Ellie
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The woodland part one!
James and I decided that the other weekend was a good time to start surveying the woodland. So we togged up and off we went with paper, books and camera in hand!!! We went into the woodland from the furthest corner of big field…. And we worked our way down through the woodland…
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Outside….
Outside the trenching has been finished and some of it back filled!!!!! Which means we now have electric and water connected to the main house!!! Look look actual electric cable and water pipe inside!!!!! We also peleled off all the stickers from the windows that have been pointed in!!!! Look at the…
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More building work!!!!!
Hurrah!!! We went to the holding a couple of weekends ago and things are progressing nicely inside!! The plumber has been back and we have upstairs pipework!!! We also have a lovely flue for our lounge log burner!!! A tank in the utility room and it’s jacket!!! It’s huge!!!! We…
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Forest school
I have been really lucky recently and have been allowed to attend a forest schools leader training course!!! So much fun and it’s going to be amazing for my class to access and beyond in school!!! I am going to set up a forest schools area on the farm, as we have an established area…
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FRONT DOOR!!!!!!!
The Saturday of half term the lovely Mr Wyn Williams delivered and fitted our front door!!!!!!!!!! Squee!!!!! A front door with keys and everything!!!!!!! I love our door, but am starting to plan curtains for the window panels ;-)
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Soffits and fascias
A peek at our soffits and fascias being installed!!! No swallows and house martins nesting indoors this year!!!! Yes the strip of dark grey is the starts of soffits…. More to come later but no birdie hotels for us this year and one step closer to being a sealed house!!!!! Hurrah!!!!!!
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Tree planting!
Finally not a post about us destroying stuff, hacking something back or levelling something!!! Something productive…. Or it will be when they grow!!! 46 fruit trees planted staked and thanks to the rain watered in!!!! Planted in the lea of the hill to shelter them a little and up enough out of the…
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Now for something not building related!!
Mmmmm a white blob in the field….. What could it be…… The farmer who rents the fields put 26 sheepies in the field but all supposed to be barren or at least not pregnant this year…… Eek could it be remnants of dead sheepie….. Eaten by what….. (Maybe the puma one of the neighbours…
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Something resembling the Battle of the Somme!!!
It started with a disc cutter…. Cutting through the yard concrete…. Then the mini digger came to play!! Then a few days later we have trenching everywhere…. Pipes connected to the septic tank, electric cables laid, water pipes dug in!!! Now to await the building control officer to sign…