October 17th-21st

October 17th-21st

With window of good weather presenting itself we decided that this is the week to get the polytunnel moved. We have already been planning this so we started by pulling back the material we had covering the spot where we want to move the tunnel to. We then had to...
October 9th-15th

October 9th-15th

The week started off with a plan to finish moving the dirt from the area next to the garage where the chicken hut will go. Once this was done we started to repair the path which had be come a mess from the work we had been doing and from the large farm vehicles that...
How to make an awesome onion bed

How to make an awesome onion bed

Step one – Find a good spot to build a raised bed approximately 6 inches high, fill it with a seaweed base (if you have access to that) Step two- fill with soil Step three- use a board on top of the soil, stand on it and stamp it to evenly press down the soil...
October 2nd & 3rd

October 2nd & 3rd

Can’t believe it is October already! Last week we had Sue come and visit the property and as we showed her around she gave us some tips and ideas. She worked at Inverewe Gardens  for many years as their head propagator and now takes tourist on garden tours...

September 27th

This evening a wonderful 4 days of amazing weather has come to an end but I think we have made the most of it. There has been a lot happening everyday and today the goal posts kept changing, being able to adjust your plans throughout the day is one of the very...