17/01/17

17/01/17

Clearing Today was one whole day spent clearing a bed out in the house pond garden. I need to get better at taking before and after photos but with so much to do and so little light to do it in you just get stuck in. Here almost a before pic.   You can’t...
16/01/17

16/01/17

Fencing After an early start and a continuation of the reorganising of the garage and barn I finally get around to the deer fence that surrounds the vegetable garden. So A quick nudge out of bed to Jane for an extra pair of hands and I begin stripping down the fence...
14/01/17

14/01/17

Timber Doing my morning checks after the big wind and this one got it. Very close to the otter pond path I quickly cut it down so It didn’t fall on to the path. Boy this wood was heavy, I cut it down to three foot lengths and had to hand ball it to the  path...

12/01/17

Cold Start Well the weather has finally changed and there is snow on the hills and snow in the air. The winds have been playing havoc but we still seem to get a steady stream of people. Today I just have the morning to limb up the broken branches of some freshly...
08/01/17

08/01/17

Sunday Start Two eggs on toast before start today, today is all about redirection and beginning path resoration. the path from the arboretum to the lower meadow has be in need of a rest so today we block off the path with redirection signs, to try and give it a little...