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Strimming
I've been strimming this afternoon. It's been lovely here - sunny and dry, but very windy. Dan and John were finishing the fence between Ditch Field and the Bothy's…
Planting potatoes
We cleaned the greenhouse on Saturday; we didn't do it last year and it was pretty mucky. It took about 3 hours to do; Dan took out the panes and I washed them, while he…
Fox (again) / Wildflowers / Penfold
Monday 1st July The summer continues with warm, sunny weather. Hopefully, Lindsay’s getting in lots of plenty good hay! I spent the morning doing some paperwork. It never…
The beginning of Spring
So today, 1st February, is the pagan festival of Imbolc, give or take twenty four hours. According to Wikipedia, Imbolc falls equidistant between the winter solstice and the vernal…
Cattle moves / RHS & RBST / Cordial / Strawbs
Monday 19th June Hot again, and windy until teatime. Dan’s off to London until tomorrow night, doing proper grown-up work. Good milking this morning; Blizzard much more…
Strawberry / Royal Highland Show / New car
Monday 20th June The day didn’t quite get off to the planned start – we both forgot to take the meat birds’ feed out last night, so rather than getting on with…
Birthday / New hens and chicks / Cheddar! / Baking
Monday 17th April Yippee! A few rain showers today; crystal clear and a bit cool tonight, so maybe we will get the forecast frost. Bryn is exhausted – Mickey is wearing…
SSE tree cutting; Scottish Smallholder Festival
Monday 19th September Had a visit from the Scottish and Southern Electricity tree-cutting supervisor today. They are coming tomorrow to cut back some of our trees that are…
Corn / Tatties / Mincemeat
Monday 28th August Lovely day; warm (20C) and still and sunny. But the light has changed and it feels autumnal. Can’t believe we’ll be into September this week.…
Teapot / TB / Rhubarb
Monday 17th January Lovely day again – full sun! It made office work a bit challenging because the sun was in my eyes but no way was I shutting it out. Vet was here…