Ever feel like you are in perpetual motion some weeks? The last few weeks have felt just like that for me. Organising and going on a last minute holiday and then back in time for the start of term. Followed by another week of organising, because there are still two […]
Read moreIn between the cold rain and doing the things that I really should be doing, I managed to do some gardening. The lilac and blossom is smelling wonderful. I am still planting up the extended kitchen garden. On my plan are two rows of peas. Today I went to my […]
Read moreThere was a time when we had 10 hens that laid every day. That was 70 eggs, without fail, every week. Week in, week out. At that stage, we were a small family of three and there are only so many eggs that we could eat. I gave lots away, […]
Read moreI’ve started to plant up the extended kitchen garden. First in were the runner beans. They have been growing quite nicely in the greenhouse. I like to reserve a few plants to make a runner bean house for the children. The idea is that as the runner beans grow their […]
Read moreEvery year, about this weekend, we go for our bluebell walk. This is in the wood behind our garden. It is not a big wood, but it is varied and has so much to discover. Each year the slopes are covered in bluebells. Unfortunately, recent “land management” has decreased these […]
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