It was Millie’s birthday so we invited her to the farm for afternoon tea, a walk in the woods and a fry-up. We sent her home with tomatoes and cucumbers from our bounty. We need to stagger the planting next year so everything is not ready all at the one time. We baked a cake for her birthday, and some scones. All was going well with the baking until we discovered EB had left grease-proof paper on the bottom of the top cake layer. When she cut the first slice for Millie, the cake fought back. Eventually it dawned on us why the cake couldn’t be cut and EB slipped the paper out. Greedily, it retained most of the lovely chocolate filling, but the cake was delicious despite this.
Two customers drooling 
It’s baking in here! 
Out to cool
Cheese scones ready for baking 
In the oven 
Expert Beekeeper can bake as well 
Cheese and plain scones 
Afternoon tea and birthday cards 
Needy Blonde photo bombs again 
A perfect fern
GS was busy cutting the grass in-by. It won’t be the last cut of the year though.
The fry-up was so good I did not take time out to take photos. We had ordered a variety pack from a butcher in the west recommended by GSM. There were hardly any leftovers so the dogs were disappointed, poor things. Meanwhile the horses were enjoying the dry weather this weekend. See if you can spot them in the photo below.
The Geordie Smallholder 
Wish I could have been there.
Love Janet’s Wellies.
We are off in our van for 10 days. Just heading up the Murray again
Love , Stewart and Ann. xxx
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