May has arrived and we’ve had the first thunder storms of the season. We have been really thankful for the rain, the downside is that along with the rain comes the weeds. If only our vegetables grew as fast as the weeds! With the rain comes the mud, but fortunately our paths are holding out…
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Spring is in the air
The snow has finally gone and even though this is our 3rd spring here it is still a surprise how quickly the weather the changes, one minute there’s snow on the ground and a couple of weeks later your gardening in tee-shirts. It’s still a bit chilly early in the morning before the sun comes…
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July update
The last month has been a bit of a strange month. We’ve been having a break from hosting volunteers; it’s hard work having volunteers! There’s the extra cooking (you can’t just have toast for dinner when you con’t be bothered to cook!), and then you have to find work for people to do which isn’t…
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Kitchen, garden, and what else has been happening in April
The garden has taken priority in April but we’ve still managed to get some work done on the kitchen. The plasterboard has had it’s first coat of plaster, and the chimney and walls have had a second coat of cob put on them. The slats in the loft space have mainly been insulated, plaster-boarded and…
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Update on the garden
We’ve had a busy week in the garden, the sun has been shining and we’ve all been topping up our tans. This doesn’t mean we’ve been laying around on sun loungers ( I wish) no we’ve all been hard at it getting our seedlings and seeds in. The benefits of having 2 gardens allows us…
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