The Cockchafer..
The cockchafer or the ‘doodlebug’, a nickname later given to the V-1 flying bomb of WWII for their similarities in sound made during flight. […]
Read more
Doings / The garden
- Leave a comment on Moved!
Moved!
And here it is in its new location New roof and a coat of incredible value wood preservative from Aldi. OK, so […]
The latest project.
Moving the shed. But why? Well, the roof needs replacing, is a waste of space where it is, and the area has […]
Kids, eh!?
Saw this and was transported back in time. Reliving the Saturday morning film kids matinee through street play.
Apologies.
We are sorry that recent posts have been laggardly, we’ve been busy, and the iPad has been making hard work of posting […]
Gulp!
The days are warmer, no doubt about it. At 05.26 as this is being written (without being too precise!) the outside temperature […]
More rain!
The Farmers are now officially piddled off! The grass isn’t growing sufficiently to put out the stock, and if it was, the […]
More snow!
And it’s the wrong type, again. Soft, sticky, and capable of drifting, which the farmers hate. Lambs are in the fields, so […]
The price of barley straw 2
Listeners to Radio 4 Saturday Farming Today Omnibus edition were regaled by tales of shortages all over the place. A combination of […]
Where are the Donks?
Couldn’t find the Donks… Their bums gave the game away! Hey HO! Time to put a fence up, we didn’t because the […]
Warn the Titanic!
Ice flows, but no Titanic , yet.