by Jkrisp | Feb 26, 2019 | Keep things running, Seasons
We were back at it yesterday, planting trees on the edges of the upper meadow to help create wind defences for the vegetable garden and for the meadow depending on which way the wind is blowing. James had left an area at the edge with slightly longer grass after the...
by Jkrisp | Sep 12, 2018 | Rudha Mor EATS!, Seasons
The mushrooms are blooming! I think the combination of a super hot summer followed by some serious rain means that we are experiencing a super mushroom season. We have recently collected two huge baskets full of hedgehog mushrooms and only just tapped what was...
by Jkrisp | Apr 8, 2018 | Gardens, Keep things running, Seasons
Busy in the lean-to getting lots of small plants potted up and more seeds planted. The polly tunnel beds and getting filled in, we have 6 rows of carrots in the first bed as you walk in. It is the only bed in the polly tunnel that is double the height and it is filled...
by Jkrisp | Feb 8, 2018 | Gardens, Seasons
After visiting a home garden north of here I have decided to completely change the layout of the vegetable patch. I have dug up the whole area where the polly tunnel and several of the beds were and created deep ditches with mounded soil rows. The plan is to simplify...
by Jkrisp | Feb 4, 2018 | Keep things running, Seasons
Well as you know lately we have been getting hurricane speed winds and days with 20 mile per hour winds with 60 mile per hour gusts. As usual the day can start with barely a breeze and the seemingly out of nowhere the winds whip up and can lead to...
by Jkrisp | Jan 25, 2018 | Gardens, Keep things running, Seasons, Walks
Storm Georgina hit us last night and we recorder winds up to 88 miles per hour at the house but across the meadow they were probably even stronger. Thankfully the pollytunnel is holding up fine but the wind and deer fences both blew down. The wind fence is...
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