Orchard looking ok, but still not growing very well...
House might look pretty from here, but look at the other blog!
New veg plot! This is where the pigs were. Has been rotovated three times, and then I went over it with a big heavy fork and dug it over, then planted 10 rows of spuds each 10m long, sowed 6 rows of corn 4m long and planted a load of squashes. Also dug over, manured and planted a 15m long row of raspberries, half of which then died on me. Crap stony soil, cold winds, too much rain... Plastic at the back is covering next year's asparagus, artichoke, and possibly strawberry beds. Another polytunnel is going where the spuds are (next year, maybe), and I might give growing grain a go this autumn.
Goose Lee has calmed down after I evicted the females from the nests. When they were sitting, he would regularly try to smash my kneecaps in, Muay-Thai style, while holding on to my trouser leg! We had 30 eggs and not one hatched. We think it was too cold and the embryos died, she was sitting on too many, or we didn't get them into an incubator in time... Very disappointed.
Soft fruit is looking good this year though! Lots of it coming along nicely.
Veg very slow due to the cold - it looked like this in April last year.
Still, got 3 beds of cabbages this time, so plenty of coleslaw and sauerkraut!
And you're back! Good to see all the pics. Looking a lot better than the allotment!
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