Well we finally got some proper snow and some freezing temperatures which the dogs have loved but Fog hasn’t been to happy about and has abandoned his rat/mouse control duties to guard the pechka. We knew it was coming so were well stocked up on the essentials but neither of us appreciated how long it…
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We’re having a go-slow moment
Joe has been struggling with tennis elbow for the last few months but he has still been working, that is up until now. He has been put on sick leave by me so work hasn’t ground to a halt but it has slowed down. With Joe being out of action and me still wanting to…
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We now have a kitchen
Well not a complete finished kitchen but Joe has built the casing for the sink and washing machine so we now have a sink, complete with running water and a drain. At the moment we only have cold water but that is only a detail; the fact that for nearly 9 months we’ve had to carry…
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Friends, helpers and more nuts
The last of this years volunteers, Mark and Melody, have now been and gone, they arrived at the perfect time and helped us get back on track. Along with other jobs Mark re-laid and widened the path in the chicken run that the pigs had destroyed and helped Joe get the windows fitted in the…
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Set backs and problem solving
This month hasn’t gone quite to plan. It all started when we realised the cement floor in the kitchen was only 2 – 4cms thick. Bearing in mind we have a pillar holding the mezzanine floor up and the cooking peshka weighs 140Kg we didn’t think the floor in it’s current state was up to…
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How time flies
The 5th of August was our 1 year anniversary since we bought the house. It’s strange, in one way it doesn’t seem that long ago but in another it seems like we have been here for a lot longer. The house is finally starting to feel like home. I would say for the first 6…
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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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May update
One day there will be a day without fruit to prepare or pick, but today is not that day. May started off quietly enough with a bit of tree maintenance, mulching and adding compost to the trees, and building our reed bed with our helpers Christie and Jessie, but now it’s just descended into fruit…
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