Planting trees – the long game
So here’s a little encouragement to anyone thinking of planting a tree or two…Three years ago, we planted a tiny ‘copse’ of about 50 bare-root saplings, most only about 60cm […]
So here’s a little encouragement to anyone thinking of planting a tree or two…Three years ago, we planted a tiny ‘copse’ of about 50 bare-root saplings, most only about 60cm […]
Time for this month’s veg plot update. We’ve not been eating nearly as much as usual from the veg plot this year, thanks mainly to pigeons, which have been a […]
Today, my son and I made Last Chance Elderflower Cordial. It’s best made weeks ago, back in early June when the fragrant, frothy flower-heads first appear in the lanes. But […]
Nine twenty-five. That’s the time the sun was due to set today, here in the East of England. Sunrise was 4.35am (apparently – I was definitely not awake), giving us […]
The weather is warming up and the grass is starting to really grow. And grow. At the weekend, the air is filled with that sound of Summer, the gentle hum […]
And here they are…meet the lovely Biscuit and Curly, our two weaner pigs. We are raising them for meat, in a ‘pig share’ with friends. We went to collect the piglets […]
Wow, the last month has zoomed by. It’s time for the monthly round-up of veg plots around the world, hosted by Liz at Strayed from the Table in Australia. I’ve […]
Can you guess who’s arriving next week…? As far as I know, big bad wolves no longer roam Suffolk, so hopefully this nice metal pig-ark, borrowed from kind farming friends, […]
Just a quick last-minute update on my Common Alder (Alnus Glutinosa), just before the link at Loose and Leafy – the kind host of the Tree Following project – closes for […]
So, this happened two weekends ago. Our friend J, who keeps some of his hives here, tapped on the door and said, “Do you want to see the bees swarm?” […]