[suziequeue]

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Yes - it was only writing on this thread that made me realise that - actualy - it's not been a total disaster    despite the wet weather

[Mammyshaz]

A polytunnel  and a little ginger kitten 

But on the down side I now know what tomato blight looks like 
And the hens run needs much more wood chips than first thought as the last lot has disappeared in the mud!

[Fowgill Farm]

   Good stuff, healthy litter of 10 piglets, successful procedure on back, polytunnel bursting with courgettes(marrows!) & toms at last, lovely flowers in baskets & pots, new weathervane, Dizzy pig winning a first prize.
  stuff - veg patch disaster, weeds, weeds & more weeds, rain & mud, FIL playing up, flytipping in our drive end, poachers, no pumpkins, soft fruit or orchard fruits, flies(never had so many), bumping the pick-up and not telling Oh but he found out coz i used araldite to stick the knocked off piece back on
 
Not bad really!
Mandy

[Victorian Farmer]

well march went well with lots of chicks it then went dawn hill iv still got grass to cut and the harvest hasent got going the ph is still 20 needs 16 to 17 so we need a window of wether for a week il just have a look                    WETHER SET TO INPROVING IN THE NEXT FUEW DAYS A GOOD WEEK NEXT WEEK

[little blue]

  Husband has made huge improvements in his health  [size=78%]  [/size]

That's good news.   
 

thankyou x
It is though the more he's out, the more he can spend...

[northfifeduckling]

And the hens run needs much more wood chips than first thought as the last lot has disappeared in the mud!

I've given up on woodchips years ago - no chance! I now use all the pebbles I pick and dig up from the veg patch to throw them on top of the mud to create a stepping path. Works a bit better but not foever in this climate 

[Lesley Silvester]

  Husband has made huge improvements in his health  [size=78%]  [/size]

That's good news.   
 

thankyou x
It is though the more he's out, the more he can spend...

Every silver lining has a cloud.   

[heidih]

RAIN,RAIN and more RAIN.!..although i did get ducks, rabbits and chooks!.. 

[deepinthewoods]

well apart from it being the worst summer weatherwise, its been pretty good, ive met some great tas'ers caught some great fish, gained some new land, got a cracking wood pile sorted, the veg has been poor this year but ive sussed leeks and had a much better tomato harvest. so all in all quite good.

[mcginty]

Rain Rain and more Rain, lost three ducks to the fox, also three hens passed on.
On the bright side, broke Bob the horse to ride and drive, going fantastic.            We  are fencing a area of for a polytunnel, going to try our hand at growing fruit and veg.
Maybe a summer to forget. Weather wise anyway.

[tizaala]

Now officialy the worst summer for over 100 years 

[suziequeue]

Really?

[plumseverywhere]

Is that because records started in 1912 or because they had an even worse time than us that year?

[Pedwardine]

Sold lots of breeding stock to some lovely people. Great lambing (only lost one out of 56 lambs) then Coccidiosis, due to 'certain' weather conditions, when we lost six-four boys and two girls  . Got treated to some three strand fencing by v kind neighbours who's land we graze (they felt sorry for us having to constantly move the netting) Grazing non-existent then we couldn't keep on top of it. Ewes and lambs perfect paddock interrupted by a swarm of feral bees! Grass was thigh high when they eventually got onto it 
  Loads of rhubarb, lettuce, herbs, beans, a few tomatoes and spring onions, sweetcorn coming along as well as chillies and peppers.
   Got shot of a mass of chooks to a neighbour which has eased the load as I was giving eggs away (nobody wanted to buy F.R. anymore at £1.25 for a half dozen delivered!).    Lovely Captain Bobbles (Tamest White Wyandotte) got pecked to death by the 'too many' cockerels we have. Our fault for not bumping them off for dogs dinners.
   Lost our Pixie cat to a series of strokes.
 
The most knackering year yet, the only one which has made us wonder if we're cut out for the smallholding life 

[MAK]

No complaints about our weather though a late frost means that we too have no fruit,
We had the usual sequence of family visiting us and usual disasters.
1. Grey water soakaway gave up - dug a new one.
2. Toilet failed the day 7 people arrived - found the septic tank under the lawn and the full grease trap beyond it - emptied it - YUCK.
3. Car broke down on the way back from a wedding ( still in the UK waiting repairs).

On the plus side we bred our first rabbits and are growing great melons for the first time. Most crops were good except the spuds were small due to little rain when they needed it. I also cut and hayled home enough wood to heat us should we have another very long cold bout. Oh and we converted an attic above our utility room into a workshop for winter craft work.

All in all a great time !