopsie I forgot ๐คช
Sunday afternoon: thought I would just add this in as I did do a bit in the afternoon, I hadnโt intended to but John said it was going to rain and be really windy ๐ I thought, in that case I had better do a bit of picking while it was sunny and dry and…
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Tomato soup, a picture & a relaxing weekend.
Monday 13th September 2021: The morning after the weekend before ๐ and while it took us a week to put up the hen do village it only took a couple of hours to take a lot of it back down. There is a lot left to remove and sort out mind you and that is…
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A busy week, harvesting and processing & the reason for the busy week ๐ฅฐ
Thursday: Yes itโs Thursday before I even realised I hadnโt written a single thing for the blog ๐คฃ Thats because I ha e been so busy I havenโt even had time to think about it at all. Most of the early week was wall to wall blue sky and it was pretty hot so that…
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A bank holiday, more of the harvest & the sun finally came out!
Monday 30th August 2021: Bank Holiday Monday, itโs nice having an extra day at the weekend, shame we canโt do it every weekend. We set the alarm for 6.30 this morning even though itโs a holiday, better start practising for the working week ahead, John has jobs to go to and I have plenty to…
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Harvest time, home grown flowers & plenty of jobs to do ๐
Monday 22nd August 2021: Well we had the best weeks holiday ๐ the weather was just right for me, the sea was as calm as a lake all week long, the food was out of this world good and we rested and relaxed a lot, job done now back on with the work ๐ Shelley…
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Banana squash, cucumber ice cubes & more flowers ๐
Monday 9th August 2021: Itโs lunchtime and I have just sat down for a little rest after bombing around this morning trying g to get all kinds of things done. Picked 7 cucumbers ๐ about the same amount of courgettes and some blueberries before going on to tidy a few things up. I did a…
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Funny weather, lots of picking and slugfest in the greenhouse.
Monday 2nd August 2021: It is actually Wednesday morning as I type this, I have missed a couple of days due to external matters that needed my time. On those days I have done only the necessary basics here, feeding and watering animals, picking and sorting veg and household bits so there was not much…
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Rain, struggling & two new friends for Ted ๐ฅฐ
Monday 26th July 2021: It is noticeably cooler today though we still have had no rain and the sun is out which means I have been watering this morning. We have seen only a drizzle of all the rain that was forecast, I was hoping we would get a lot more but as yet nothing…
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Sooo hot ๐ฅต a stuck hedgehog & more ash die back ๐
Monday 19th July 2021: And just like that itโs Monday again but not any old Monday, today is Freedom day ๐คทโโ๏ธ Thatโs what they have named it anyhow ๐ we are not free of the virus and we wonโt be for a very long time yet but I guess it is time to get on…
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It didnโt come home ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ painting & hot weather ๐ฅต
Monday 12th July 2021: ๐ข๐ข๐ข๐ข We lost the football final, but what we got was a nation riding high on hopes and dreams for a while and that was worth itโs weight in gold especially this year. Still the weather is not typical but itโs fine for me except the rain showers which are making…
