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The Expert Forester has had his shed insulated so that he can work in comfort during our harsh winters. We went over to admire the results. The Experts still have to move stuff back in, but they are considering where things should go for maximum spatial efficiency. PS Resortation is a word, it’s on theirContinue reading “Insulation Resortation”

We mentioned in the post about GS’ milestone birthday that he got a shed as a present. I thought you might like to read about the build: So that’s Rufus snuggled down under cover for the winter, pity he doesn’t start anymore, eek!

Cushy doesn’t like walking downhill to get at the fresh grass in her field. This is probably due to her advanced arthritis. So, instead, after eating the grass on the flat part of her field, she started to lean over the electric fence and eat the (obviously much greener) grass on the other side. ThisContinue reading “Fencing Failure”

We had a significant birthday this month. Geordie Smallholder’s aunt came to stay to join in the celebrations. To mark the occasion, we had an afternoon tea with a vintage theme: EB made vintage cheese scones, the Artist-in-residence (AIR) made things on cocktail sticks stuck into a grapefruit (what do you call these?), GSM madeContinue reading “July Japes”

The nights are drawing in (meaning the nights are getting longer and the days shorter, funnily enough) and it’s harvest time on the smallholding. We now know that one kilo of blackberries (or brambles as they are also known) makes one jar of jelly. Despite attempting succession planting, all the tomatoes and cucumbers ripened atContinue reading “Harvest Time”

Winter ended three weeks ago, so we’ve been really busy. Here’s a quick update: We had some visitors from the south so we took them to our local beach and ruined castle. Geordie Smallholder got some top soil and we all took a turn unloading the trailer to help him. The plants in the polytunnelContinue reading “Long Time, No Blog”

We’ve been really busy lately so I haven’t had a chance to update you on progress. Basically we have been trying to grow stuff during a winter that never ends. We need to show winter the calendar and let it know it’s time to shove off and let spring in. I’ll take you through whatContinue reading “Catch up Post”

I thought you might be interested in how Geordie Smallholder spends his day so I followed him around the farm yesterday. I don’t think he was very pleased as I had my phone camera set to flash all the time and I kept blinding him. That’s the price of fame lol. The first task ofContinue reading “One Wet Wednesday in March…”

The Experts came round to check the hives and feed the bees sugar as they are just starting to wake up after the worst of the winter and they will need energy to get out to the snowdrops and hellebores for food. Following on from the previous post, here are the gnomes which represent theContinue reading “The Experts Feed the Bees”

This is the results of our efforts so far. Our outline plan is to put in a meandering path of grey gravel matching our courtyard and surround it with cottage garden plants; lupins and delphiniums and hollyhocks at the fence with plant height reducing towards the retaining wall which will have ground covering planting suchContinue reading “Gnome Match For Me”