slurry pit
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Welcome to the Great Lakes of West Wales!!
Mmmm ok so last week we had a digger at the farm digging out all the old nasty poop and shovelling in nice top soil!! This week we have had a chat with the digger chap about drainage…. Because…. Well as they say pictures speak louder than words!! So next week we have drainage being…
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Episode three is up!
Episode three is up on YouTube Show notes…. Knitting: Finished the Daydreamer and the Deco mat, owl puff and owl hat…. started the socks…. Nearly a HO! Sewing: Curtains curtains and more curtains PJS done, baby’s tshirt done Cutting out…. Acquisitions: only the curtain poles!! Shop update: vintage snug hat Farm update: hedging, fencing, diggers,…
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The slurry pit!
Whilst the borehole was being dug, the owner of the company brought up his mini digger to do some trenching for the pipework….. He decided to take the mini digger into the slurry pit to see what state the bog of eternal stench end was in…… BAD news …. It is much deeper than we…
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Weekend workings in the pit!!
Whilst my parents stayed we worked hard at clearing more of the slurry pit and Dad started to build a retaining wall for the veg patch that the slurry pit is destined to become, using some of the tyres from the barns!! We have managed to reduce the size of the rubble heap at the…
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Once more into the slurry pit
Whilst James and his father were felling and clearing the trees his mother and I spent some time discovering and removing a load of slate from the slurry pit. We think the barn’s old roof was dumped in the pit along with all sorts of other stuff during initial building works!!! Grrrrrr…….. So we began…
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Slurry pit clearance continues!!
Even during the heat of the weekend before the bank holiday here we managed, albeit a little slower with more breaks for drinks and shade etc, to clear a heap more of stuff from the slurry pit!! We cleared the logs James made last time we were up… And now have the startings of our…
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I LOVE power tool gardening!!!!!
Sunday and Monday of the May Bank Holiday James and I spent the time using our wonderful gifts from both sets of our parents!!! POWER TOOLS!!!!!!!! And what a difference they have made!!!! We started with this….. Where we left off at Easter….. Then we used the hedge cutters and the strimmer and the chain…
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Day 4 and 5 in the Little Tin Hut!
The next two days I was alone at the smallholding with just Sookie for company. Sookie used this as an excuse to wedge herself into my armpit every time I sat down or to go absolutely bat shit crazy every time anyone approached the farm or if there was a noise!!! We came to terms…