trees
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Tree felling
Thursday and Friday over half term James and his Dad felled the three leylandii!!! Hurrah bye bye vile giants and hello view!!!!! Three….. Two…. One….. Gone….. Hurrah!!!! Hello view from the lounge window now!!!!! And a few photos of the tree feller and his site foreman!!!
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Meanwhile back at home!
My wonderful friend went to the RHS show in Cardiff recently and she bought me some basketry willow to start to grow for the farm!!! As the banks of the streams we want to plant it down are not at all ready for the willow I have planted them in pots in the garden here…
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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…
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My first jobs!!
Finally after fussing the baby St. Bernard next door and a bit of pootling about I gained possession of the spade!!!! Alleluiah!!!! I snatched up the spade, loaded it into my wheelbarrow and left the men folk mulling over their newly dug ditch and Mum cutting back the cotoneaster on the front of the building.…