Having decided to recycle the ridges off the roofing project. I have been busy creating a new flower border for the bees. I have grown loads for flowers from seeds this year and now we are past the last frost date it was time for me to find them a home. I started by layingContinue reading “New flower border”
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Side two completed
After a busy day in the sun we have finally completed the second side of the mill roof and dismantled the scaffolding. George did a great job with the leading of the valleys and round this side of the chimney. Just one smaller side left to go by the courtyard and that will be thisContinue reading “Side two completed”
A bit of sunshine… finally
We finally got a break in the weather this afternoon, just long enough for us to get suited up and check on the hives. All of the hives were lovely and calm. We had a few bee come out to say hello but they mostly stayed put. We put on the queen excluders and addedContinue reading “A bit of sunshine… finally”
Veg bed update
As we are still battling with the wind and rain there has been no chance of us topping the large conifers behind the big poly tunnel. It is also preventing us checking on the bees. Let’s hope the wind will finally drop tomorrow. The weather has meant that we can crack on with building theContinue reading “Veg bed update”
Preparation for the end of lockdown… for the chickens.
For those of you reading this outside the UK (and many people who are not poultry keepers in the UK) you may not know that it isn’t just us humans in lockdown. There is a highly pathogenic version of Avian flu in the wild migratory birds. While this is (currently) no danger to humans, itContinue reading “Preparation for the end of lockdown… for the chickens.”
Bee…utiful day
Today the sun has been shining and our bees are starting to fly. There favourite flower for the months of March seems to be our hellebores. Whilst doing the end of winter tidy of the short flower border I spotted them buzzing round the flowers having a mid morning snack. Later in the month, onContinue reading “Bee…utiful day”
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