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Hot weather on the way, and we don’t like it. We generally don’t stop, there’s always jobs to be done, animals to […]

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Shy Squirrel
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Shy Squirrel

I’m sat on the bench by the front door (choice of two, how Port Out, Starboard Home is that? And this chap […]

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Polytunnel update
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Polytunnel update

Three months into playing in the tunnel, what is it looking like?

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Wild Flower Meadow
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Wild Flower Meadow

The time is late afternoon, the date is early May, after some heavy rain and even some distant thunder, a stroll through […]

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Whitebells…
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Whitebells…

Our wild flower meadow and orchard is a riot of colour and activity from the turn of the year. Snowdrops, crocus, daffodils […]

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Christmas is coming…
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Christmas is coming…

and the Turkey is already fat! But rather incongruously she is in the garden! Not quite sure, in fact don’t know from […]

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They have arrived..
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They have arrived..

One swallow does make a late Spring. Today, 25th April, bang on target, they have arrived, and… checked out the accommodation. First […]

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The B and B is ready…
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The B and B is ready…

It’s ready. It was a deadline to not miss. The cleaners have been in, the interior designer has had a moment, the […]

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It takes two…
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It takes two…

It takes two to shift this. “This” is a cider mill apple squashing/squishing/juice squeezing wheel. Those who have assiduously explored the site […]

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Early Sunday
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Early Sunday

Nothing beats an early morning stroll around the garden.

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The cottage / The garden
  • 27 September 2017
  • Leave a comment on Spent last night on a LILO
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Spent last night on a LILO

At least we did twelve months ago.  Yes we’ve been here a year; this time last year (by day) we woke up […]

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Carp a Diem / Doings / Shopping / The garden
  • 25 September 2017
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Apple device 

We’ve had so many windfalls this year, no wind so probably signs of an early Autumn, that we had to avoid waste […]

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Doings / Shopping
  • 20 September 2017
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“Sniff, Doin’ anythin’ important today? Sniff”

I hate having my hair cut.  Walked into the barbers in Brecon, and nobody waiting, excellent.  One man being trimmed, and Jeremy […]

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Doings / The animals / The garden
  • 17 September 2017
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Hedge cutting time 

And my little helpers are there rooting, tidying, piling and generally getting in the way, bless them, including eight year old, or […]

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  • 17 September 2017
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Tis the season…

We can all finish that saying, and it’s proof positive at 7 o’clock this morning  There’s a definite mist lurking ahead of […]

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  • 16 September 2017
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Welsh signs #3

Spotted in that store that has the strap line “very little helps”. Well having two languages is confusing – especially for English […]

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Doings / The cottage / The garden / Weather
  • 16 September 2017
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Gathering winter phew-ooo-weeell!

Trust me – the hottest day of the year and I’m cutting up our tree that has blown down and fallen into […]

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The cottage / The garden
  • 16 September 2017
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Gated 

Simon Jones (Simon the fence) came in his 4×4 pickup, and with his enormous trailer, delivered the materials and returned for an […]

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Doings / The animals
  • 16 September 2017
  • Leave a comment on You can take a Donkey to water….
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You can take a Donkey to water….

Can you?  Not found here you can’t. Well that was fun. S in the garden room reading, me not in the mood […]

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Doings / The garden
  • 11 September 2017
  • Leave a comment on Hedge cutting time…
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  • 151 words
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Hedge cutting time…

… and Keith shows us how it’s done… …whilst he is cutting the sheep fields, a quiet word, nudge, nudge, wink, wink […]

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