Tag: Smallholding
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Lots of Sunshine, lots of birthdays & Easter 🐣
Monday 15th April: I was up Uber early today lol, I woke at 5 decided it was still dark so would go back to sleep, couldn’t settle back so eventually got up at 5.45. I was starving, that’s the steroids, I couldn’t settle because my mind had by this time gone into overdrive and that’s…
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Plenty of sun, plenty of work & plenty to say 😜
Oooo I’ve a lot to say this week 😀 must be feeling better 😁 Sunday evening: Although I had already published this weeks blog I just wanted to tell you that the rhubarb is coming thick and fast and I really fancied some stewed rhubarb and custard for pudding tonight 😀 Nothing better than popping…
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New chicks, a bit of rain, plenty of gardening.
Thursday 4th April: 🙄 What can I say, this is the first time in just over a week I have been able to function properly, I gradually went from bad to worse, my joints swelled, my muscles were all inflamed, I had chronic pain and I felt really lousy, freezing cold and very sleepy. Luckily…
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A busy, tiring but highly productive week 😀
Monday 18th March: Not a bad morning, not too cold, not raining and not windy 😀 so after I did the animal feeding etc I got stuck into a bit of gardening. I had two beds in mind to get done, the first is the very far bed, this has fruit in it, Cherry/pear/apple trees,…
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Seed sowing, incubating & poultry processing
Monday March 11th: It’s still windy! Generally we have a day or a night of windy weather then that’s it for a while, it seems like it’s been windy for weeks 😜 and it’s not finished yet as the weeks forecast still has high winds making an appearance. Our weather patterns are definitely becoming more…
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A Wedding, a death & a bloody great pot hole 😜
Monday 4th March: Cold and blustery this morning but at least it’s 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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A moment to cherish, plenty of jobs & visitors.
Monday 25th Feb: Frosty, sunny, glorious 😀 A new week 😀 John has returned to work today I don’t think he is in the best of moods as I made him do some work at the weekend as well 😬 but as I explained we have to get some stuff done while the weather is…
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The Artic, home to sunshine and fresh oranges.
We are back from our Artic adventure, it was epic, we had force 11 seas 🤢, hurricane Eric blew in blizzards and cloud cover which meant we didn’t see one single scrap of the Northern Lights ☹️ but we had an amazing time. The scenery was fantastic, the temperatures were not too low except for…
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Snow, ice, rain, fog = Winter 🥶
Monday 4th February: It rained in the early hours and has taken some of the snow with it but there are still large bits of ice underfoot! It’s been a busy couple of hours already, we discovered that Molly had managed to pull down the door where the quail are and had two of them…
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Seeds, Snow and Stars
Monday 28th Jan: Trees, or rather planting trees, is very much in focus at the moment as far as the government and environmental departments are concerned. Do you remember a few months ago I put some cherry pips into the fridge to undergo stratification, a period of cold that will simulate Winter, well it’s time…
