Seed sowing / Thief / Booms - The Accidental Smallholder

Posted: Tuesday 15 March, 2022

by Rosemary at 5:20pm in Smallholding 1 comment Comments closed

Monday 7^th March

Finally got round to sowing seeds – tomatoes, cucumber, leeks, sprouts and one variety of cabbage plus parsley and basil. And lots of sweet peas. Also set the peas on damp kitchen paper to germinate, before potting on. Planted out more shallots too.

Wednesday 9^th March

A couple of mornings I’ve looked at Smokey’s breakfast hay net and thought it looked emptier than the night before. Now I know why.

Grey, the hay thief.

Friday 11^th March

Audrey, the black Poland bantam is laying – found three eggs in the house today.

Audrey's eggs.

Saturday 12^th March

I don’t know what the British Army are firing at the Buddon, but it’s a big boom and scaring our dogs. Bryn is glued to me and Gwenna is hiding in the pantry. In fact, I’m a bit anxious,, as the windows are really rattling.

Gwenna's bolt hole.

The cats, of course, don’t care. Diesel is lying in a box of Lego bits. It cannot be comfortable, but there you go.

Thomas and Bertie ignoring the booms.

Diesel in his Lego bed.

Sunday 13^th March

More booms, but maybe not as bad as yesterday.

It’s all a bit quiet here – the calm before the busyness of full Spring. We get our meat chicks on 25^th March, lambing 9^th to 15^th April, weaner pigs will be collected on 20^th April and lots to do in the garden. I’m kind of struggling with the whole Ukraine thing so trying to focus on positive stuff, but don’t always manage it.