Saturday 22 March 2014

Lots happening

It has been a busy day today with odd weather - hot one moment and bitterly cold the next.  I had to scrape the ice off the car this morning when I went to check the sheep (no lambs).  When the sun came out Bert went to lie in the shade with Tyke, her constant companion (he is the Black one - the other is either Bill or Ben but I can't always tell them apart!)




The Shepherd came this morning and collected the pig ark so Carl has to get a move on with Duck house construction.  Today he didn't have time as Tractor Boy brought his rotavator over so Carl could finish the big vegetable bed.  I had got as far as I could but it was taking forever and everything is growing like crazy.  All ready now for the first things to go in - depending on the weather.
All the activity made the alpacas very excitable.
 
All is doing well in the greenhouse - even the sack of rubbish seems to be growing!
 
The Polytunnel is growing potatoes and I didn 't even plant them!
That is not more sacks of rubbish at the back of the picture - it is the weed suppressor mat which needs folding up properly.
The radishes are coming along rather too well - I pulled one out and it is quite big so radish recipes begin soon.
Most exciting, however, are the strawberries
and finally, an update on Cassie - you can barely see the kink in her neck.
 
 

3 comments:

  1. Gosh, that's a beautifully tilled vegetable plot, Rosemary, and not exactly on the small side…..!
    Good to see that Cassie is OK.
    Hoping that Carl's achey bits are responding to treatment.

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  2. Great to see Cassie looking less wonky and Bert seems well too. You look to have a lot of work to do with the veggie patch but soon you'll be enjoying all that home grown produce...makes it all worthwhile!

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  3. Lovely to see Bert chilling how sweet of a Tyke to take care of her.

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