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How the View has Changed in a Year!!
Thursday, March 18th, 2010Rabbit Proof Vegetable Patch!
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
We are very excited that at last we have the start of our vegetable patch! If you regularly follow out blog you will know that the Wildlife likes to strike back, so we have had to create Fort Knox to stop the fluffy bunnies (!) thinking we have created them a handy larder-cum-restaurant.
The Willow Coppice is Planted!
Sunday, February 28th, 2010Woo hoo! We have finished planting all of the Willows. In total there were 198!
In theory this means we should (in 5 years!) have our first seasoned wood to burn. Who knows, by then we might even have a wood burner or two to burn it in
Planting the Willow Coppice – Started!
Saturday, February 20th, 2010At last after weeks of hard work and slog, and contending with snow and ice we can finally start planting up the Willow Coppice!
It was as ever a family affair and the kids loved pushing the willow ‘twigs’ into the holes and sinking in the cane beside it to hold up the rabbit guard. My Mum was also on hand to help dig and plant so we managed quite a production line, and got over half of the 200 trees planted.
Snow Causes Van to Crash Through Our Hedgerow
Thursday, February 11th, 2010Thanks to blizzard conditions yesterday we had an unusual visitor to The Farm, attempting to arrive through our hedgerow! Fortunately no one was hurt, and it was brought to my attention by a queue of vehicles forming where usually you don’t see any.
It caused a few problems for passing traffic, with a coach and lorry having to reverse and take alternative routes. Eventually someone arrived to tow the van out. The van appeared to be un-damaged, shame I cannot say as much for the hedgerow! They did not hang around to ‘exchange details’.






