Tag: Smallholding
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Afternoon tea, potatoes planted & Jobs list ticked off.
Monday 2nd March 2020: The beginning of Johns week off, the weather is on our side for today at least. We both did the morning rounds then straight on with the job of the day, the fence at the end of the veg garden. This is a job that had to be completed in one…
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Painting, pancake day, leap day and plenty of rain 🌧
Monday 24th February 2020: Another Monday, another crap weather day, still blowing around and still raining on and off. Never mind though I had a project to do today, paint the kitchen, just the bottom end as the rest is tiled. It’s a good way to wonder where on Earth the hours disappeared too mind,…
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Crap weather, Dotty Iron Man rabbit & decisions, decisions.
A bit late, sorry 😜 normal service will return when I feel better 🤒 Monday 17th Feb 2020: We are back round to Monday again how did that happen 😜 The remnants of storm Dennis have still been felt, lashings of rain, some gusts of winds, to be honest I expected the lake to have…
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Cold winds, fence repairs, my seed stash and storm Dennis 😏
Monday 10th Feb 2020: Oooooh it’s Monday again 😏 Some Monday’s I don’t mind, the ones where the weather is fair to good but it’s cold out and we still have the blustery remnants of the storm so I’m not really feeling this one lol. Still the winds blew over night, not quite so fierce…
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9 years of blogging, ‘dragons’ & storm Ciara
Monday 3rd February: Oh my goodness WordPress has informed me that I first registered and posted 9 years ago, 31st Jan 2011 😲 It seems I have been banging on with my blurb for quite a long time 😜 My first blogs were short and sweet lol, they have got a lot longer over the…
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Breakfast bars & muffins, archways & Imbolic
Monday 27th January: Is it going to be one of those days or even weeks, January, the longest month ever! This morning started off with me still in my pyjamas stripping off the bed covers and putting them in the wash, I added a couple of drops of essential oil (Orange) to my softener as…
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Knowledge, pasties and twiglet sitting.
Monday 20th January 2020: Morning 😀 another hard frost last night, lovely jubbly. John has gone off to ‘real’ work this morning leaving me to do the morning rounds which I don’t mind in the least when the ground is firm underfoot 😜 I listened to another podcast this morning, gardening related naturally, this one…
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Stormy weather, goose eggs & pod casts.
Monday 13th January: I had a cracking evening last night, by that I mean cracking nuts not having a good time 😜 I thought I’d better get started on the nuts if I do half an hour here and there I will soon have plenty of nuts to snack on or use in cooking. Turns…
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Back to normal, stuff to sort & Winter flowering shrubs.
Monday 6th January 2020: I have enjoyed having John at home for three weeks but this morning I am also happy to have the place back to myself as he goes off to work early. I think it’s the sense of back to normality and there is definitely a lot to be said for doing…
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A happy and healthy 2020 🥳 to you all.
New Year’s Day: We have had a lovely Christmas and are looking forward to the New Year. In between the two we have had Johns Mums funeral, an occasion which is always bitter sweet I think, on the one hand you are saying goodbye to someone you will never see again and on the other…
