[deepinthewoods]

beautiful kernow day! had first encounter with dawdling emmets, got polytunnel up, now potting up can begin in earnest.

[TheGirlsMum]

Picked up weaners 

[MAK]

Made another duck house for 5 Muscovies that we pick up in the morning.
Bought a chain saw so I can harvest wood and am about to cook mussels in a tomato/wine/garlic and hint of chili sauce with Spaghetti.
I may even have a beer as I cook.

Life is beautiful.

[suziequeue]

Got ewes ready for lambing
Retrieved old raised bed frame from obscurity for the strawberries
Had lunch outside 
Turned compost
Cleaned out chickens ands sorted out roost which has been bugging me for ages
Tidying up stuff and walking around house looking at the lovely roofing slate and recessed gutters
Had a go with my new stail engine
Sold mower trailer to a pal and looked around her new allotment
Er...... that's it :-)

What a nice day.

Tomorrow we are sorting out the pig ark and pig pen for weaner reception next weekend - two little Tamworth boys

[chairmanphil]

wow, got so carried away forgot to post today!  got grass clippings on the hugulkultur and a skin of wood chips, then cut 4 new beds and then cut half a tonne of horse sh#t into them with the rotovator. oh and after lunch got all the tomatoes potted on to bigger pots. tomorrow i am going to show my old Dad Ronzie around his land and show him what we have been doing over the last 5 months when it was too cold for him to come out!

all in all one of the best days on the site since we started 4 years ago! tip top!! 

[SallyintNorth]

Inseminating my sow!     I am sooooo happy !! 

[Rich/Jan]

Nearly finished pig pen for Berkshires - biggest problem was re-assembling the arc!  They should be able to go out tomorrow and the GOS in a few days.  Richard

[robert waddell]

sally was your sow equally as happy

[Big Light]

Enjoyed the sun , Fixed 4 old hen Houses and set up breeding pens , meanwhile hebridean ewe dropped first lamb of the season.

All in all a very productive day

[Mel]

  Saturday,Finished potting in the poly tunnel,started work on one of the greenhouses! almost finished landscaping the area around our pond,re-potting shrubs and such.moved some garden furniture around and done some general tidying up behind one of the sheds.Amazing what was lurking behind there!

Today,cleaned the chicken coops out,sprayed with Virkon as always and made the girls happy,three gone broody already Found some more seeds to plant from last year but my tomatoes have disappeared ,tidied up the hard standing and jetwashed everything in sight..including Chris  have come in absolutely worn out...mega dinner tonight..beans on toast with cheese topping! Quick and yummmmm

[chairmanphil]

the whole weekend was taken up with cooking for a massive buffet we did for friends. it was a 70th birthday party and it went really well! did manage to get some stuff sorted and some peas planted out on saturday but not much! next weekend should be better for the land as we only have a friend staying who has come from australia and she is keen to get a spade in her hands! 

[plumseverywhere]

We had some permanent post fencing put in for our goat paddocks and a proper gate! I'm so excited - no more standing outside when its blowing a hoolie and holding those silly plastic tape poles in the ground to stop the goats escaping - yay!

[Fowgill Farm]

Moved two years worth of compost heap to polytunnel and veg garden, OH hired a mini digger so finally got the bog hole gateways to pig paddocks cleaned out and re-laid with hardcore and topsoil over top.
Rotivated pig paddocks, sowed and rolled in anticipation of rain on its way (black in sky now but still no precipitation)   Burnt an old hawthorn hedge and now have a hand covered in wood spells/splinters..ouch very sore. Sowed sweetcorn & pumpkins & petunias in greenhouse and put strawberries in cold frame (not sure if this is a good idea given the weather forecast for the coming week!)
Planted another  new apple tree, this makes six we've now lost due to rabbits chewing round bark over the height of the guards! OH is making new guards for all 26 trees now in hope of giving them greater protection. The blossom looks lovely but think frost/snow forecast for this week will bugger the job!
Tattie & sugar beet planting later this week and grass cutting big style!
Smallholding is a bit like painting the forth road bridge as soon as you get to one end its back to start at the other again! 
Mandy 

[suziequeue]

Saturday - planted small plantation of bare rooted tweo year old hazel. Digging holes whilst fantasizing about a Makita petrol powered post hole borer.

Sunday went and collected weaners. Took ages. Got lost but they LOOOOOOVE their new place.

[chairmanphil]

so you can plant hazel bare root then? interesting!