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Polytunnel digest…

Garlic is good for the digestion; right? It had better be because, apart from liking it, we have decided to master in it next year. On to the Garlic Farm website (Isle of Wight based – been there, done that? […]

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New friends…

It seems our two sheep (Ryland breed, designed to feed off acres of Rye grass. Dense and cuddly fleece and an easy keep for newbies like us) have made some new acquaintances. The three ewes on the other side of […]

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Winter colour…

Got to be done, and Sandie is good at this, and enjoys it. Cyclamen and Pansies. The everyday and mundane and largely overlooked until the heart needs lifting and they are there, ready.

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Oh gourd…

Oh gourd, or more precisely oh courgette. We tried growing a round courgette variety this year. As we know, no matter how diligent one is, underneath the elephantine leaves there always lurks a renegade or two of the small variety […]

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The eyes have it…

Early morning glints in the sheep’s eyes.

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First frost of the winter…

Despite a claimed outside temperature of 3 degrees, the windscreen needs to be cleared. 8th October ‘26.

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A first of October morning walk…

… around the garden.

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A good morning’s work…

You know when it’s a good morning’s work when it takes the rest of the day to shred, cut, batter, burn, barrow, metaphorically kick under the carpet or otherwise dispose of the debris.

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A slightly over-large courgette…

Or Courgette, a round variety which escaped the polytunnel and prospered in the donkey poo patch aka the dung heap.

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The best friend.

If there is food around. The photogenic one. The one which likes a head scratch. The pretty one. The bullied one (until she turns the tables.