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Thursday Thoughts – Willow
For the past week or so I have been slowly working away and harvesting willow. I have been using it around the holding to make all sorts of things. Firstly Fedges…. Willow fences basically. These are living fences, provide cover for birds, food for bees and insects and lattice up beautifully as they age. I…
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All go round here!!
So over the past few days we have been working hard to get things sorted, built, planted, weeded and moved!! We have weeded both large raised beds, and I have started to plant seeds for veg in there, using my scaffolding plank as a bridge across to stop me from stomping all over the bed!…
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Episode 6!!
Episode 6 is up on YouTube! The show notes…… Podcast: 30th July Episode 6 Long time no see!!! So since I last saw you we have survived…. Sir having an ear infection Sir having chickenpox The sale of the house in Bristol The sale of our house, so we are all ready to go…
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We’re going on a stash hunt…..
Ok so after the inspiration from Zoe from Pinsandneedles I’ve traveled through my stash….. On the day I had a helper…. I’ve bagged it all into potential projects…. Lots of the yarn though was bought for projects for me which have as usual languished……like this beautiful Sweet Georgia DK which is for a top for…
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The Tez and Aimee Hats and Mitts Pattern
I’ve published a new pattern!!!! You can find it ….. in my Etsy Shop on Ravelry and on Loveknitting!!!
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It’s slowly becoming a home!!!
Last weekend Mum and Dad hired a van loaded up the bed frame Dad made from the old barn beams, a chair mum had recovered and some other bits and headed down to Wales!!!! We then loaded an absolute heap of furnishings at our current home, before heading on down to West Wales!!! The weekend…
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House Reno update!!!
Ok!!!!! Soooooo since the carpeting we have been painting downstairs!!! James has been an absolute Trojan of painting these past few weeks and I have been cutting in all the edges!! We have finished painting the downstairs loo…. We have finished painting the kitchen…. James and his dad have also started to hang doors!!!!…
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A Full farm update….
i.e. since William was born!!!! We have been busy bees, painting, architraves, skirting…. James’ parents have been amazing and have done soooooo much painting and James and his Dad have done all the woodwork upstairs!!! Its nearly at the point of having carpets put in upstairs and painting started downstairs!!!! So in Photo Format!!! Phew…
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Fabric Shopping!
Things are moving along well at the holding so much so that I thought I shoud get a wriggle on and start thinking about making the curtains especially since cheeky chops needs most of my attention these days!! Sooo Jennie of Owl About Yarn and I went over to fabricworld the other week and this…
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We don’t need a Ramped access!!!!!!
Hurrah, Building control said we dont need to make a huge unsightly front door ramped access we can have an access via the barn!!!! Building control also said he needs the commissionings for the heating, electrics and plumbing, he needs to see stairs with all the guard rails in and steps front and side appropriately…