Year: 2021

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Havod Hardware…

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… store in Rhayader produce a Christmas video to rival John Lewis, this is the last one in 2020.

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The solstice

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Getting up to start the breakfast round of the animals after the longest night of the year. The solstice is now behind us and the days will get longer. Still a couple of winter months to go, but it’s more […]

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The veg patch

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We’ve had a good year for veg, apart from Squash, which was a disaster, not sure why.  Probably the delayed Spring which then reduced the daylight hours by the time I planted out the seedlings.  Lots of growth, few flowers, […]

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November is fading…

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and Christmas is on the horizon. The backdrop of Llysdinam hill and its Larches (no. 1, the Larch) are now fading. The weather forecast is for colder temperatures and last night although the air temperature was 3.8 degrees, the windscreens […]

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40 bales.

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Or how to get organised and get them shifted! Andrew, our farmer and straw supplier only had Thursday morning available for us to go over to Pen y Bont (10 miles or so) and stock up. We left home and […]

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Straw wanted.

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After last year’s disastrous barley harvest, we’ve had to make do with the previous year’s crop. Our lorry back which doubles as the store is down to six bales of hay, and more concerning down to three of straw. Hopefully […]

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Autumn colour.

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The dry October meant that many trees in the garden seemed to have given up the ghost after the late Spring but good Summer, so an early leaf fall occurred. The remaining leaves are a riot this morning, Remembrance Sunday. […]

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The past emerges…

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… who knows who lived here in the past, but maybe a few clues emerge. It was a cider pub, we knew, and one or two old apple trees are in the garden and surrounding fields, so it’s no surprise […]

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Remembrance Sunday.

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A beautiful sunrise this morning highlighting Llisdynam hill. Whilst a lot of leaves have fallen already, the remaining ones are putting on a good show.

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Fire draws well

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It’s bonfire night part two tonight, so our own contribution is being readied. the first fires of winter, and the Jenga tower is being prepared for ignition.  Our wood supplier is across the border so the logs are kiln dried […]