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”
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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.”
Am I mad?
There are days I ask myself if I am more than a little bit mad. Today was one of those days. The weather here has been horrible, torrential rain and blowing a gale. Dispute that veg beds are not going to build themselves, so dressed up in my padded boilersuit I braved the elements. TheContinue reading “Am I mad?”
That’s not a veg bed, it’s a pond.
After a couple of years battling with very soggy starts and ends of the growing season, which just batter my veg plants, I decided to build raised beds. I started last year in the large poly tunnel with lovely gravel pathways. This has transformed the swamp into a beautiful growing area. So now to moveContinue reading “That’s not a veg bed, it’s a pond.”
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