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Orchard day
Despite, the cold, wet and windy weather, Dan and I decided to do some work in the orchard today. We weeded round the trees, limed where required (an opportunity to use my pH…
Snow / Bonfires / Escapes
Monday 27th November We’ve got real November weather now - cold and damp, light and heavy rain showers. Thank goodness for wood burners. Still, at least it’s cold…
Onions / Omelette / Boots
Monday 27th July Pretty heavy rain pretty much all day so did paperwork, went shopping, picked up Penfold’s antibiotics at the vet and went to the feed store for pig food…
Solstice / Christmas / Feed store
Monday 21st December It’s the Solstice. The shortest day. The turn of the year. We’re on our way to Spring! First week of poultry lockdown done. The girls seem to…
All about lambing
So it’s all about lambing this week. The gimmer due on the 1st (or so we thought) still hasn’t lambed so I’m guessing either she’s slipped her lamb after…
Comfrey: Past, Present and Future by Lawrence D. Hills
Comfrey is noted by both organic gardeners and herbalists for its great usefulness and versatility. Of particular interest is the 'Bocking 14' cultivar of Russian Comfrey. This…
Pondering the pond
Regular readers might recall that we had a pond put in a few months ago. It's a fixed liner, but quite a nice shape with different levels. After we had it put in, I began to…
Update w/e 24th May
Deep joy! I've been collecting poo samples from the sheep so that we can have worm egg counts done. I'm just a glorified toilet attendant and there's some debate about the…
Holiday / Sheep / Feed store
Thursday 14th January No diary entries for the first three days because I was on holiday. At home, but on holiday. Dan and I should have been in Anstruther for a week but with…
Spring has sprung today
It's been lovely here today - I don't know what the temperature was but it was warm and sunny with a light breeze. John put up some hooks in the feed store for me,…